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All-day						Omni Commons Re-Use Sale & Open House! @ Omni Commons Omni Commons Re-Use Sale & Open House! @ Omni Commons Aug 20 all-day Tickets Throughout the building. Come find loads of great stuff for sale or service barter, from bookcases & chairs to building materials & printing machines; FREE stuff too! – Learn about and get a tour of the Omni Commons – Coffee & snacks by Agua Viva – Watch how shirts are silk-screen printed by Art Bison Design Co-Op – Come by and visit Liberated Lensâ€™ new film editing studio in the basement! 61436
12:00 am 1:00 am 2:00 am 3:00 am 4:00 am 5:00 am 6:00 am 7:00 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm 11:00 pm 10:45 am Standing at the Intersection: Wars Abroad and Struggles for Justice Here at Home @ Conference Center Room 102, Clark Kerr Campus, Berkeley, CA Standing at the Intersection: Wars Abroad and Struggles for Justice Here at Home @ Conference Center Room 102, Clark Kerr Campus, Berkeley, CA Aug 14 @ 10:45 am – 12:15 pm Tickets Location: Clark Kerr Campus, Berkeley, CA. Maria Moore, sister to Kayla, will speak on a panel at the Veterans For Peace National Convention: “Standing at the Intersection: Wars Abroad and Struggles for Justice Here At Home.” Usually when people think of violence and economic and social justice struggles in the United States they do not think about about wars abroad. However, racism, militarization and patriarchal domination are some of the forces responsible for the violence and victimization we see both at home and abroad. Join our panel as we discuss … Continued 12:30 pm Sunflower Alliance General Assembly @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Sunflower Alliance General Assembly @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Aug 14 @ 12:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets “Campaign finance reform is the most important issue facing us today, because it impacts all the others.” —Bernie Sanders. Corporations_Are_Not_People: Come to a presentation and discussion with David Cobb of Move to Amend, on the movement for a Constitutional amendment stating that corporations aren’t people and money isn’t speech; plus this fall’s ballot measure opposing Citizens United. And updates on our campaigns. We need your participation and your voice! 12:30 pm, Potluck lunch 1 – 3 pm, Talk followed by campaign updates – a ten-minute walk from the Richmond BART … Continued 1:00 pm BBQ to Save Uncle Ernest Thorton’s Home BBQ to Save Uncle Ernest Thorton’s Home Aug 14 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets We wanted to invite you to a BBQ this Sunday 8/14 from 1 to 4pm to honor the life and legacy of Uncle Ernest Thorton, former homeowner of 835 Page Street in Berkeley, and show our support for the countless other families who are experiencing the loss of their homes. We’ll be at Uncle Ernest’s house at 835 Page Street in Berkeley. There will be free food and music as well as children’s activities, so bring the family! You can RSVP for this event here. Please invite your friends and … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza or basement of Omni basement if raining Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza or basement of Omni basement if raining Aug 14 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm Tickets The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 4:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. On every last Sunday we meet a little earlier at 3 PM to have a community potluck to which all are welcome. OO General Assembly has met on a continuous basis for over four years! Our General Assembly is a … Continued 5:00 pm Growing the Political Revolution: What’s Beyond Bernie? @ Niebyl-Proctor Library Growing the Political Revolution: What’s Beyond Bernie? @ Niebyl-Proctor Library Aug 14 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Berners, Greens, Leftists, Progressives, and Socialists, Let’s grow & unify the political revolution! What should we do now? THE GREEN PARTY of Alameda County invites you to come TALK ABOUT IT on Sunday 8/14, 5 pm (sharp) to 7 pm, in North Oakland. Speakers include Laura Wells, David Cobb, Tom Gallagher, Wyatt Ratliff, Pat DeTemple and Isra Allison See full description: https://acgreens.wordpress.com/green-sundays/61421 6:00 pm Sing and Dance for Peace Love & Justice @ Freight and Salvage Sing and Dance for Peace Love & Justice @ Freight and Salvage Aug 14 @ 6:00 pm – 10:30 pm Tickets Veterans For Peace is hosting a concert and public awareness event in honor of the innocent victims of gun violence. From the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida to the countless young black men and women lost at the hands of police, our communities