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Simple breakfast will be served. “Thy name is my … Continued 12:00 pm Golden Gate Walk for Peace @ Golden Gate Bridge, SF entrance Golden Gate Walk for Peace @ Golden Gate Bridge, SF entrance Apr 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Today, 12 pm, gather at GG Bridge Plaza, #SF side for monthly @CODEPINK Golden Gate Bridge Walk for Peace. #Syriahttps://t.co/0KCFvflbeQ pic.twitter.com/4mcAwsZjWk— Indybay (@Indybay) April 9, 2017 62710 6:30 pm How can we get beyond Trump-Putin barbarism? @ Niebyl Proctor Library How can we get beyond Trump-Putin barbarism? @ Niebyl Proctor Library Apr 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The Trump-Putin post-truth world of Fox News and Russia Today, are kindred moments of a global capitalist order that has devolved into neo-fascism: scapegoating the “Other” and accepting genocide. Internal reactionaries and competing multiple regional and global powers have no regard for human life, as demonstrated most horribly by Assad’s latest chemical gas assault on Khan Sheikhoun and Trump’s terror against civilians in Syria, Iraq and Yemen. As a Syrian revolutionary recently put it, “After all this slaughter, we ask, do the Syrian people not belong to the human community?” … Continued	5:00 pm Occupella: Tax the Rich Rallies Occupella: Tax the Rich Rallies Apr 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Tax the Rich Rallies every Monday from 5-6 pm on upper Solano in front of the Oaks Theater and the Chase Bank. All are welcome! Also We’ll be at SURJ (Stand Up for Racial Justice) event that starts at the Grand Lake Theater on Saturday April 1st from noon-1 :00 PM. For our calendar of events, songs to download and more: www.occupella.org. 62623 6:00 pm Occupy Forum: “Thirty Seconds to Midnight” @ SEIU Local 2 Occupy Forum: “Thirty Seconds to Midnight” @ SEIU Local 2 Apr 10 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OccupyForum Presents the film “Thirty Seconds to Midnight” with Producer Regis Tremblay about the danger of nuclear war, climate change and the struggle to challenge these dangers Friends, Hope you can join us for one of the three Bay area showings of excellent new film Thirty Seconds to Midnight April 10 and 11. It is a powerful film about the danger of nuclear war and climate change and the struggle of people around the world to challenge these dangers. Please spread the word to the larger community and hope to see you … Continued	6:00 pm Community Security Training Series @ Main Branch, SF Public Library - Learning Studio Community Security Training Series @ Main Branch, SF Public Library - Learning Studio Apr 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets EFF Launches Community Security Training Series EFF is pleased to announce a series of community security trainings in partnership with the San Francisco Public Library. High-profile data breaches and hard-fought battles against unlawful mass surveillance programs underscore that the public needs practical information about online security. We know more about potential threats each day, but we also know that encryption works and can help thwart digital spying. Lack of knowledge about best practices puts individuals at risk, so EFF will bring lessons from its comprehensive Surveillance Self-Defense guide to the … Continued 7:00 pm Film Screening: Thirty Seconds to Midnight @ Star King School Film Screening: Thirty Seconds to Midnight @ Star King School Apr 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Three Threats to Life on the Planet: Nuclear Technology Nuclear Armaggedon Climate Change A powerful film about the danger of nuclear war and climate change and the struggle of people around the world to challenge these dangers. Please spread the word to the larger community and hope to see you there. Producer Regis Tremblay will be at the showing.62621 7:00 pm Justice for Ebbie Mondragon at Hayward City Council @ Hayward City Hall Justice for Ebbie Mondragon at Hayward City Council @ Hayward City Hall Apr 11 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets [Note: We called the Hayward City Manager’s office to confirm that there is a meeting on 4/11 at 7pm. Per the Brown Act, they’re supposed to post the agenda publicly 72 hours before the meeting, so hopefully that happens. We’ll call again the day of to make sure it’s still happening.] Join the family of Elena “Ebbie” Mondragon at the next Hayward City Council meeting to demand both the truth and real accountability for her recent killing by Fremont police. (Hayward PD is “investigating” since it happened there.) Unidentified Fremont … Continued	9:00 am POSTPONED: Trial for Dejuan Hall, Vallejo Police Brutality Victim @ Fairfield Superior Court, Dept 9 POSTPONED: Trial for Dejuan Hall, Vallejo Police Brutality Victim @ Fairfield Superior Court, Dept 9 Apr 12 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Dejuan Hall’s trial has been moved to June 19th as of now. Dejuan Hall was brutally beaten by Vallejo police officer Spencer Muniz-Bottomley on 3/10/2017, then charged with battery on police officer and resisting arrest. Hall does not face ANY charges related to the reason police were called on him as he was not breaking any laws. Video of VPD officer Bottomley beating unarmed Dejuan Hall