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Parking on the street … Continued 1:00 pm Sunflower Alliance General Assembly @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Sunflower Alliance General Assembly @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Feb 5 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Bob Allen of Urban Habitat will discuss the “6 Wins” campaign — working to make sure that regional planning in the Bay Area promotes equity in housing, transportation, jobs, land use, and the environment. Plus updates on our campaigns. We need your participation and your voice Orientation for newcomers: 12 noon Meeting: 1 — 3 62321 2:00 pm Canceled because of weather: Potluck before Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Canceled because of weather: Potluck before Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Feb 5 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets We normally have a meal before GA on the last Sunday of the month, but this month that would fall the day after Chinese New Years, and our mayoral caninedate Einstein gets very spooked by fireworks after being so traumatized by flashbang grenades and tear gas on October 25th, 2011, when the cops broke up the first encampment that he and Ed Not Bombs are going to try and visits some friends in the country to get away from the noise. And without Einstein keeping the pigeons at a respectful … Continued 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Feb 5 @ 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 3:30 pm Open Circle – Families United for Justice mtg @ Armstrong Place Open Circle – Families United for Justice mtg @ Armstrong Place Feb 5 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Open Circle is taking steps to repeal the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights. The timing to achieve this is now. President trump vows to give police a wider bearth which means more racial profiling, more stop and frisk, more killer cops, zero accountablity. Let’s work together on this now. The longer trump is in office the harder it will be to turn over this reprehenisble pos Bill. “Trump states his administration “will be a law and order administration,” committed to ending the “dangerous anti-police atmosphere in America.” breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/23/trump-white-house-pledges-support-law-enforcement-white-house-page/ ) … Continued 5:00 pm Two Spirit Nation Report Back with Candi Brings Plenty @ Starline Social Club Two Spirit Nation Report Back with Candi Brings Plenty @ Starline Social Club Feb 5 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us for a report back, art auction & fundraiser for the Standing Rock Two Spirit Nation camp! Trump’s administration brings new, imminent, and scary threats to water protectors at the Standing Rock encampment in North Dakota. Please help the Two Spirit Nation stand up for our water and the sovereignty of our First Peoples! Candi Brings Plenty belongs to the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe and identifies as an Indigenous Queer, Two Spirit Woman. In addition to her leadership within Two-Spirit Nation at Oceti Sakowin/Oceti Oyate camp, Candi is Executive … Continued	9:00 am Pretrial for Comrade arrested at anti trump election day protest @ Rene Davidson Courthouse, Dept 7 Pretrial for Comrade arrested at anti trump election day protest @ Rene Davidson Courthouse, Dept 7 Feb 6 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Please come out on monday at 9am to Rene C. Davidson Courthouse Dept 7 to support a comrade arrested at the Anti Trump election day protest. Let’s show our solidarity by packing the court!62377 4:30 pm Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland @ Small Wonder, probably upstairs Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland @ Small Wonder, probably upstairs Feb 6 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Join us in promoting a public bank for the City of Oakland! The Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland was formed by members of Commonomics and Strike Debt Bay Area in August, 2016. In November, we succeeded in getting the Oakland City Council to instruct the City Administrator to report on the usefulness of a feasibility study for creating The Public Bank of Oakland. Our next goal is to convince the City Council to commission that study as soon as possible, and incorporate it into a business plan for … Continued 6:30 pm Occupy Forum: Standing Rock: “Every Footfall is a Prayer” @ The Black and Brown Social Club Occupy Forum: Standing Rock: “Every Footfall is a Prayer” @ The Black and Brown Social Club Feb 6 @ 6:30 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! Standing Rock: “Every Footfall is a Prayer” with The Reverend Meg Whitaker-Greene The Reverend Meg Whitaker-Greene will reflect on her trips in November and December to Oceti Sakawin where the “Black Snake” has been (now, under Trump, it appears only temporarily) stopped. The Bismarck Mandan Unitarian Universalist Church and Fellowship plays an essential part in supporting this movement led by First Persons of … Continued 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Neibyl Proctor Library Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Neibyl Proctor Library Feb 6 