are at war. This concert is a vital step forward in our mission to educate people about the true costs of war and bring about peace at home and abroad. Confirmed performers are: Jeff Turner Mike Rufo & No Exit Emily Yates Miles Megaciph Pat Scanlon … Continued	1:00 pm Press Conference: Natl Call for a State of Emergency Moratorium on ALL PoLice Use of Force @ Mission Police Station Press Conference: Natl Call for a State of Emergency Moratorium on ALL PoLice Use of Force @ Mission Police Station Aug 15 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets National Call for a State Of Emergency/Moratorium on all PoLice Use of Force As the most impacted, the poor, unhoused, Black, Brown, indigenous and disabled mothers, uncles and fathers who are becoming increasingly terrified for our children’s lives in this climate of post-colonial power abuse, we are releasing a national state of emergency/moratorium on the use of all force, weaponry, robots by these tax-payer paid for pedophiles, murderers and child abusers. Due to the extreme danger, murder, and ongoing targeting of young peoples of color, Trans peoples, disabled and unhoused … Continued 6:30 pm Daniel Ellsberg: Election 2016 and Lessons from 1968: How RFK Could Have Saved Us @ Valencia Gardens Daniel Ellsberg: Election 2016 and Lessons from 1968: How RFK Could Have Saved Us @ Valencia Gardens Aug 15 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets While the nation focuses on this year’s divisive presidential contest, it is worthwhile to look back at RFK’s bridge-building campaign of 1968, which reached its zenith with his win that summer in the California primary. Former Boston Globe reporter Larry Tye will present on his newly released biography of Bobby Kennedy which traces his transformation from the cold warrior he was at the beginning of his public life to the hot-blooded liberal he’d become by the end. FEATURED GUEST: DANIEL ELLSBERG We are extremely pleased to announce that Daniel Ellsberg, … Continued 7:00 pm Justice 4 Kayla Moore Organizing Meeting @ Grassroots House Justice 4 Kayla Moore Organizing Meeting @ Grassroots House Aug 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Newcomers welcome! We need your voice! The Moore family’s fall 2016 court date is fast approaching! Sign up here to receive an announcement when the court date is officially assigned. In the meantime, the Justice 4 Kayla campaign has outlined four demands for the City of Berkeley, the BPD and the broader community: Justice for Kayla Moore! Honor her memory, tell her story, #SayHerName. Hold the City of Berkeley and Berkeley police accountable for killing Kayla Moore. Police must not be first responders to mental health crises. End the BPD’s … Continued 7:00 pm Northern California Climate Mobilization Meeting @ Ancient Ways Northern California Climate Mobilization Meeting @ Ancient Ways Aug 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The Northern California Climate Mobilization, a group of organizations and individuals fighting climate change, will meet to discuss ongoing projects in areas including: Pollution from oil refineries — The campaign to get city councils to pass resolutions urging Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) to cap pollution from oil refineries at the current levels Community Choice Energy – several counties have created a local, public alternative to PG&E, and more are headed that way. Just Transition — How to build the alternatives we need for a just and healthy future Campaigns — for … Continued	12:30 pm David Daven speaks on Foreclosure Fraud @ Laurel Books David Daven speaks on Foreclosure Fraud @ Laurel Books Aug 16 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets David Dayen in Oakland: Tuesday, 8/16, 12:30pm Tuesday, August 16, 2016 – 12:30pm Laurel Books, 1423 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612 510-452-9232 In the depths of the Great Recession, a cancer nurse, a car dealership worker, and an insurance fraud specialist helped uncover the largest consumer crime in American history—a scandal that implicated dozens of major executives on Wall Street. They called it foreclosure fraud: millions of families were kicked out of their homes based on false evidence by mortgage companies that had no legal right to foreclose. Lisa Epstein, Michael … Continued 3:00 pm P A C K the C O U R T for #FoodWorkerJustice! @ Post Office, Apartment #30 2nd. Floor. P A C K the C O U R T for #FoodWorkerJustice! @ Post Office, Apartment #30 2nd. Floor. Aug 16 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Support the ex-Calavera workers in their class-action lawsuit by packing the court for their official public hearing! Apoyemos a los ex trabajadores de Calavera en su demanda colectiva al llenar