can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/antionette.saddler/posts/1338405206216750?pnref=story Officer Bottomley was never suspended and remains on duty. Hall’s trial is Wednesday, April 12th at 9 AM in … Continued 5:30 pm No to War in Syria! The Causes and Consequences of the Unending US War Drive @ 247 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley No to War in Syria! The Causes and Consequences of the Unending US War Drive @ 247 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley Apr 12 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets No to War in Syria! The Causes and Consequences of the Unending US War Drive With the launching of military strikes on Syria, the US is opening a new chapter in its bloody wars in the Middle East, which have left more than one million dead. The consequences of the direct targeting of the Syrian government are incalculable. How will Russia respond? The world could wake up some morning in the near future to the news that the two largest nuclear-armed powers in the world are at war. There is … Continued 7:00 pm Within Conversations: Sarah Shourd and Others @ 0Gaard Within Conversations: Sarah Shourd and Others @ 0Gaard Apr 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets DESCRIPTION Please join us in an intimate gathering at Øgaard in Oakland as we host a conversation between four local luminaries. Drinks provided by Fort Point Beer and Scribe Winery. Jim Denevan creates temporary drawings on sand, earth, and ice that are eventually erased by waves and weather. These drawings range in scale from smaller beach compositions to large scale land works the size of a city. Jim’s artwork is performed primarily outside in California but also many other locations around the world. Documentation of Jim’s work has been exhibited … Continued 7:30 pm The Other Slavery: Indian Enslavement in America @ Hillside Club The Other Slavery: Indian Enslavement in America @ Hillside Club Apr 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets “Andres Reséndez vividly recounts the harrowing story of a previously little-known aspect of the histories of American slavery and of encounters between indigenes and invaders.” — Publishers Weekly The Other Slavery: Indian Enslavement in America Is an eye-opening, landmark history of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Native Americans across America, from the time of the conquistadores to the early 20th century. This is a key missing chapter of American history. Resendez offers a startling contemporary insight: today’s global human trafficking has its roots less in the black slavery … Continued 7:30 pm The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America @ Berkeley Hillside Club The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America @ Berkeley Hillside Club Apr 12 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets KPFA Radio 94.1FM presents Andres Resendez , Hosted by Mickey Huff advance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 or Books Inc/Berkeley, Pegasus (3 sites), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Marcus Books, Diesel a Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway’s $15 door, KPFA benefit, kpfa.org/events, wheelchair access “Resendez vividly recounts the harrowing story of a previously little-known aspect of the histories of American slavery and of encounters between indigenes and invaders.” – Publishers Weekly The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America is an eye-opening, landmark history of the enslavement of tens of thousands … Continued	5:00 pm California Farmworkers’ Rights: What Can Be Done in the Age of Trump? @ David Brower Centr California Farmworkers’ Rights: What Can Be Done in the Age of Trump? @ David Brower Centr Apr 13 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets In the last year, California has accomplished major gains for agricultural workers, from the new overtime pay law to innovative farm labor certification programs. At the same time, however, agricultural workers and their families are facing extreme threats from federal immigration policies and policing, and a heightened culture of fear. What efforts are underway to address the problems and develop solutions? Farmworker, business, policy, and research leaders will share on-the-ground perspectives on the current farm labor landscape in California. As the state with the highest number of agricultural workers, 75% … Continued 6:00 pm DSA Party : Celebrate Death and Taxes! @ Spats DSA Party : Celebrate Death and Taxes! @ Spats Apr 13 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Come on down to our @DSAEastBay party tonight at Spats on Berkeley! You can also wish me an early birthday https://t.co/FiBotRJt4i pic.twitter.com/XhzVi6lUkW— TimeCrime (@prosperdave) April 13, 2017 62736	6:45 am Good Friday Witness at Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab @ Near Livermore Labs Good Friday Witness at Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab @ Near Livermore Labs Apr 14 @ 6:45 am – 9:45 am Tickets Ecumenical Peace Institute and the Livermore Conversion Project will offer a service of worship and nonviolent witness against nuclear weapons. Martin Luther King gave his “Beyond Vietnam” speech 50 years ago this spring. We ask, “Where would Dr. King be today?” We believe Dr. King’s spirit is with us at the Livermore