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All-day						Bay Area Book Festival @ Downtown Berkeley, all over Bay Area Book Festival @ Downtown Berkeley, all over Jun 3 all-day Tickets To guarantee access to indoor sessions, we recommend that you purchase a Priority Admission Ticket for only $8. Otherwise, you can purchase a General Admission Wristband for $15 for the whole weekend, with first-come, first-served admission after Priority Ticket holders are let in. Outdoor sessions — at the San Francisco Chronicle Stage in the Park and the Showtime Stage for families — are free, with first-come, first served seating. Schedule. Map of Festival.62890
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 10:00 am Soil Remediation Day at 7th St Cafe Garden @ 7th St. Cafe Soil Remediation Day at 7th St Cafe Garden @ 7th St. Cafe May 28 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets Call for Volunteers: Lincoln Theatre Park and Community Garden We are looking for neighbors near and far — anyone who wants to support the cultural memory and self-determination of West Oakland’s black community is welcome! No gardening experience or minimum time commitment necessary! West Oakland’s Revolution Cafe is about to start a new community garden. Located on the historic 7th street jazz and blues corridor, Revolution Cafe works with non-profit One Fam to host music and provide space for grassroots organizers to meet. In an effort to increase local produce … Continued 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza May 28 @ 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 Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly @ Finnish Hall Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly @ Finnish Hall May 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join us at the Finnish Hall for our next General Assembly! Doors open at 7PM; we’ll start promptly at 7:30PM. We’ll have updates from our teams, an invited speaker, and community event announcements, followed by team breakouts and discussions. Bring snacks to share! Bring friends! FEATURED SPEAKERS: Phonebanking with Organizing for America (OFA) Voter Registration (IB Elections team) Invited speaker on healthcare (IB Healthcare team) A word about the importance of recognition (Training team) Come to the next Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly: 5/28 @ Finnish Hall, doors @ 7, start … Continued 7:00 pm Liberated Lens General Meeting @ Omni Commons Liberated Lens General Meeting @ Omni Commons May 28 @ 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	6:00 pm Occupy Forum: Left of the Left @ The Black and Brown Social Club Occupy Forum: Left of the Left @ The Black and Brown Social Club May 29 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OccupyForum presents Left of the Left: My Memories of Sam Dolgoff With Anatole Dolgoff Sam Dolgoff was a prominent anarchist from New York City, raised among the Wobblies and Anarchists of the latter two thirds of the 20th century. Sam’s activist life included encounters with Emma Goldman, Vladimir Lenin, Eugene Debs, MLK Jr., and many others. A house painter by trade, Sam Dolgoff was at the center of American anarchism for seventy years. His political voyage began in the 1920s when he joined the Industrial Workers of the World. He … Continued	4:30 pm Defund OPD to Refund Oakland! @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza Defund OPD to Refund Oakland! @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza May 30 @ 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets We are going to be making sure that the people’s budget gets the support it needs, and making sure that the City Council knows where to get the funding we need for our communities – TAKE IT OUT OF THE POLICE BUDGET! Rally at 4:30 PM. Get to city hall as early as you can! If you can’t get there till 6 or 7, it’s still worth it to come! Touch base with the action coordinators when you arrive and they’ll plug you in! Contact defundopd@gmail.com if you would like … Continued 5:30 pm Public Bank of Oakland Petition Presentation to City Council @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza Public Bank of Oakland Petition Presentation to City Council @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza May 30 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Important Meeting Tuesday May 30th City Hall Meeting and Petition Deadline 5:30pm May 30th, we are looking to hand over our petition forms to the city council to put pressure on them to vote on adding the money needed for the feasibility and implementation study in this budget cycle. This will require the attendance of everyone that supports the Public Bank of Oakland. Ideally we will all be wearing our green t-shirts. We’re trying to get over 100 people to come out in support with signs and in our shirts.62885 6:30 pm Press Conference: Berkeley Wells Fargo Divestment Press Conference: Berkeley Wells Fargo Divestment May 30 @ 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Press Conference re: #Berkeley DIVESTS from #WellsFargo. Tuesday 5/30 at 6:30 pm. Front Steps of Old City Hall. See you there!