la corte para su audiencia pública oficial! Earlier this year, 3 workers were terminated from Calavera, a high-end Mexican restaurant in Oakland, without receiving their final wages. Throughout their employment, these workers worked off the clock and were denied rest and meal breaks without proper compensation. Since the filing of this class-action lawsuit, two other former employees have joined, citing … Continued 5:30 pm Protect Oakland Renters Allies/Coalition Briefing @ PolicyLink, 3rd floor Protect Oakland Renters Allies/Coalition Briefing @ PolicyLink, 3rd floor Aug 16 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets The goal of the meeting will be to celebrate this key victory, brief folks on the measure & discuss what it will take to win this November! 61423 6:00 pm From Bystander to Witness: Your Right to Copwatch From Bystander to Witness: Your Right to Copwatch Aug 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets If you find yourself face-to-face with injustice, you don’t have to feel powerless. With a phone or other recording device, you can make a profound difference. Learn to share what you see. Join BAVC, Berkeley CopWatch and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) for an informative evening about your rights when documenting injustice, where to send your videos, and how to stay safe while doing so. Admission is free. Bethany Woolman is a communications strategist with the ACLU of Northern California. This year, she’s worked to publicize and expose the covert … Continued 7:00 pm David Dayen, Author of “Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud @ Lafeyette Library David Dayen, Author of “Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud @ Lafeyette Library Aug 16 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets East Bay Democratic Clubs to Host David Dayen, Author of the Award-Winning Book “Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud” The Lamorinda Democratic Club, Diablo Valley Democratic Club, San Ramon Valley Democratic Club, Contra Costa Young Democrats, and Democrats of Rossmoor invite you to join them as author David Dayen discusses his new book on Tuesday, August 16 at the Lafayette Library and Learning Center’s Community Room. The ocial time will begin at 7 p.m. with Dayen’s presentation to follow at 7:30 p.m. and … Continued 7:00 pm Film Screenings: Occupy Everything @ Omni Commons Film Screenings: Occupy Everything @ Omni Commons Aug 16 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets East Bay Homes not Jails in Collaboration with Liberated Lens present: Occupy Everything: Films, panel, and discussion exploring open/public occupations as a direct action tactic. All proceeds to benefit the Omni Commons and the people of Oaxaca. Films Include: -A film about the 4/1/12 occupation of 888 Turk St in San Francisco -The Battle of Oakland: the story of #j28 aka Occupy Oakland Move-In Day -Stimulator Film on contemporary history of the struggle in Oaxaca -Nochixtlan tierra de gente valiente: a film about the current struggle in Oaxaca Panel and … Continued	5:30 pm Codepink’s Weekly Peace Vigil @ on the steps in front of Senator Diane Feinstein's office Codepink’s Weekly Peace Vigil @ on the steps in front of Senator Diane Feinstein's office Aug 17 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets JOIN CODEPINK, WORLD CAN’T WAIT, OCCUPYSF Action Council and others at the huge PEACE banner 61441 6:00 pm Coalition for Police Accountability – Ballot Initiative Campaign Formation @ PUEBLO Coalition for Police Accountability – Ballot Initiative Campaign Formation @ PUEBLO Aug 17 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets For those who are dismayed about the changes that were made and do not wish to continue to participate in the Coalition, we accept that and are grateful for the support you gave along the way. We will transition from a coalition into a campaign and discuss what that will mean in practical terms. We will look at a timeline and the need to create a budget, get endorsements, work on messaging, etc. I hope folks will join us to kick-off what promises to be an exciting moment in Oakland’s … Continued 6:00 pm David Dayen, Author of “Chain of Title” (San Francisco) @ Book Passage Bookstore David Dayen, Author of “Chain of Title” (San Francisco) @ Book Passage Bookstore Aug 17 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets In the depths of the Great Recession, a cancer nurse, a car dealership worker, and an insurance fraud specialist helped uncover the largest consumer crime in American history—a scandal that implicated dozens of major executives on Wall Street. They called it foreclosure fraud: millions of families were kicked out of their homes based on false evidence by mortgage