Lab where new nuclear weapons continue to be designed, saying once again, “In a day when . . . guided ballistic missiles are carving highways of death through the stratosphere, no nation can win a war. Today it … Continued 6:30 pm Active Hope: RISE, LOVE, RESIST! @ Fellowship Hall Active Hope: RISE, LOVE, RESIST! @ Fellowship Hall Apr 14 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Speakers include Joanna Macy, Antonia Juhasz, Donald Goldmacher, “Heist” film, co-founder Berkeley Progressive Alliance; Shahid Buttar, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Mike Rufo, Bill of Rights Defense Committee; Rev. Earl Koteen, Sunflower Alliance; Mike Katz-Lacabe, Oakland Privacy Working Group; Michael Wong, Veterans for Peace; Susan Harman, Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland; Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley Cares; 350.org Bay Area; April 29 Climate Mobilization; Codepink Women for Peace; Indivisible Berkeley; Diablo Rising Tide, and more! Music: Lydia Violet (tentative), Betsy Rose, Mike Rufo, Francis Collins, more! An evening for conscious activists, organizers, … Continued 6:30 pm Without Walls: Abolition and Rethinking Education. @ Islamic Cultural Center Without Walls: Abolition and Rethinking Education. @ Islamic Cultural Center Apr 14 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets 62728	9:30 am Blueprints for a Future: Transforming Education Conference @ 155 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley Blueprints for a Future: Transforming Education Conference @ 155 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley Apr 15 @ 9:30 am – 6:00 pm Tickets Blueprints for Our Future Emergency California Education Conference Let’s Fight for Free Public Education For All Students, Faculty and Staff A strong public education system is the foundation of every just and democratic society. Yet for most working families—especially those from black and brown communities—the right to free, high-quality education seems further than ever: preschool is inaccessible to children whose parents can’t afford it; k-12 schools are starved of resources while the imposition of high-stakes tests penalizes low-income districts and the explosion of charters exacerbates segregation and inequality; college and … Continued 10:00 am Defend the Bay \| Bloc Party & Cookout @ MLK Civic Center Park Defend the Bay \| Bloc Party & Cookout @ MLK Civic Center Park Apr 15 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets The “Alt-Right” is coming back to Berkeley… DEFEND THE BAY BLOC PARTY & COOKOUT Trump supporters, white supremacists, fascists and bigots of many varieties are planning a rally in MLK Civic Center Park on April 15th. Let’s show them there is no space for racism or fascism here in the Bay! Come connect with other like-minded folks. Enjoy food, music, speakers and more. Bring food to share if you can! **To help protect yourself from the alt-right and the state, bring a mask or other way to conceal your identity … Continued 11:00 am East Bay Green Jobs Fair @ Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church East Bay Green Jobs Fair @ Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church Apr 15 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets Looking for a job? Curious about careers that provide opportunity and a chance to make the world a greener place? Or are you a green business owner seeking to hire? The Green Jobs Fair in West Oakland will connect job seekers to the burgeoning green sector to provide sustainable employment opportunities for years to come. If you are an employer, contractor, entrepreneur or trainer in the Green Economy, please consider participating. The Interfaith Green Jobs Coalition, the fair’s sponsor, is seeking to create pathways to employment for underrepresented East Bay community … Continued 11:00 am Prison Industrial Complex & Abolition 101 for K-12 Educators @ Omni Commons Prison Industrial Complex & Abolition 101 for K-12 Educators @ Omni Commons Apr 15 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets Critical Resistance- Oakland is pleased to offer “Intro to the Prison Industrial Complex and Abolition” for K-12 Educators. Organizing to get police out of your school? Working on responses to harm in the classroom and staffroom that do not involve criminalization? Want a curriculum that creates possibilities to imagine and build a world without prisons and borders? Building to protect students and families from immigration enforcement (ICE)? This workshop will provide a space for educators to dig into CR’s analysis of the prison industrial complex (PIC) and identify practical and … Continued 11:30 am International Conscientious Objectors & War Resisters Day @ Civic Center flagpole, MLK Park International Conscientious Objectors & War Resisters Day @ Civic Center flagpole, MLK Park Apr 15 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Tickets On International Conscientious Objectors Day, Celebrate the 11th Annual Berkeley C.O. and War Resisters Day Peace Flag raising ceremony, first at Civic Center flagpole at 2180 Milvia Street, corner of Allston Way and then at the flagpole at MLK, Jr. Civic Center Park, 2151 MLK, Jr. Way (between Center Street and Allston Way, across from Old City Hall), Berkeley With Conscientious Objectors and War Resisters from