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Since our February canvassing kick-off, we’ve had 250 volunteer canvassers … Continued 2:00 pm SOLIDARITY DAY WITH OUR MUSLIM NEIGHBORS SOLIDARITY DAY WITH OUR MUSLIM NEIGHBORS May 7 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets The As Salaam Mosque has invited the East Bay community to show solidarity against harassment and discrimination, share cultural experiences, and celebrate diversity this Sunday from two to four thirty at 975 7th Street. There will be speakers, refreshments, and time to network with neighbors and local leaders. Imam Muhammed and Pastor Jim Hopkins of the Lakeshore Baptist Church will lead the event in prayer. Speakers include Assembly Member Rob Bonta, leader in the State Sanctuary movement, Assembly Member Tony Thurmond, Council Members Lynette Gibson McElhany and Noel Gallo, Jose … Continued 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza May 7 @ 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. (Note: we meet at 3:00 PM … Continued	6:00 pm Occupy Forum: Nuts and Bolts of Transitions of Power: Initiating a Just and Sustainable Society: Part I @ The Black and Brown Social Club Occupy Forum: Nuts and Bolts of Transitions of Power: Initiating a Just and Sustainable Society: Part I @ The Black and Brown Social Club May 8 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OccupyForum presents Information, discussion & community! Monday NightForum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! Nuts and Bolts of Transitions of Power: Initiating a Just and Sustainable Society: Part I Now that the shock is beginning to wear off, and reality to sink in, about the Trump/Republican/Oligarchy takeover of our government, we must begin to seriously plan our response. Most of us agree it is not satisfactory to persist in the same strategies and tactics we used before the … Continued 6:30 pm Defund OPD at Budget Forums @ Various locations (and times) on different dates - see below Defund OPD at Budget Forums @ Various locations (and times) on different dates - see below May 8 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Have you ever wondered: What do police really spend their time doing? How much do they make, and why do they get paid so much? Could we shrink OPD and make Oakland an even safer, better place to live? The process of allocating Oakland’s 2.6 billion dollar budget for 2017-2019 has begun. We believe that the scandal-ridden and dysfunctional Oakland Police Department consumes far too many of our city’s resources. It’s time to audit police spending and performance, and redirect wasted funds to community-building, constructive strategies for making Oakland a … Continued 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room May 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OTU’s Mission The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 … Continued 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Neibyl Proctor Library Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Neibyl Proctor Library May 8 @ 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.62823	12:00 pm Press Event & Rally: ReFund and ReInvest in Oakland @ Oakland City Hall steps, Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater Press Event & Rally: ReFund and ReInvest in Oakland @ Oakland City Hall steps, Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater May 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Press event to ReFund and ReInvest in Oakland & Release of our Community-Labor Budget Platform We are inviting you to join renters, residents of affordable housing developments, city workers, seniors, artists, immigrants and low wage workers to call on City Leaders to ReFund our communities and support a Community Budget that ensures a healthy, livable and sustainable Oakland for EVERYONE! In the wake of the Administration’s release of their proposed Bait & Switch Budget that prioritizes displacement and criminalization over the needs of our communities, the ReFund Oakland Community-Labor Coalition … Continued 6:00 pm Anti-Lab @ Anti-Lab Anti-Lab @ Anti-Lab May 9 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Anti Lab is a kind of clubhouse for creative resistance, a meeting place for people who want to transform their frustration with the current political climate into action. Anti Lab’s calendar features everything from a tenants’ rights workshop presented by the East Bay Community Law Center to weekly screen-printing hours and a trans photo booth. All for free. It will be open every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 11am-8pm (ish). With workshops/events on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, plus Saturday afternoons. In the mood for resistance? Read our profile on Anti … Continued 6:00 pm Surveillance Equipment Regulation Ordinance Up for Consideration @ Oakland City Hall Surveillance Equipment Regulation Ordinance Up for Consideration @ Oakland City Hall May 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Tell the City Council to pass the Privacy Commission’s version. No weakening. No watering down. Real change. Subject: Surveillance And Community Safety Ordinance From: Office Of The City Administrator Recommendation: Adopt A Surveillance And Community Safety Ordinance Which Prescribes The Rules For The Acquisition And Use Of Surveillance Equipment And Technology, Establishes Oversight, Auditing And Reporting Requirements, And Imposes Penalties For Violations Facebook Event It’s been a little over three years since we came together to stop the DAC – the