companies that had no legal right to foreclose. Lisa Epstein, Michael Redman, and Lynn Szymoniak did not work in government or law enforcement. They had no history of anticorporate activism. Instead they … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy Meeting: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. @ Omni Commons Oakland Privacy Meeting: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. @ Omni Commons Aug 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join the Oakland Privacy Working Group to organize against the surveillance state, against Urban Shield, and to advocate for privacy and surveillance regulation ordinances to be passed around the Bay Area, including the Alameda County Board of Supervisors, the BART Board of Directors, and by the Oakland and Berkeley City Councils. We are also engaged in the fight against Predictive Policing and other “pre-crime” and “thought-crime” abominations, drones, improper use of police body cameras, ALPRs, requirements for “backdoors” to your cellphone and against other invasions of privacy by our benighted City, … Continued 7:30 pm Anti Police-Terror Project General Meeting @ Eastside Arts Alliance Anti Police-Terror Project General Meeting @ Eastside Arts Alliance Aug 17 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Monthly APTP meeting, held on every 3rd Wednesday of the month. Please join us for this important general meeting. We will be working specifically on the four demands we put forth following the OPD Rape Scandal: 1) Nancy O’Malley must publicly state she intends to launch a full investigation into the police officers who raped and trafficked a 17 year old child and press charges against all officers involved. 2) Divest 50% of the Oakland Police Department’s budget and redirect those funds to career centers, job training programs, mental health … Continued	9:00 am Demand that the Peace Officers Bill of Right be repealed @ California Governor's Mansion Demand that the Peace Officers Bill of Right be repealed @ California Governor's Mansion Aug 18 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets It is time for action! Join us in Sacramento on August 18th to demand that Peace Officers Bill of Right be repealed Come out to support families whose loved ones have been killed by Police. This is a Bill supported by Police and Law Enforcement Agencies to kill innocent citizens with impunity. It seems like there was a call for all white males to be deputized because there are 18000 law enforcement agencies in the United States. Even when there are black and/or brown in those positions they align themselves … Continued 9:00 am Support the Land Action 4! @ Alameda County Superior Court, Dept 3 Support the Land Action 4! @ Alameda County Superior Court, Dept 3 Aug 18 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Pack the Court for the Preliminary Hearing! New Video on the #LandAction4 – it's awesome. Watch this and support Aug 18th at Alameda Court Aug 18th https://t.co/pEEtgfueVx #LandAction— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) August 15, 2016 61449 4:00 pm Worker Protest: Casino San Pablo: Respect Workers, Families & New Moms! @ Casino San Pablo Worker Protest: Casino San Pablo: Respect Workers, Families & New Moms! @ Casino San Pablo Aug 18 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets My name is Isidoro Saravia Ramos. I worked for the Casino San Pablo for 15 years, and I’ve spent many years standing up for my co-workers as a union leader. I got injured – and then I got fired. I have knee and back problems and I needed surgery. But the Casino only lets us take 3 months of medical leave. I couldn’t recover so fast, so I lost my job. (Please read more about my story and donate to help with my surgery if you’re able!) It’s terrible for … Continued	6:30 pm Green Reel Festival @ Unitarian Universalist Center Green Reel Festival @ Unitarian Universalist Center Aug 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The SF Unitarian-Universalist Center will show films on the environment every Friday this month. . The next film, Aug 12, “Unacceptable Levels” tells the story of the inadequate federal measures to keep toxics out of our environment. A speaker from the EPA will help make sense of the situation and the new law recently passed. In “Evolution of Organic,” showing Aug. 19, the story of the organic agriculture movement is told by those who built it – and looks ahead to the next generation of growers. In “Bill Nye’s Global … Continued 7:30 pm Solitary Man: My Visit to Pelican Bay State Prison @ St. John’s Presbyterian Church Solitary Man: My Visit to Pelican Bay State Prison @ St. John’s Presbyterian Church Aug 19 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Written and performed