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All-day Bay Area Book Festival @ Downtown Berkeley, all over Bay Area Book Festival @ Downtown Berkeley, all over Jun 4 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
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We hope you can join us!63070 12:00 pm Prisoner Hunger Strike – Rally & Press Conference @ Folsom Prison Prisoner Hunger Strike – Rally & Press Conference @ Folsom Prison Jun 4 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets SHOW UP FOR FOLSOM PRISONERS ON HUNGER STRIKE RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE Please join us to rally outside Folsom Priosn and show that we support prisoners’ efforts to strike for humane” RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE at Folsom To Support Hunger Strikers On May 25th, prisoners in Folsom State Prison B4 ASU (Administrative Segregation Unit) began a hunger strike to peacefully protest the inhumane conditions of their confinement in the administrative segregation unit. Prisoners have exhausted all reasonable remedies and have attempted to open lines of communication with administrative officials, and … Continued 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jun 4 @ 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 6:30 pm Liberated Lens Film Showing: Beyond Recognition @ Omni Commons Liberated Lens Film Showing: Beyond Recognition @ Omni Commons Jun 4 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets A film exploring the quest to preserve one’s culture and homeland in a society bent on erasing them. http://www.beyondrecognitionfilm.com/ After decades struggling to protect her ancestors’ burial places, now engulfed by San Francisco’s sprawl, a Native woman from a non-federally recognized Ohlone tribe and her allies occupy a sacred site to prevent its desecration. When this life-altering event fails to stop the development, they vow to follow a new path- to establish the first women-led urban Indigenous land trust. Beyond Recognition explores the quest to preserve one’s culture and homeland … Continued	12:00 pm Rally to Stop the Deportations of Rodrigo & Hugo Rally to Stop the Deportations of Rodrigo & Hugo Jun 5 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Rally to stop the deportations of Hugo Mejía and Rodrigo Núñez are both fathers – and community volunteers – with deep roots in the Bay Area. They’ve been trapped in detention since May 3, cut off from their families and communities. More details about their story: ICE put Rodrigo and Hugo in chains after they reported for a construction project at a hospital, sparking a huge outcry that made headlines. The men didn’t know the project was located inside Travis Air Force base. When they gave their information at the … Continued 5:30 pm Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland General Membership Meeting @ Downtown Oakland Post Office Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland General Membership Meeting @ Downtown Oakland Post Office Jun 5 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets In November, 2016 we succeeded in getting the Oakland City Council to instruct the City Administrator to report on the usefulness of a feasibility study for creating The Public Bank of Oakland. Our next goal is to convince the City Council to commission that study as soon as possible, and incorporate it into a business plan for a public bank in Oakland. After that, we will pressure the Oakland City Council to pass enabling legislation that will create and fund a public bank for Oakland. Our overarching goal is to see a public bank flourish in Oakland … Continued 6:00 pm Anti-Eviction Mapping Project @ Omni Commons Anti-Eviction Mapping Project @ Omni Commons Jun 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets On the first and third Mondays of the month, the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project holds its data viz and oral history meetings related to our project in Alameda County. 62964 6:00 pm BECOMING MS. BURTON BOOK SIGNING @ Laurel Bookstore BECOMING MS. BURTON BOOK SIGNING @ Laurel Bookstore Jun 5 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets “Susan’s life story is one our nation desperately needs to hear and understand. This is a story about personal transformation and collective power. It is about one woman’s journey to freedom, but it will help free us all.” -Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow. Join Susan Burton for her Bay Area book release! Susan will offer some remarks and will be signing copies of her books. Books will be available for purchase. Light refreshments provided. Event Hosted By: Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, All of Us or … Continued 6:00 pm OccupyForum : SHUT DOWN CREECH! @ The Black and Brown Social Club OccupyForum : SHUT DOWN CREECH! @ The Black and Brown Social Club Jun 5 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OccupyForum presents… Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! OccupyForum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues! CODEPINK: SHUT DOWN CREECH! With Toby Blome and friends In each of the last two years, nearly 150 activists, including over 50 veterans, joined CODEPINK from 20 different states across the country. In a series of imaginative nonviolent direct actions, involving the arrest of dozens of activists, they were able to disrupt business as usual.At this crucial point in history, come and hear Toby … Continued 6:30 pm DEFUND OPD General Meeting @ Siegel & Yee, 3rd floor DEFUND OPD General Meeting @ Siegel & Yee, 3rd floor Jun 5 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets This will be a collaborative planning meeting so that we can start carrying out the next phase of our work, launching a viral social media / traditional media campaign to leverage as much pressure as possible on the council to implement our defunding demands! Please show up! Please bring your ideas about how to spread the message as broadly as possible, demonstrate widespread public support and pressure on city council to cut OPD’s budget! Also, please forward this note to invite organizers, people who have lots of connections, traditional media … Continued 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Neibyl Proctor Library Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Neibyl Proctor Library Jun 5 @ 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	9:00 am Court Support: Preliminary hearing for Cesar Court Support: Preliminary hearing for Cesar Jun 6 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Come to Rene C Davidson courthouse Dept 7 at 9am on Tuesday June 6, to support Cesar, who was arrested at an anti trump demo on election day. Lets pack the court!63202 5:00 pm Oakland City Council Meeting: Divest from Chase Bank! @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza Oakland City Council Meeting: Divest from Chase Bank! @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza Jun 6 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets “Let all of our deliberations be made with the seventh generation in mind”. Haudenosaunee Guiding Principle On March 7th, the Oakland City Council nearly voted to end its banking relationship with JPMorgan Chase, one of the principal financiers of the Dakota Access Pipeline, the private prison industry, and the foreclosure crisis. Since then, Defenders of Mother Earth-Huichin has been working to introduce an amendment to Oakland’s Linked Banking Services Ordinance that will prohibit the City from banking with Chase and other institutions that benefit from violations of indigenous sovereignty, climate … Continued 6:45 pm BERKELEY FILM FOUNDATION PRESENTS “LIFE AFTER LIFE” @ New Parkway Theater BERKELEY FILM FOUNDATION PRESENTS “LIFE AFTER LIFE” @ New Parkway Theater Jun 6 @ 6:45 pm – 9:45 pm Tickets Join us for this Berkeley Film Foundation funded film screening with an in-depth panel discussion post-screening with: Azadeh Zohrabi, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights David Muhammad, National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) Tamara Perkins, Director \| Producer Jesse Dana, Cinematographer \| Co-Producer Kevin Jones, Editor \| Associate Producer and special guests from the film Harrison Seuga and Noel Valdivia Sr. Purchase Tickets Life After Life Trailer https://vimeo.com/137638023 Hosted by: Berkeley Film Foundation 63213	6:00 pm “Time to Choose” Film on Climate @ Michaan’s Auction Theater “Time to Choose” Film on Climate @ Michaan’s Auction Theater Jun 7 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Documentary by Oscar-winning director Charles Ferguson depicts the devastation being caused by fossil fuel and the catastrophe that will come if we don’t replace it — then turns to beautiful and inspiring visions of technology already in place that can create a clean, sustainable way of living that also promotes more social justice and sense of community. At the June 7 showing in Alameda, Executive Producer, Tom Dinwoodie (former Co-Founder, SunPower) and Michael Brune (Natl Exec Director, Sierra Club – and local Alameda Resident) will hold a live panel discussion following the film. Proceeds … Continued 6:00 pm Ella Baker Monthly Meeting @ Restore Oakland Ella Baker Monthly Meeting @ Restore Oakland Jun 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us at Ella Baker Center’s monthly member meeting! This month, we will be organizing for our 5th annual Night Out for Safety & Liberation Oakland Block Party. On August 1st, people across the country will come together to redefine what #SafetyIs: dignity, opportunity, and power in our communities. Click here for more information on Night Out for Safety & Liberation (NOSL) Vegetarian dinner will be provided. 