surveillance octopus orwellingly named the Domain Awareness Center. … Continued 6:30 pm Protect Privacy, Resist Profiling @ Oakland Public Library Protect Privacy, Resist Profiling @ Oakland Public Library May 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join experts Nicole Ozer (ACLU of California) and Malkia Cyril (Center for Media Justice) for a timely conversation about digital rights and freedom. For 15 years there’s been a heated battle over your right to privacy online — from the Patriot Act to the Snowden revelations to the recent repeal of Internet privacy protections. * What can we expect in the Trump Era? * What’s at stake? Who’s at risk? * And, most of all, what can you do to protect yourself and defend democracy in a digital world? This … Continued 7:00 pm Oakland Women’s Strike Organizing Collective @ Omni Commons basement Oakland Women’s Strike Organizing Collective @ Omni Commons basement May 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets “On Mayday, we marched to make visible the caring work that is integral to reproducing society every day. Caregiving, cleaning, cooking, emotional labor, sex work. These and other forms of caring work are often made invisible, because they are not valued.” “We formed ourselves as a group of “invisible laborers”. We took pots and pans, the implements of domestic labor, and made noise with them.” Join us to continue our work. “We need an identity. Now that May Day has passed, we can start making decisions about a long-term project. … Continued	6:30 pm Defund OPD at Budget Forums @ Various locations (and times) on different dates - see below Defund OPD at Budget Forums @ Various locations (and times) on different dates - see below May 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Have you ever wondered: What do police really spend their time doing? How much do they make, and why do they get paid so much? Could we shrink OPD and make Oakland an even safer, better place to live? The process of allocating Oakland’s 2.6 billion dollar budget for 2017-2019 has begun. We believe that the scandal-ridden and dysfunctional Oakland Police Department consumes far too many of our city’s resources. It’s time to audit police spending and performance, and redirect wasted funds to community-building, constructive strategies for making Oakland a … Continued 7:00 pm East Bay Homes Not Jails @ Omni Commons East Bay Homes Not Jails @ Omni Commons May 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Open as many homes as possible… Hold them as long as possible.62785 7:00 pm Film Screening: To the Ends of the Earth @ Roxie Film Screening: To the Ends of the Earth @ Roxie May 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets “To the Ends of the Earth” follows concerned citizens living at the frontiers of extreme oil and gas extraction, bearing witness to a global crossroads. They call for human ingenuity to rebuild society at the end of the fossil fuel era. The people we meet are uniquely positioned to watch this global crossroads unfold. For example, the mayor of an Inuit village in Canada’s high Arctic who is concerned that seismic testing for oil in the ocean is blowing up the eardrums of the animals that the Inuit hunt to … Continued 7:00 pm Whose Global Village? Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World @ City Lights Books Whose Global Village? Rethinking How Technology Shapes Our World @ City Lights Books May 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Whose Technology? Protest, Resistance, and the Reshaping of the Global Village Two groundbreaking critics and historians of technological effects on culture discuss a re-envisioning of the electronic commons. As reactionary corporate elites reshape our geo-political landscape, possibilities emerge for a radical re-accessment of our relationship to information technology and its use. Finn Brunton and Ramesh Srinivasan rigorously explore the possibilities for grassroots resistance to misinformation campaigns, invasions of privacy, trolling, and offer creative approaches for the rebooting of progressive agendas and effective techniques of re-appropriating technology into the service of … Continued	6:00 pm Anti-Lab @ Anti-Lab Anti-Lab @ Anti-Lab May 11 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Anti Lab is a kind of clubhouse for creative resistance, a meeting place for people who want to transform their frustration with the current political climate into action. Anti Lab’s calendar features everything from a tenants’ rights workshop presented by the East Bay Community Law Center to weekly screen-printing hours and a trans photo booth. All for free. It will be open every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 11am-8pm (ish). With workshops/events on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, plus Saturday afternoons. In the mood for resistance? Read our profile on Anti … Continued 6:00 pm Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement May 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets “Readers interested in labor activism, history, economics, industrial relations, or immigration studies will find this book to be compelling and captivating, as Rosenblum captures the story of this unifying, important, and successful fight for economic equity.” — Booklist Join us for a book talk with author Jonathan Rosenblum to discuss his new book, Beyond $15: Immigrant Workers, Faith Activists, and the Revival of the Labor Movement. With captivating narrative and insightful commentary, labor organizer Jonathan Rosenblum reveals the inside story of the