by Charlie Hinton Music by Bill Crossman Directed by Mark Kenward Charlie created Solitary Man based on letters and visits with prisoners in Pelican Bay SHU/solitary confinement. The show takes place in November, 2014, a year after the largest prisoner hunger strike in history. This performance is a benefit for the coalition to Stop Urban Shield and militarized policing. After the performance, we will have an update about Pelican Bay and discuss how and why people across California are mobilizing to stop the Urban Shield military expo and SWAT … Continued	10:30 am Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point – Free Movie Screening @ Rialto Cinemas Fix It: Healthcare at the Tipping Point – Free Movie Screening @ Rialto Cinemas Aug 20 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets This high quality 38-minute film features more than forty voices advocating for reform, including business and labor leaders, activists, health policy experts, economists, physicians, nurses, and patients. The film convincingly makes two points: -Our health care system is headed for a crash -There is way to fix it for businesses as well as individuals Bay Area folks: @healthcareforCA will show the xlnt #singlepayer movie "Fix It", with Q&A, in El Cerrito on 8/20: https://t.co/5WZRl0zrVU— RedwoodGirl (@RedwoodGirl) July 15, 2016 10:15 Doors open 10:30 Introduction 10:35 Movie Screening 11:15 Q&A with: … Continued 1:00 pm Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting @ Siegel & Yee, 3rd floor (between City Hall and the 12th St. mini-mall) Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting @ Siegel & Yee, 3rd floor (between City Hall and the 12th St. mini-mall) Aug 20 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets Don’t miss the next general meeting of the Oakland Justice Coalition. We have a full agenda and need your help to begin the work of supporting our candidates. Agenda Welcome and Brief Orientation (TBD: Presentation by Registrar of Voters) Candidate Endorsements Review and Consideration of Changes to Ballot Initiatives Rent Protection Police Commission Candidate Support and Committee Sign Up/Planning Candidates Presented for Endorsement on 8/21 District 3 School Board: Kharyshi Wiginton District 5 School Board: Mike Hutcheson District 7 City Council: Nehanda Imara Candidates We’ve Endorsed To Date District 3 School … Continued 1:30 pm Reels of Injustice – 2nd Anniversary of the Ferguson Uprising @ 1st Unitarian Universalist Church Reels of Injustice – 2nd Anniversary of the Ferguson Uprising @ 1st Unitarian Universalist Church Aug 20 @ 1:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Film Screenings: 1:30 PM: Policing the Police 3:00 PM: Broken on All Sides 4:30 PM Solitary Nation 6:30 PM 3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets Sponsored by SFUU Human Rights Group, Amnesty International, Stop Mass Incarceration Network 61394 1:30 pm SF Mime Troupe: Schooled! @ Frances Willard/Ho Chi Minh Park SF Mime Troupe: Schooled! @ Frances Willard/Ho Chi Minh Park Aug 20 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets The Tony Award-winning SF Mime Troupe now running with its 57th season premiering “Schooled” Education. It’s like the weather: everyone has an opinion but nobody does anything about it. That’s how Livina Jones feels about her son Tom’s new school, Eleanor Roosevelt High. With its old textbooks, crumbling classrooms, and racist treatment of kids just like hers Livina believes Roosevelt is exactly the sort of school that can benefit from a little free-market common sense. The nanny-state government has failed to see students as individuals, and failed to give them … Continued

Week of August 14

About OccupyOakland.org

This website was created in the fall of 2011. Most of it is now moribund, but the Occupy Oakland Calendar, which lists activist events in the East Bay (and occasionally elsewhere) is still maintained, the Search facility works to find earlier posts and keep OO’s history alive, and articles are occasionally still posted to the front page.

The Occupy Oakland General Assembly met in-person weekly (with a rare skip) since October 10th, 2011 up until the pandemic, at which point we went to bi-weekly Zoom meetings. We do checkins, go over the activist events of the past meeting interval, and have general discussions on politics and revolution.

For many years, until the pandemic, we put on a Feed the People event monthly at Oscar Grant Plaza, where all were welcome to come and partake of a freshly cooked, savory meal, before our GA.

If you would like to participate while the pandemic is still amidst, send an email to occupyoakland-request@lists.riseup.net. Check the calendar or this text to see if we have resumed in-person meetings.