63212 6:30 pm Prisoners Literature Project @ Grassroots House Prisoners Literature Project @ Grassroots House Jun 7 @ 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 Activists Unite! Come Party! Great Food! @ Orinda Community Church Activists Unite! Come Party! Great Food! @ Orinda Community Church Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Have you wanted to meet all the new activist groups under one tent? Come party at our 1st Activists Unite Event! We will have fabulous food and drinks and FUN! You won’t want to miss this chance to meet other activists! Haven’t you been dying to learn their vision and activities! Come meet others who share your values. Democratic clubs and activist groups to Table & increase your membership! Tell us what you do. Bring flyers & sign-up sheets. One thing we all agree upon? We want to FLIP CD10 … Continued 7:00 pm Mexico Report: Indigenous peoples form parallel government @ Omni Commons Mexico Report: Indigenous peoples form parallel government @ Omni Commons Jun 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets A Report on the National Indigenous Congress’ constituent assembly held over Memorial Day weekend to form a parallel government for Mexico. We’ll also have a report from the Chiapas Support Committee’s recent delegation to Zapatista Territory with photos and video footage. Discussion following reports62966 7:30 pm Indigenous Government Council for Mexico – A Panel Discussion. @ Omni Commons Indigenous Government Council for Mexico – A Panel Discussion. @ Omni Commons Jun 8 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets The National Indigenous Congress met at the end of May in Zapatista Territory to form the Indigenous Government Council for Mexico, an anti-capitalist government from below and to the Left and based on the same governing principles that the Zapatistas follow. The new council named an indigenous woman as its spokesperson, and as a candidate in Mexico’s 2018 presidential elections. What does that mean to those of us here in the U.S.? What ideas can we take away from this revolutionary project? A panel, which includes activists that just returned … Continued	9:00 am Alameda County URBAN SHIELD TASK FORCE @ Hayward/Union City Room, 4th floor Alameda County URBAN SHIELD TASK FORCE @ Hayward/Union City Room, 4th floor Jun 9 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets View agenda here. 63200 5:30 pm The Welcome Home Project Opening Night @ Hayward City Hall The Welcome Home Project Opening Night @ Hayward City Hall Jun 9 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Please come to the exhibit of the The Welcome Home Project Opening night. The panel will feature moving stories by several of the participants in the Welcome Home Project. The photographer, Ruth Morgan, will be present and refreshments will be served. I know it is a schlepp to Hayward, but the BART stops a block from the city hall gallery. I promise that you will be moved in many ways by hearing these powerful and compelling speakers talk about their many years of experience in the criminal justice system and … Continued	10:00 am SURJ Difficult Dialogues Workshop @ Sierra Club SURJ Difficult Dialogues Workshop @ Sierra Club Jun 10 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets How do we approach the challenging conversations in our lives, whether its about confederate flags, Donald Trump, cultural appropriation, Palestine/Israel, or even just racism and racial justice in general? This workshop is an opportunity to dive in much deeper with structured time to practice a range of difficult conversations around highly-charged racial issues. We will be sharing some basic skill-building tools in how to approach conversations, and then explore scenarios relevant to the lives of participants. This will include examination of some of the ways that internalized sexism can impact … Continued 1:00 pm Solar Simplified I: Getting Started @ Ecology Center Solar Simplified I: Getting Started @ Ecology Center Jun 10 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Solar is more accessible and affordable than ever. Are you ready to make the leap to get your power from the sun? Should you? Can you? How? Solar expert Doug McKenzie will provide a strong foundation for your decision-making. Presentation followed by Q&A, so bring your questions! Topics include: Why: the environmental benefits of solar What: what a PV system includes & how it works Solar Economics: Payback/ROI, rate comparisons with/without solar Solar Financing: owning versus leasing, low-income options Other Considerations: Contractors, home selling, Tesla tiles, policies Jobs: The growth … Continued 4:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ Paris Baugette Strike Debt Bay Area: Debt Resistance is NOT Futile! @ Paris Baugette Jun 10 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Strike Debt is building a debt resistance movement. We believe that most individual debt is illegitimate and unjust. Most of us fall into debt because we are increasingly deprived of the means to acquire the basic necessities of life: health care, education, and housing. Because we are forced to go into debt simply in order to live, we think it is right and moral to resist it. Come get connected with SDBA’s projects! Promoting single-payer / Medicare for All to end the plague of medical debt Presenting debt-related topics at … Continued

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.