World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Bob Meola, Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission, … Continued 1:00 pm Tax March! @ Civic Center Plaza Tax March! @ Civic Center Plaza Apr 15 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets MISSION STATEMENT On April 15, 2017, we peacefully march to demand that Donald Trump release ten years of his most recent tax returns. Reviewing Mr. Trump’s tax returns will ensure that domestic or foreign conflicts of interest do not compromise Mr. Trump in his role as president and that he complies with safeguards set forth in the Constitution. Tax March San Francisco is not an organization, but a non-partisan movement. MARCH ROUTE AND PROGRAM The current plan is that we will hold a rally at Civic Center and then march … Continued 2:00 pm What the Health: Film Screening @ SF Public Library, Koret Auditorium What the Health: Film Screening @ SF Public Library, Koret Auditorium Apr 15 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets What the Health is the groundbreaking follow-up film from the creators of the award-winning documentary Cowspiracy. The film exposes the collusion and corruption in government and big business that is costing us trillions of healthcare dollars, and keeping us sick. https://youtu.be/Jf44vLndiRM The event is at the Koret Auditorium, Lower Level and scheduled as followed: 2:00 pm – 2:15 pm Introduction 2:15 pm – 3:45 pm Movie 3:45 pm – 4:45 pm Q&A 4:45 pm – 5:00 pm Raffles62727 3:00 pm California’s Medicare for All Legislation – SB 562 California’s Medicare for All Legislation – SB 562 Apr 15 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets California’s Medicare for All Legislation – SB 562 How does SB 562 provide health care? How can we campaign for SB 562? Trump and the Republican congress want to gut the Affordable Care Act, privatize Medicare, cut back on Medicaid, and privatize the Veteran’s Administration. In California, we have the chance to legislate our own health care program that covers everyone, has no co-pays, no deductibles, and no premiums. SB 562 will remove the insurance industry from our lives. A Panel of Single Payer Now Activists Discussing SB 562 – … Continued 3:00 pm Slingshot issue #124 article Deadline & editing meeting @ Longhaul Slingshot issue #124 article Deadline & editing meeting @ Longhaul Apr 15 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Article deadline is at 3 pm Saturday April 15 and everyone is invited to join the article editing process Saturday 3-6 and Sunday 3-9 pm. Slingshot is accepting articles, photographs, art, letters, review, etc. for issue #124, to be published in late April, 2017. Email slingshot dot tao dot ca and send your submission as an attachment please. Or you can drop it by and meet us. Many radical topics are of interest (economics, environment, identity politics, DIY, anti-represssion, resistance, etc.) — we suggest you write about stuff you’re involved … Continued 5:00 pm FILM SCREENING: “TOMORROW” @ Elmwood Theater FILM SCREENING: “TOMORROW” @ Elmwood Theater Apr 15 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets “TOMORROW” is an upbeat environmental documentary directed and narrated (in English) by actress Melanie Laurent (Inglorious Basterds) and activist Cyril Dion. Together, they traveled to 10 countries to visit Permaculture farms, urban agriculture projects, community-owned renewable initiatives. They introduce us to people making a difference in the fields of food, energy, finance, democracy, and education. French actress and director Mélanie Laurent (starring in Quentin Tarantino’s INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS), became increasingly aware, shortly after having her first child, of several leading scientists reports stating that man’s environmental impact on the planet had … Continued 5:00 pm From Domination to Prosperity: Building an Economy Where We All Belong @ Boalt Hall From Domination to Prosperity: Building an Economy Where We All Belong @ Boalt Hall Apr 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Join us for the Thinking Ahead speaker series with a discussion of Sabeel Rahman’s book, “Democracy Against Domination“, moderated by john a powell, with community organizer Christina Livingston and pollitical scientist Paul Pierson. Unchecked corporate power is a danger to our way of life. What would a political economy where we all belong look like? What values, institutions, and movement strategies must we develop to achieve this vision in an era of growing inequality and resurgent right-wing populism? The event will be followed by a reception, with finger food and … Continued 7:00 pm Fundraiser for Oakland Women’s Strike Organizing Collective! Fundraiser for Oakland Women’s Strike Organizing Collective! Apr 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Fundraiser backyard party for Oakland Women’s Strike Organizing Collective! * - We’re slinging pizza and drinks to raise $ - For those who can’t attend in person, but would still like to contribute, look for @May_Day on Venmo. - Funds raised will go towards the ASL interpreter fees from March 8, t-shirts & screen-printing supplies and food for May Day. McCarty AB 1185 Letter to the Journal 62759

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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.