— Indivisible Berkeley (@IndivisibleBerk) May 26, 2017 63110	9:30 am Crucial BAAQMD Hearing on Rule 12-16 – caps on refinery emissions @ BAAQMD Offices Crucial BAAQMD Hearing on Rule 12-16 – caps on refinery emissions @ BAAQMD Offices May 31 @ 9:30 am – 1:00 pm Tickets The fate of Rule 12-16, which would set transparent, enforceable caps on refinery emissions—and prevent a major switch to heavier and dirtier crude oil like tar sands—could be decided at this hugely important hearing of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District’s Board of Directors. Certification of the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) on Rule 12-16 and a subsequent up-or-down vote by the board could well go forward if several significant problems with the EIR are not first resolved. Whether this is actually the last stand, or even the second-to-last stand, … Continued 5:30 pm Welcome Oscar López Rivera to the Bay Area @ First Presbyterian Church Welcome Oscar López Rivera to the Bay Area @ First Presbyterian Church May 31 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets After nearly 36 years in prison for struggling for the independence of Puerto Rico, Oscar Lopez Rivera will be free as of May 17th and he’s coming to the Bay Area on May 31st! It’s a real honor that he’s coming here, and I hope you can come to celebrate him, and help us raise money for him as he begins his life back in the community that fought for so long for his release. If you aren’t able to attend but would like to donate to the fund for … Continued 6:00 pm Richmond Post Office: Public Hearing on Proposed Closing @ Richmond City Council Chambers Richmond Post Office: Public Hearing on Proposed Closing @ Richmond City Council Chambers May 31 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Downtown Post Office Update: Public Hearing Announced A public hearing regarding the proposed closure of the Downtown Post Office has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 31, 6pm, at Richmond City Council Chambers, 440 Civic Center Plaza, Richmond, CA 94804. A notice posted at the post office announced the public hearing and information about submitting written remarks: for 30 days after the public meeting, anyone may submit written comments for the Postal Service’s consideration prior to its final decision. Please come out to this important public hearing and submit your comments … Continued 6:30 pm Prisoners Literature Project @ Grassroots House Prisoners Literature Project @ Grassroots House May 31 @ 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 Welcome Oscar Lopez Rivera to the Bay Area @ First Presbyterian Church Welcome Oscar Lopez Rivera to the Bay Area @ First Presbyterian Church May 31 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Oscar Lopez Rivera is coming to the Bay Area after 36 years in prison for his struggle to support Puerto Rican Independence and sovereignity . For many of us, this is a welcome opportunity to celebrate his release and our shared victory. He will be visiting the Bay Area for this unique one time only public appearance on May 31st. Help us support Oscar as he continues his work while beginning his new life. Please make as generous a donation as possible. Let us show Oscar that the SF Bay … Continued 7:30 pm Book Talk with Sam Dolgoff @ Omni Commons Book Talk with Sam Dolgoff @ Omni Commons May 31 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Book Talk: Sam Dolgoff, a lifetime well known anarchist from NYC, had many encounters and meetings with such notables as Emma Goldman, Lenin, Eugene Debs, MLK Jr. an many others. Anatole Dolgoff, his son, will discuss his book on his outrageous and adventurous father.63138	5:00 pm Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission- Discussion re collaboration with ICE @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1 Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission- Discussion re collaboration with ICE @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1 Jun 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Meeting Agenda 4. 5:15pm: Staff update on Surveillance Equipment Ordinance 5. 5:20pm: Review and discussion of Oakland Police Department’s written report on their collaboration with ICE; database access and sharing with outside entities 6. 5:40pm: Review and discussion of Oakland Police Department’s Immigration Policy63115 6:30 pm “DEAR GOVERNOR BROWN: STOP DRILLING CALIFORNIA” @ Fellowship Hall, BFUU “DEAR GOVERNOR BROWN: STOP DRILLING CALIFORNIA” @ Fellowship Hall, BFUU Jun 1 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Learn the sobering facts about oil production in California and the damage it’s doing to families, agriculture, our water and environment. Explore ways we can work together to challenge our Governor to be consistent in his environmental policies. We’ll watch a short film called DEAR GOVERNOR BROWN, STOP DRILLING CALIFORNIA. The discussion afterward features representatives from Food and Water Watch, a leader in the anti-fracking movement, and several other organizations concerned about fracking in California. We’ll close out the evening with a postcard writing campaign. Bring healthy vegetarian snacks or … Continued 7:00 pm Omni Commons General Assembly @ Omni Commons Omni Commons General Assembly @ Omni Commons Jun 1 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Come by our open Delegates Meetings every First and Third Thursday of the month at 7pm! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues. The schedule is created weekly at the following url: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom62917	10:30 am Demand Justice for Angel Rico Ramos Demand Justice for Angel Rico Ramos Jun 2 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Please join Angel Rico Ramos’ family and Anti Police-Terror Project at a press conference demanding justice for Angel and the release of his autopsy report. Angel was murdered on January 23, 2017, by Vallejo police, and on June 3, 2017 he would be turning 22. Solano county sheriff failed to release the autopsy report, which we believe constitutes negligence on their part. We feel the need to point out that Solano County has the largest number of murders by law enforcement in the Bay Area, and refusing to release Angel’s … Continued	11:00 am Interfaith Vigil to Support Immigrant Detainees @ West County Detention Facility Interfaith Vigil to Support Immigrant Detainees @ West County Detention Facility Jun 3 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets Monthly Vigils Interfaith Vigils to Support Immigrant Detainees 1st Saturdays of every month. We invite you to join our vigils each month as we gather to pray and bear witness to the pain, suffering, and separation of immigrant detainees, and to call for real and immediate immigration reform. We invite you to join us to pray, sing, and act for just immigration solutions. Please bring a noisemaker for our sacred Moment of Noise– where we let the detainees know that we have not forgotten them. Why we vigil at … Continued 11:00 am Swing District Resistance Canvass @ Congressperson Denham's district Swing District Resistance Canvass @ Congressperson Denham's district Jun 3 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets A key to the success of the resistance in California is people from the Bay Area going to swing districts! Congressman Denham of nearby Modesto voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act (after telling his constituents he wouldn’t) and to leave millions of Americans without healthcare. Over the next two months the Senate will debate and vote on healthcare repeal, followed by a House vote on the final bill. We need to bring the fight for affordable healthcare and accountability to the voters in areas like Modesto. RSVP now for … Continued 12:00 pm Workshop: Girls Far Above Rubies – Begin the Process of Healing @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Workshop: Girls Far Above Rubies – Begin the Process of Healing @ Alan Blueford Center for Justice Jun 3 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets pic.twitter.com/YMl5MTOAll— jeralynn (@mommablueford) June 2, 2017 63198 1:00 pm #CareNotCages Town Hall @ EastSide Arts Alliance #CareNotCages Town Hall @ EastSide Arts Alliance Jun 3 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets More than $70 million had been cut from the Alameda county’s mental health care budget since 2007. Yet, Alameda County has the highest per capita incidence in the state of involuntary holds placed on individuals experiencing a mental health emergency. While the overall number of people locked up in Santa Rita Jail is decreasing, the percentage of people with mental health issues who are imprisoned there is on the rise. This disparity is caused by our failure to provide mental health services in the community, and the criminalization of mental … Continued 1:00 pm Envisioning Community Care for People with Mental Illness @ EastSide Arts Alliance Envisioning Community Care for People with Mental Illness @ EastSide Arts Alliance Jun 3 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Join Alameda County Jail Fight Coalition for a Town Hall envisioning what it would look like to provide #CareNotCages to members of our community with mental illness. A space for learning and discussion for directly impacted people, their family and friends, service providers, activists, elected officals and all others concerned with the over incarceration of people with mental illness. If you are in need of childcare, please contact hollydelanycole@gmail.com to RSVP. Please includes the number and ages of kids, any allergies, if they will do best with a 1 on … Continued 2:00 pm Alameda Renters Coalition @ Alameda Point Collaborative Alameda Renters Coalition @ Alameda Point Collaborative Jun 3 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets June 3 @Alameda_Renters Coalition General Meeting @thealamedapoint w/#Alameda CM Ashcraft. #TenantRights #AlaMtg https://t.co/Hi39MNu7Yq pic.twitter.com/DmsUJW1s9k— Alameda Renters (@Alameda_Renters) May 30, 2017 63144 2:00 pm San Francisco Rally in Support of #MarchForTruth @ Chelsea Manning Plaza San Francisco Rally in Support of #MarchForTruth @ Chelsea Manning Plaza Jun 3 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets There is more than sufficient cause for alarm about the role Russian state-led hacking and information warfare played in the 2016 election, and there are crucial unanswered questions about the relationship between the Russian state and Donald Trump, his associates and his campaign. The legitimacy of the United States government may hinge on the answers to these questions. If the President was elected even in part due to collusion with a foreign effort to interfere in our democratic process, then the will of the people has been subverted. We call … Continued 3:00 pm @ The Bulb Celebrate Chelsea’s and Wekileaks Victories Musical Potluck @ Albany Bulb east bay Regional Park @ The Bulb Celebrate Chelsea’s and Wekileaks Victories Musical Potluck @ Albany Bulb east bay Regional Park Jun 3 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Koooooooooooool lets party yak play acoustic music eat drink in celebration of Chelsea and the resistance movement at the Bulb . Our campers were displaced and the East Bay regional park destroyed thousands of art objects when they rebuilt the south trail but the art keeps coming mad marks castles sill there with artists painting new art over each others art the dragon and the famous crying lady still there and the dogs are off leash .fb book this event if you want the more the merrier.63167

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.