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All-day activist training in nonviolence, organizing, & diversity @ Tortona Big Top activist training in nonviolence, organizing, & diversity @ Tortona Big Top May 21 all-day Tickets Huge activist training 5/20-21 in nonviolence, organizing, & diversity @ former Alameda Naval Air Station. Register https://t.co/8mJ6hcPQb2 pic.twitter.com/3hYW7RIDbs— Indivisible Berkeley (@IndivisibleBerk) May 17, 2017 63026
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 11:00 am Oakland Book Festival @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza Oakland Book Festival @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza May 21 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Tickets I was one of the curators for this year’s @oaklandbookfest and tbh it’s gonna be historic. May 21. Be there~ https://t.co/3DWn6i2DNI pic.twitter.com/2Rzp3Of8g2 — Sarah Burke (@sarahlubyburke) May 9, 2017 62502 11:00 am Omni Pay What You Can Sale Fundraiser @ Omni Commons ballroom Omni Pay What You Can Sale Fundraiser @ Omni Commons ballroom May 21 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets We are cleaning out the house and have lots of things available to enrich your space. Join us for the “Pay What You Can Sale”, located in the main ballroom we have lots of stuff up for grabs and all we ask is that you donate a little cash to our tip jar. And by the way, in addition to cash we can also take card payments and offer a tax receipt so you can write off the cash donation if you desire. See ya there!62963 11:00 am SURJ Human Billboard: Black Lives Matter! @ Temescal Farmers Market SURJ Human Billboard: Black Lives Matter! @ Temescal Farmers Market May 21 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Join us, rain or shine, to call attention to racial injustice and demonstrate solidarity! Throughout the East Bay and nationally, folks have been creating “Human Billboards” – holding signs and making visible our support for the Movement for Black Lives and communities targeted by Trump. These gatherings are a simple yet effective way of channeling anger and sadness over injustice into collective action and solidarity. For those of us who are white, it’s a way to express a unified voice in opposition to Trump and the white nationalist, transphobic, sexist … Continued 2:00 pm Town Hall with John Dean, Watergate Heavy @ Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School Town Hall with John Dean, Watergate Heavy @ Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School May 21 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets John Dean, of Watergate fame, will appear with Congresswoman Barbara Lee at a town hall meeting. Dean, the White House counsel from 1970 to 1973, was a key witness during the Watergate scandal that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon in August 1974. The purpose of the May 21 meeting, according to Lee, D-Oakland, is to discuss presidential accountability in the era of President Donald Trump, as well as the legal, ethical, and moral limitations of presidential authority, and its impact on her district. Also to appear is … Continued 3:00 pm HOW WAR ERODES AND DESTROYS DEMOCRACIES @ Ed Roberts Campus HOW WAR ERODES AND DESTROYS DEMOCRACIES @ Ed Roberts Campus May 21 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets The East Bay and San Francisco branches of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) present author Susan Griffin in this second of four Peace Talks presented by WILPF. She will talk on “How War Erodes and Destroys Democracies” and what concerned citizens in this country can do to turn the tide toward peace and justice. Griffin will be in conversation with Kate Raphael, author and producer of KPFA’s Women’s Magazine. All are welcome, wheelchair accessible, refreshments. Susan Griffin is a celebrated author and Pulitzer Prize finalist, a poet … Continued 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza May 21 @ 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 7:00 pm Liberated Lens General Meeting @ Omni Commons Liberated Lens General Meeting @ Omni Commons May 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets We document current events, make films together, steward an editing suite and share a film equipment library. We also host film screenings, often with local directors, and put on an annual short film festival for independent Bay Area filmmakers. Our goal is to make the digital filmmaking accessible – no overpriced college degree or certificate program required! We are also a good group to reach out to if you’d like to screen a film at the Omni. We can be reached at [ liberatedlens@lists.riseup.net ]. We usually meet in the … Continued	11:00 am Caravan for Justice – State Lobby Day @ State Capitol steps Caravan for Justice – State Lobby Day @ State Capitol steps May 22 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets Caravan for Justice� #statelobbyday hosted by Wealth and Disparities in the Black Community – Justice 4 Mario Woods We start with a Press Conference and honoring victims and their families with words from mothers and families. Then we lobby the state legislators around our demand for a Civil Rights Pattern and Practice Investigation of SFPD! We have a carpool tool set up – if you would like to arrange to share rides from the Bay Area to Sacramento! Sign up as a driver or as a passenger: http://www.groupcarpool.com/t/o9w2f3 Please sign and … Continued 5:30 pm Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland General Membership Meeting @ Greenlining Institute Building Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland General Membership Meeting @ Greenlining Institute Building May 22 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets It’s critical that the Oakland City Council Finance Committee vote to allocate money for a feasibility study for the Public Bank of Oakland now. Postponing funding the study only further delays the creation of the bank. Please call the members of the Finance Committee and ask them to ‘Fund A Public Bank Feasibility Study.’ Noel Gallo (510-238-7005) Abel Guillen (510-238-7002) Dan Kalb (510-238-7001) Annie Campbell Washington (510-238-7004) We are always looking for help bringing Public Banking information to Oakland residents. There are many ways large and small to be involved; … Continued 6:00 pm Occupy Forum: Why There is No Socialism In the United States @ The Black and Brown Social Club Occupy Forum: Why There is No Socialism In the United States @ The Black and Brown Social Club May 22 @ 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! Why There is No Socialism In the United States with George Wright The United States capitalist economy is at a historical conjuncture. The future, to borrow from revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg, will be either “Barbarism” or “Socialism.” This conjuncture is caused by the crisis of capital accumulation driven by the 40 year Neo-Liberal-Monopoly/Financial accumulation model, and intensified by the 2008 collapse of the financial … Continued 6:00 pm Public Bank Lobbying at Budget Town Halls @ Various locations and slight time variations, see below Public Bank Lobbying at Budget Town Halls @ Various locations and slight time variations, see below May 22 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets At the Finance Committee meeting on June 13th, fund allocation and approval of the feasibility study contract will be discussed. Because the funding for the study will impact the city budget, we are asking supporters to not just contact Finance Committee members directly, but to attend all budget meetings hosted by councilpersons and voice your support for funding the study as soon as possible. Upcoming meetings are: Wednesday, May 17: 6:30-8:30 pm, District 7 and at-large, Councilpersons Larry Reid and Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland Zoo, Snow Building, 9777 Golf Links Road … Continued	12:00 pm BART Twitter Town Hall @ Twitterverse BART Twitter Town Hall @ Twitterverse May 23 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets BART to hold Twitter town hall on FY18 budget May 23 Bring all your questions about BART’s future to the upcoming Twitter town hall we’re hosting from noon to 1 p.m. on Tuesday, May 23, where we’ll have experts and elected leaders on-hand to discuss next year’s budget (FY18 is July 1 2017-June 30 2018). Hashtag #AskSFBART Bart Twitter: @SFBART BART is facing funding challenges as ridership has dropped, but we look forward to discussing with the public the reasons for these shortfalls and our plan to move forward. In times … Continued	11:30 am Commemorate revolutionary resistance and Judi Bari Day Commemorate revolutionary resistance and Judi Bari Day May 24 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Tickets May 24 is Judi Bari Day* Please join us to– COMMEMORATE the anniversary of the 1990 Oakland bombing of Judi Bari & Darryl Cherney & attack on Earth First! CELEBRATE AND STRENGTHEN Revolutionary resistance and movement solidarity May 24, 2017 is the 27th anniversary of the attack on Earth First! activists Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney by car bomb in Oakland in 1990 as Redwood Summer dawned. At 11:30 am, people will gather to mark the moment of the bombing itself (12 noon), at the location the bomb blew up … Continued 6:30 pm Prisoners Literature Project @ Grassroots House Prisoners Literature Project @ Grassroots House May 24 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Volunteer with us! The Prisoners Literature Project is based in Berkeley, California, and we’re always looking for volunteers to help answer letters, send out books, learn more about the prison system, and assist in other ways. We currently meet on Sundays from 2-5pm and on Wednesdays from 6:30-9:30pm at the Grassroots House. This is located at 2022 Blake St. (at Milvia), Berkeley, CA 94704. (Map – there’s plenty of local parking, and the office is walkable in 11-15 minutes from downtown Berkeley BART or Ashby BART – also, AC Transit … Continued 7:00 pm East Bay Homes Not Jails @ Omni Commons East Bay Homes Not Jails @ Omni Commons May 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Open as many homes as possible… Hold them as long as possible.62785	6:00 pm Public Bank Lobbying at Budget Town Halls @ Various locations and slight time variations, see below Public Bank Lobbying at Budget Town Halls @ Various locations and slight time variations, see below May 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets At the Finance Committee meeting on June 13th, fund allocation and approval of the feasibility study contract will be discussed. Because the funding for the study will impact the city budget, we are asking supporters to not just contact Finance Committee members directly, but to attend all budget meetings hosted by councilpersons and voice your support for funding the study as soon as possible. Upcoming meetings are: Wednesday, May 17: 6:30-8:30 pm, District 7 and at-large, Councilpersons Larry Reid and Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland Zoo, Snow Building, 9777 Golf Links Road … 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 25 @ 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 Chris Hedges: Overcoming Fascism @ First Presbyterian Church Chris Hedges: Overcoming Fascism @ First Presbyterian Church May 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets CHRIS HEDGES: Overcoming Fascism Hosted by Greg Bridges Tickets and more information: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2910431 If Occupy people want a discount ticket ($8), please let Ruthie know, and I’ll put your name on a list at the door. Ken Preston from KPFA offered it to us. Ruthie’s email is: ruthiesakheim@gmail.com. Put “CHRIS HEDGES TICKET” in subject window! 63033	10:00 am FEMICOIN @ Gallery 308 FEMICOIN @ Gallery 308 May 26 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets FEMICOIN an experimental design workshop for women, men and gender fluid people Explore the circulation of a speculative feminist currency that unlocks creative capital and facilitates economic gender equality in the Bay Area. A nominal “fee” of $5 will buy a number of Femicoins to participate in the workshop activities. Learn More As part of the 2017 San Francisco International Arts Festival, the organizers invite men, women and gender fluid people to participate in FEMICOIN an experimental design and performance workshop. This workshop will imagine and explore the circulation … Continued 6:30 pm Abolition for a Moral Economy @ Oakland Peace Center Abolition for a Moral Economy @ Oakland Peace Center May 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets From slavery and segregation to redlining and ‘the new Jim Crow,’ the American legal system has been rigged against people of color. We will gather as communities of faith and action to ask: can we imagine a society without jails and prisons? How can we seek to practice abolition now? The Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy (FAME) is delighted to welcome the panel for our fourth FAME forum: Marie Levin, activist with the Prisoner Hunger Strike Solidarity Coalition and cofounder of Freedom Outreach Ministries; Joshua Dubler, professor and author … Continued	7:30 pm Russia, the US, Trump, Putin, and the Danger of World War @ Fellowship Hall, BFUU Russia, the US, Trump, Putin, and the Danger of World War @ Fellowship Hall, BFUU May 27 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The forum will look at the growing confrontation between the US and Russia and what is behind this growing threat of world war. Speakers include George Wright, Retired Professor Chico State University; Tony D’Agostino, Professor SFSCU, Russian History; and Steve Zeltzer, KPFA WorkWeek Radio.63120

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.