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All-day	Help A Transsexual Person in SF’s Jail! Help A Transsexual Person in SF’s Jail! Nov 21 all-day Tickets “I am Jess Jakus, an artist and Oakland resident since 2005. I am asking you to help free a transsexual mixed-race war veteran who is being held in San Francisco County Jail. Athena Cadence is not a threat to herself or others and is in compliance with all of Judge Jeffrey Ross’ court orders. However, she is being housed in the male unit of the jail, along with other transsexual, transgender, and intersex individuals. This is in direct violation of the Sheriff’s policy to house transgender inmates in the units … Continued
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 12:30 pm Alchemy and Social Change @ Niebyl Proctor Library Alchemy and Social Change @ Niebyl Proctor Library Nov 20 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Alchemy and Social Change A new attitude towards the material world emerged in late antiquity through the strange theories and practices of the alchemists. Did their attempts of achieve the elixir of life, the philosophers stone, and the transmutation of metals help give birth to science and the modern world? Our ICSS member, Lew Finzel, asks, What if Alchemy Lives? Implications for: ECOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, LITERATURE, SEXUALITY, PHARMACOLOGY. Seating is limited, so plan to come early. We start promptly. FREE – but hat will be … Continued 12:30 pm Sunflower Alliance General: How Benicia Blocked Oil by Rail: @ Bobby Bowens Center Sunflower Alliance General: How Benicia Blocked Oil by Rail: @ Bobby Bowens Center Nov 20 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Benicia residents who helped win the battle against Valero’s plan to bring crude oil by rail into their town will talk with us about how they did it. Plus updates on our campaigns. We need your participation and your voice! Come early to share a potluck lunch. 61988 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Nov 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & Broadway near the steps of City Hall. If for some reason the amphitheater is being used otherwise and/or OGP itself is inaccessible, we will meet at Kaiser Park, right next to the statues, on 19th St. between San Pablo and Telegraph. If it is raining (as in RAINING, not just misting) at 3:00 PM we meet in the basement of the Omni Collective, 4799 Shattuck Ave., Oakland. (In prior years we have agreed … Continued 6:30 pm Deconstructing the Police and Prison Systems: Panel Discussion @ Omni Oakland Commons Deconstructing the Police and Prison Systems: Panel Discussion @ Omni Oakland Commons Nov 20 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Join us on November 20th for a panel discussion focused on reimagining the police and prison systems. (We will continue to update this event with additional speaker information. If you’re interested in being a part of the panel, please email us at communitydemocracyproject@gmail.com) As always, light refreshments will be provided. Immediately following the discussion, we will hold our weekly strategy meeting during which we will discuss our campaign to bring participatory budgeting to Oakland. Read the full text of our initiative at communitydemocracyproject.org ______________________________________________ Speakers: Harrison Seuga with Asian Prisoner … Continued	6:00 pm Bay Area Stands in Solidarity and Prays With Standing Rock @ Federal Bldg Bay Area Stands in Solidarity and Prays With Standing Rock @ Federal Bldg Nov 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Organized by: Poor Magazine, Prensa, POBRE, Homefullness & Idle No More SF Bay Last night the Morton County Sherriff’s Department violated the human rights of Water Protectors in North Dakota and unjured 167 of our relatives. Today, we stand in solidarity and prayer with our relatives on the front lines of protecting the Missouri River. Details rom the Indigenous Environmental Network:”On November 20th at approximately 6PM CST over 100 Water Protectors from the Oceti Sakowin and Sacred Stone Camps mobilized to a nearby bridge to remove a barricade that was … Continued 6:00 pm Occupy Forum: Film: “13th” by Ava DuVernay @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor Occupy Forum: Film: “13th” by Ava DuVernay @ Global Exchange, 2nd floor Nov 21 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OccupyForum presents Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Film: “13th” by Ava DuVernay The words of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution were supposed to guarantee that slavery and involuntary servitude effectively were outlawed. With the exception of punishment for a crime where the “party shall have been convicted.” That’s the loophole. And as detailed in Ava DuVernay’s “The 13th”, the injustice system in America has not changed … Continued 6:30 pm Film Night: Trudell @ Omni Commons Film Night: Trudell @ Omni Commons Nov 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Trudell is a 2005 documentary film about American Indian activist and poet John Trudell. The film traces Trudell’s life from his childhood in Omaha, Nebraska, through his role as a leader of the American Indian Movement. It also covers his rebirth as amusician and spoken word poet after his wife died in a house fire suspected as arson. Heather Rae produced and directed the film, which took her more than a decade to complete. Trudell aired nationally in theU.S. on April 11, 2006 as part of the Independent Lens series … Continued 6:30 pm Stand With Standing Rock Fundraiser @ Impact Hub Stand With Standing Rock Fundraiser @ Impact Hub Nov 21 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Join with Indigenous activists and allies for an evening of solidarity with a report back panel, short film, speakers, and cultural performances as we come together to Stand With Standing Rock and raise funds to support the Water Protectors. Mni Wiconi-Water is Life – 100% of the donations will go to the people of Standing Rock.61986	9:00 am Court Support for Athena Cadence @ San Francisco Hall of Justice, Dept 21, 3rd floor Court Support for Athena Cadence @ San Francisco Hall of Justice, Dept 21, 3rd floor Nov 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Additionally, if