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to stopping police brutality. Note: At our November meeting we changed our meeting date from the first Tuesday of the month to the first Monday, starting December 5th61476	1:00 pm Oakland to Stockton: Rally and March for Colby Friday @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oakland to Stockton: Rally and March for Colby Friday @ Oscar Grant Plaza Feb 7 @ 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Meet at Oscar Grant Plaza for a bus/van to Stockton to take part in a rally for Colby Friday, killed by Stockton Police.62337	8:00 am EMERGENCY #NoDAPL Action! – SF @ SF Federal Bldg EMERGENCY #NoDAPL Action! – SF @ SF Federal Bldg Feb 8 @ 8:00 am – 6:00 pm Tickets EMERGENCY #NoDAPL Action! Arrestival! Stand with us! Share widely! Today the Army Corps of Engineers notified Congress that it will grant an easement for the Dakota Access Pipeline in the next 24 hours, trampling a planned environmental and tribal consultation review process. Statement from Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network: “Donald Trump will not build his Dakota Access Pipeline without a fight. The granting of an easement, without any environmental review or tribal consultation, is not the end of this fight — it is the new beginning. … Continued 4:00 pm Meeting with the Public, City Administration and Council on Homelessness @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza, downstairs hearing room 1 Meeting with the Public, City Administration and Council on Homelessness @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza, downstairs hearing room 1 Feb 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets After taking down “the Village” that had been erected at Marcus Garvey Park last week, the city agreed to have a meeting about homelessness tomorrow at 4 at city Hall in hearing room 1.62416 6:00 pm Bring the Injustice of Amilcar’s Death to Gascon’s Door Bring the Injustice of Amilcar’s Death to Gascon’s Door Feb 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets 62419 7:00 pm Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Oakstop Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Oakstop Feb 8 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Want to get involved with SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) Bay Area? Come learn about our current work and activities. You’ll also hear about SURJ committees, as well as upcoming workshops and events. We’ll answer your questions, and share how you can get involved in the movement for racial justice. Intro to SURJ Meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of each month. 62358	12:30 pm Mayor Lee: Make Free City College REAL @ AFT 2121 Mayor Lee: Make Free City College REAL @ AFT 2121 Feb 9 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets San Franciscans passed Prop W to fund the Free City College initiative. Since then the Board of Supervisors have kept their promise to the voters by acting to set aside the monies needed and the DCCC has unanimously passed a resolution in support of making the Free City College Initiative REAL by Fall 2017. Now we need to Mayor Lee to just cut the check! We’ve learned Mayor Ed Lee is considering drastically reducing the scope of Free City or possibly preventing it from moving forward at all, despite being … Continued 1:30 pm Food Not Bombs – Come Eat With Us! @ National Recycling Center, near 14th & Mandela Food Not Bombs – Come Eat With Us! @ National Recycling Center, near 14th & Mandela Feb 9 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets 62371 6:00 pm Public Banking Forum @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 3 Public Banking Forum @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 3 Feb 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The City of Oakland is planning a public forum on public banking in Hearing Room 3 of Oakland City Hall (14th and Broadway, downtown Oakland). Presenters are: Marc Armstrong, member, Federal Reserve Faster Payments Task Force, co-founder and past President of the Public Banking Institute, co-founder and President of Commonomics USA; Jesse Arreguin, mayor of Berkeley, former Berkeley City Council member Tom Sgouros, author of Checking the Banks: The Nuts and Bolts of Banking for People Who Want to Fix It (2014), Senior Policy Advisor to Rhode Island Treasurer; and Nichoe … Continued 7:00 pm Screening of: 13th @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall Screening of: 13th @ Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall Feb 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 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 all that much since the earliest days of slavery. The statistics DuVernay puts onscreen say it all: African-Americans make up 6.5% of the U.S. population but a whopping 40% of the prison population — … Continued	5:15 pm Occupella – Black Lives Matter SingAlong @ Ashby Bart Occupella – Black Lives Matter SingAlong @ Ashby Bart Feb 10 @ 5:15 pm – 6:15 pm Tickets Join us for a ‘Black Lives Matter — Protect the Vulnerable’ Sing. Everyone welcome!62421 5:30 pm Black History Month Film Series @ Oakland City Hall, City Council Chambers Black History Month Film Series @ Oakland City Hall, City Council Chambers Feb 10 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Free. Each