first successful fight for a $15 minimum wage, … Continued 6:00 pm State of Emergency: Unifying Our Struggles @ Gallery 2301 State of Emergency: Unifying Our Struggles @ Gallery 2301 May 11 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join us, build with us and unite around an issue that affects all families and all communities. Featuring music, poetry and moderated dialogue with local activists, performing artists and literary icons. Among other pertinent issues of the day, this event will aim to increase awareness for the missing Black girls in D.C. through catalyzing both conversation and action around the growing epidemic of abducted Black youth nationwide. Although this tragedy has afflicted families and communities on the east coast, we are here in the spirit of solidarity. We will also … Continued 6:00 pm We Move Together: Disability Justice + Trans Liberation @ Citizen Engagement Laboratory We Move Together: Disability Justice + Trans Liberation @ Citizen Engagement Laboratory May 11 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join us for a speakers panel with visionary artists and organizers Patty Berne, Reina Gossett, Malcolm Shanks, and Kiyaan Abadani, on the intersections and tensions between struggles for disability and trans justice. This event will be Livestreamed on the Sins Invalid Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/events/206085096568351/ This event is free but due to limited space, RSVP through Eventbrite is required at bit.ly/WeMoveTogether. As disabled and/or trans people whose bodies are pathologized and policed, how can we move together towards collective liberation? How do we reclaim self-love for our bodies, establish our autonomy, … Continued 7:00 pm Community Choice 101 @ Ecology Center Community Choice 101 @ Ecology Center May 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets East Bay Community Energy is launching soon in Alameda County, as an alternative to PG&E for electricity! Soon there will be more voice and more choice about where our electricity comes from. Learn more about how Community Choice energy programs work and what means this means for you. Local Clean Energy Alliance is partnering with the Ecology Center for a free presentation on: The basics of Community Choice energy programs What benefits they can bring to communities What’s happening with Alameda County’s brand new Community Choice program, East Bay Community Energy Other Community Choice programs in … Continued	6:00 pm Town Hall on Environmental Justice & Renters Rights @ Fruitvale Senior Center Town Hall on Environmental Justice & Renters Rights @ Fruitvale Senior Center May 12 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets At the Bay Area Town Hall on Environmental Justice and Renters Rights, Asian, Black, Latino and immigrant communities impacted by pollution and displacement will discuss statewide solutions for clean air and renter protections with local legislators. APEN (Asian Pacific Environmental Network) co-hosts this important event with California Environmental Justice Alliance, Causa Justa Just Cause, Tenants Together, special guest Assemblymember Rob Bonta, and others TBA. How does housing justice prevent displacement and fight climate change? Climate justice and housing justice are deeply connected. The climate and housing crises hit low-income communities … Continued 7:00 pm BLM Bay Area presents: Social and Discussion on Get Out @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice BLM Bay Area presents: Social and Discussion on Get Out @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice May 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Now that everybody and they moma have seen the movie Get Out, its about time to have a fun lively disscussion and social about it. Invite your family and friends, and prepare for a fun and intense night of talking/acting out this highly acclamined and ground breaking movie. SPACE is LIMITED so RSVP youself. the Event is FREE. Donations are welcomle to pay for the space. Allies, Accomplices, and down ass folks are welcolme.62956	1:00 pm WOHCC Donation Based Holistic Healing Clinic WOHCC Donation Based Holistic Healing Clinic May 13 @ 1:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Join us May 13th at grow Incubator for our Monthly (every second Saturday) Community Clinic. Enjoy a free hot meal and an array of healing modalities, No-one-turned-away-for-lack-of-funds Massage Therapy is always happening. More services TBA. 4 Pm- Narcan and Overdose Awareness and Harm Reduction training 5 PM- Qigong62911 6:00 pm Anti-Lab @ Anti-Lab Anti-Lab @ Anti-Lab May 13 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Anti Lab is a kind of clubhouse for creative resistance, a meeting place for people who want to transform their frustration with the current political climate into action. Anti Lab’s calendar features everything from a tenants’ rights workshop presented by the East Bay Community Law Center to weekly screen-printing hours and a trans photo booth. All for free. It will be open every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday 11am-8pm (ish). With workshops/events on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, plus Saturday afternoons. In the mood for resistance? Read our profile on Anti … Continued 6:00 pm Support Bo Brown: An Evening of Culture and Politics @ First Unitarian Church Support Bo Brown: An Evening of Culture and Politics @ First Unitarian Church May 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets 62654

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.