you can make it to Athena’s next court date, your presence would be very helpful. Athena’s next court date is Tuesday, November 22, 9:00 AM in dept 21 (third floor) of the San Francisco Hall of Justice (850 Bryant St, San Francisco, CA 94103). Please be quiet and respectful in the courtroom; no signs are allowed in the courtroom. Full background: I am asking you to help free a transsexual mixed-race war veteran who is being held in San Francisco County Jail. Athena Cadence is not a threat … Continued 12:00 pm Sanctuary City Berkeley: #lovetrumpshate @ New City Hall steps Sanctuary City Berkeley: #lovetrumpshate @ New City Hall steps Nov 22 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Please join Berkeley Mayor-Elect Jesse Arreguin and other elected officials to reaffirm our city’s and school district’s commitment to providing a sanctuary for all and bring our sisters and brothers out of the shadows. #lovetrumpshate62032 3:00 pm Fuck Trump March and Sit in – SF Fuck Trump March and Sit in – SF Nov 22 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets We need to keep the momentum going! We cannot normalize this! We refuse to accept a Trump presidency and the indoctrination of hate and discrimination that comes with it. We will meet at 555 California Street (Trump owns 30% of this building) and have an hour-long sit in. We will then march through the city. Because we want to make our presence felt and we want to address concerns of speed, we will be stopping in many intersections during the march. At each stop we will hear from a speaker … Continued 5:30 pm Forum on Immigration Rights @ Longfellow Middle School Forum on Immigration Rights @ Longfellow Middle School Nov 22 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Forum on Immigrant Rights with Immigration Attorney Mark Silverman, Tuesday, November 22, 2016, 5:30 to 7:30 pm, Longfellow Middle School pic.twitter.com/kNJLj64juC— loridroste (@loridroste) November 21, 2016 62025 6:30 pm Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting @ SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall Oakland Livable Wage Assembly meeting @ SEIU Local 1000 Union Hall Nov 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us to fight for a livable wage for all Bay Area workers! We collaborate in principled reflection and action on what the Bay Area livable wage would be and where we are at on the right to a livable wage. The Oakland Livable Wage Assembly builds Community and Power among those who seek higher wages and better work life conditions for area workers. Our work together encompasses: (1) The concerns of precarious, care and contingent workers, (2) Campaigns to improve wages for low wage workers, and (3) Efforts by … 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 Nov 23 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets JOIN CODEPINK, WORLD CAN’T WAIT, OCCUPYSF Action Council and others at the huge PEACE banner Theme this week is: “REFUGEES…” Feel free to bring your own signage, photos, flyers, …Additional signs and flyers provided. Stand (or sit) with us and the huge PEACE banner. 61795		10:00 am Demand CitiBank Stop Funding the DAPL @ Oscar Grant Plaza Demand CitiBank Stop Funding the DAPL @ Oscar Grant Plaza Nov 25 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets If you would like to hand these flyers out at Citi bank meet at 14th and Broadway on Friday. Flyers will be available there for that morning and for people to take for other days. We will also discuss other Bank pickets for which other versions of this flyer are being made. Please contact me if you can make it Friday or what you other available times are between Black Friday and Dec, 1.62042 12:00 pm Annual Ohlone Shell Mound Gathering Annual Ohlone Shell Mound Gathering Nov 25 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Please join us for the 17th annual protest of the shopping mall constructed atop the Ohlone Shellmound in Emeryville. This year we come together to draw connections between the amazing resistance by Water Protectors in Standing Rock and the protection of sacred sites here at home in the Bay Area. Please join us to share solidarity, prayer, ideas, hopes, (and food) at this particularly pivotal moment. Background: In 1999, the City of Emeryville built the mall that now sits on the corner of Shellmound St and Ohlone Way. This space … Continued 9:00 pm Fundraiser for the SF Families of those killed by Police Violence @ Slims Fundraiser for the SF Families of those killed by Police Violence @ Slims Nov 25 @ 9:00 pm – 11:45 pm Tickets 62010	10:00 am Picket Banks that Invest in DAPL @ Oscar Grant Plaza Picket Banks that Invest in DAPL @ Oscar Grant Plaza Nov 26 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Meet at Oscar Grant Plaza at 14th Avenue & Broadway in Oakland to picket banks that have invested in the DAPL pipeline. Download a flyer by clicking on the following image: Download the 4x Flyer 62047 12:00 pm Flyering to Free Mumia @ Ashby BART flea market Flyering to Free Mumia @ Ashby BART flea market Nov 26 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets We feel we should coalesce and concentrate on our most urgent effort of building the movement to FREE MUMIA NOW, during the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party, while groups all over the country are gathering to celebrate that anniversary. In this way all our groups will benefit, and we’ll feel our collective power that will help us win all of our demands in the future. Remember Mumia is a great journalist, who’s been fighting for all of us for the 35 years he’s been behind bars. Locally, we … Continued 4:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ Paris Baguette Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ Paris Baguette Nov 26 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets (Backup location if Paris Baguette has no seating: Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater, 14th & Broadway, outside of City Hall.) Strike Debt is building a debt resistance movement. We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. Because we are forced to go into debt simply in order to live, we think it is right and moral to resist it. Come get connected with … Continued

Week of November 20

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.