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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 Community Democracy Project @ Omni Commons Basement Community Democracy Project @ Omni Commons Basement Mar 19 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Community Democracy Project is your connection to direct democracy in Oakland! Convened out of Occupy Oakland in Fall 2011, we’re gathering steam on a campaign to bring the people back in touch with the city’s resources through participatory budgeting. Picture this: Across Oakland, Neighborhood Assemblies are regularly held in every community. People come together to tackle the important issues of their neighborhoods and of the city. At these assemblies, people don’t just have discussions–they learn from one another, from city staff, and they make fundamental decisions about how the … Continued 6:30 pm Liberated Lens: Film Night – Thalia Drori (local filmmaker series!) @ Omni Commons Liberated Lens: Film Night – Thalia Drori (local filmmaker series!) @ Omni Commons Mar 19 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Liberated Lens Film Collective presents a dark night of comedy shorts by Thalia Drori Ramirez and Cineastas de Granada. An evening of comedy shorts by filmmaker Thalia Drori Ramirez, including a premiere of her latest film, Squirrel, which features Mary Vivian Pearce (Pink Flamingos, Multiple Maniacs, Female Trouble) as the school principal. Drori Ramirez will also present a comedy by the students of Cineastas de Granada, a video production program she founded for teen girls in Granada, Nicaragua. A discussion with the filmmaker will follow the screening. Squirrel Trailer: https://vimeo.com/164283185 … Continued 7:00 pm Impeach Donald Trump Now Berkeley Campaign Event @ pin The Center For Faith and Justice Impeach Donald Trump Now Berkeley Campaign Event @ pin The Center For Faith and Justice Mar 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Why Congress Should Start an Impeachment Investigation Now of President Donald Trump” Panel Discussion with: Jovanka Beckles, Member of Richmond City Council John Bonifaz, Co-Founder and President, Free Speech For People Ben Clements, Chair of the Board, Free Speech For People Eva Paterson, Civil Rights Attorney and Activist Norman Solomon, Co-Founder and Coordinator, RootsAction Moderated by: Kris Welch of KPFA Radio Welcoming remarks by: Rev. Michael McBride, The Center for Faith and Justice This event is free and open to the public To learn more visit www.impeachdonaldtrumpnow.org62606 7:00 pm Privacy and the Practicalities of Policing @ Eli's Mile High Club Privacy and the Practicalities of Policing @ Eli's Mile High Club Mar 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets How does a city like Oakland deal with real crime issues, but also avoid repeating the past excesses of police surveillance? Our guest for Episode 12 of Ars Technica Live is Bruce Stoffmacher, a civilian employee and legislative analyst with the Oakland Police Department. Stoffmacher will be discussing how the city balances privacy interests with the needs of law enforcement. Prior to working for OPD, he was a policy analyst in the mayor’s office. Filmed before a live audience at Eli’s Mile High Club (3629 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, … Continued	6:00 pm Occupy Forum: “What is to be done?” – Michael Goldstein @ The Black and Brown Social Club Occupy Forum: “What is to be done?” – Michael Goldstein @ The Black and Brown Social Club Mar 20 @ 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! “What is to be done?” Michael Goldstein Michael Goldstein will present his challenging, promising, and unusual view of the path forward for those seeking fundamental social transformation, and then lead discussion. He is author of the visionary book, Return of the Light: A Political Fable in Which the American People Retake Their Country, which offers a roadmap for uniting our separate campaigns to stop … Continued	7:00 pm Women’s Strike Planning Meeting for May 1st General Strike @ Omni Commons basement Women’s Strike Planning Meeting for May 1st General Strike @ Omni Commons basement Mar 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Continue the momentum of the Women’s March in January and the Women’s Strike March 8th, planning towards a May 1st General Strike! All welcome! 62567	9:00 am Pretrial for Jack and Nestor @ Rene Davidson Courthouse, Dept 7 Pretrial for Jack and Nestor @ Rene Davidson Courthouse, Dept 7 Mar 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Come on Wednesday to support Jack and Nestor, who were arrested at an Anti Trump demo on Election Day. Lets pack the court!62600 7:00 pm DSA: Socialist Feminist Working Group @ Email socfem@eastbaydsa.org for more info. DSA: Socialist Feminist Working Group @ Email socfem@eastbaydsa.org for more info. Mar 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets East Bay DSA is forming a Socialist Feminist Working Group! Come learn more about how we can work together to fight capitalism and the patriarchy at our first big meeting. Email socfem@eastbaydsa.org for more info.62605 7:00 pm Homelessness – Speakers for a New America Tour . @ Luggage Store Gallery Homelessness – Speakers for a New America Tour . @ Luggage Store Gallery Mar 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets “First They Came for the Homeless” Please join us in a California speaking tour of front line leaders in the movement to end homelessness in America. Speakers: . Mike Zint – homeless leader from ‘OccupySF, founding member of ‘First they came for the homeless’ and the Poor Tour intentional tent community/action . Bilal Mafundi Ali –People’s Commission for Justice and the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness . And others from Los Angeles, San Jose and the Central Valley, tba With poetry by Jack Hirschman & music [tba]62678	11:30 am Learn more about single payer health care in CA! @ California Nurses Association, 1st Floor Learn more about single payer health care in CA! @ California Nurses Association, 1st Floor Mar 23 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Tickets As you know, President Trump and Republican leaders are moving quickly to repeal the Affordable Care Act and gut Medicaid – threatening the healthcare and lives of millions of low to moderate income Americans while handing huge tax cuts to the rich and big healthcare corporations. By mid-April, we could be living in the new world of Trumpcare nationally. In California though, we have the opportunity to not only resist these extreme attacks on our healthcare and lives, but to expand and create the healthcare system we truly need – … Continued 5:00 pm Organizer’s Toolkit: How to Develop a Strategic Campaign @ UC Berkeley Labor Center Organizer’s Toolkit: How to Develop a Strategic Campaign @ UC Berkeley Labor Center Mar 23 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets This workshop is for all students and community members who are eager to make social change. Students who want to sharpen their organizing skills and learn how to develop a campaign strategy are encouraged to attend. Participants will walk through the steps of a successful worker organizing campaign to better understand how these principles and strategies can be applied to grassroots and student organizing efforts. This workshop will showcase how to: · identify issues · set goals · identify targets and analyze power relationships · develop strategy and tactics · … Continued	9:00 am Court Support for Man Beaten by Vallejo Police @ Fairfield Superior Court, Dept 9 Court Support for Man Beaten by Vallejo Police @ Fairfield Superior Court, Dept 9 Mar 24 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am Tickets Dear Community, We need everyone who can get to Fairfield this Friday come show support for Dejuan Hall. Dejuan Hall is a 23-year old Black man who was brutally beaten by a Vallejo police officer Spencer Muniz-Bottomley on 3/10/2017. Dejuan Hall is currently held in Solano County jail, charged with battery on police officer. Please come support! 62613	1:00 pm Oakland Justice Coalition Meeting @ Siegel & Yee Oakland Justice Coalition Meeting @ Siegel & Yee Mar 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets We hope you’ll join us for our monthly General Membership Meeting. Things are heating up in organizing spaces across Oakland. Come to learn and connect to work within our coalition and beyond. Agenda Welcome, introductions Learn About Immigration/Refugee Work on the Ground: Where is there room for initiative? How can we be involved to help develop strategy? Where can we invite people to engage with work already underway? Structure Committee Report APTP Update: Brief Report + Connection Opportunities Education Committee: Brief Report + Connection Opportunities. We’ll hear about the #WeChoose … Continued

Week of March 19

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.