documentary will begin promptly at 5:30 PM, discussion afterwards. Food provided. Feb 3 – John Henrik Clarke – A Great and Mighty Walk Feb 10 – The House I Live In Feb 17 – The Night Tulsa Burned Feb 24th – 13th 62380 7:00 pm An Evening with the Valve Turners – Pipeline Shutdown Activists @ Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley An Evening with the Valve Turners – Pipeline Shutdown Activists @ Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley Feb 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets If We Are Willing: How We Can Stop Disaster offers a local opportunity to hear personal testimony from the Valve Turners, the five courageous climate activists who shut down five separate pipelines in Washington, Minnesota, Montana and North Dakota as an act of solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux. Each of them is now facing decades in prison. While they prepare for trial, they’re here in the Bay Area to talk strategy and share about what led them to sacrifice their own individual comfort and security for planetary preservation. Manually … Continued	11:00 am 11 Solidarity with Planned Parenthood San Francisco @ Planned Parenthood 11 Solidarity with Planned Parenthood San Francisco @ Planned Parenthood Feb 11 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets On February 11th, there are rallies planned across the country to in support of defunding Planned Parenthood, a move which will cut off essential services to people all across the spectrum, but particularly those who are at or near the poverty line. Join us in taking back the conversation around Planned Parenthood. The majority of the country does not believe it should be defunded, but we need to make sure that our voices are heard. If you bring signs, make them short and clearly pro-PP/pro-choice. We want to make sure … Continued 12:00 pm West Oakland Holistic Community Clinic & Cafe @ West Oakland Healing Arts West Oakland Holistic Community Clinic & Cafe @ West Oakland Healing Arts Feb 11 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Offerings: Massage therapy Energy work Acupuncture Birth Doula Practitioners Herbal Medicine Resource library Free Hot Meal Free Store Cafe Space to hang out, eat, make art and discuss what healing means to us by us and for us. 62423 2:00 pm Yuvette Henderson 2nd Angelversary: Community Memorial and BBQ @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater Yuvette Henderson 2nd Angelversary: Community Memorial and BBQ @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater Feb 11 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Community Memorial and BBQ: Yuvette Henderson 2nd Angelversary `On Saturday family and community members will gather for a memorial and BBQ. Please bring a dish to share. — Yuvette Henderson Gunned Down by Emeryville Police in Oakland Community Questions Emeryville Police Version of Events in Killing of Yuvette Henderson https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2015/02/12/18768460.php 62360 3:30 pm Trump’s First 100 Days — Planning Meeting @ Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church Trump’s First 100 Days — Planning Meeting @ Taylor Memorial United Methodist Church Feb 11 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Help plan an inclusive event that reflects all our social and environmental justice movements to mark the end of Trump’s first 100 days. The coalition that sponsored the huge 2014 NYC People’s Climate March has called for mass demonstrations in DC and around the country on April 29, the end of Trump’s first 100 days. This planning meeting, to be facilitated by Patricia St. Onge (Six Nations), encourages the participation and leadership of people from all parts of the progressive movement, especially those who will be hardest hit by Trump’s attacks. RSVP 62379 6:00 pm Emergency Information Session About New Executive Orders @ Masjid Al Salam Emergency Information Session About New Executive Orders @ Masjid Al Salam Feb 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Emergency Information Session About New Executive Orders Attorneys from CAIR – San Francisco Bay Area and Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Asian Law Caucus will be on hand to: Share what is known and what is still unclear about the travel restrictions put in place on 1/27 through the #MuslimBan Share what you should know about the ban *Share what you should to do protect yourself62430 7:00 pm The Attack On Immigrants: What Trump Can And Can’t Do @ Niebyl Proctor Library The Attack On Immigrants: What Trump Can And Can’t Do @ Niebyl Proctor Library Feb 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets A Speak Out Now Forum with investigative reporter and photographer David Bacon The Attack On Immigrants – What Trump Can And Can’t Do Trump and those he represents are attacking the most vulnerable members of our society – recent immigrants, especially those without documentation. This is part of a strategy to divide us in the face of attacks aimed at enriching the billionaire class. But those under attack are not without power. Immigrant labor is vital to many industries. Today about 57% of the country’s entire agricultural workforce is undocumented. … Continued

Week of February 5

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.