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This workshop cannot cover all possibilities of intervention, but will provide a baseline for reducing harm and acting in effective solidarity with people being harassed or assaulted. … Continued 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jun 18 @ 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	12:00 pm Living Graveyard Protest @ Oakland Federal Building Living Graveyard Protest @ Oakland Federal Building Jun 19 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Living Graveyard (monthly protest) Covered with sheets to represent the dead of wars, people lie down on the city sidewalk in front of the Federal Building, This is legal, non-violent witness. People stop, look and think. (Bring your own sheet) Iraqi Deaths 2,973,613 U.S. Deaths 4,520 Coalition 4,841 Syrian Deaths, unknown Afghan Deaths 30,000+ U.S. Deaths in Afghanistan 2,399 Coalition 3,535 Pakistani Deaths over 1,000 from drone attacks Sponsor: Ecumenical Peace Institute www.epicalc.org Welcome to Ecumenical Peace Institute / Clergy and Laity … www.epicalc.org Mission Statement: Ecumenical Peace Institute … Continued 5:00 pm DefundOPD – Oakland City Council Budget Meeting @ Oakland City Hall, off Oscar Grant Plaza DefundOPD – Oakland City Council Budget Meeting @ Oakland City Hall, off Oscar Grant Plaza Jun 19 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Hello, Comrades! First off, we would like to thank EVERYONE for their participation in the#DefundOPD Campaign. Your actions have spoke loudly and have clearly influenced the City’s decisionmaking process when it comes to allocating money to the Oakland Police Department. That being said, the fight is not over! City Council plans to announce and vote on its proposed budget, and we want to be there in full force to hold them accountable! On Monday, June 19 at (tentatively) 5 pm we need folks to TURN UP to Oakland’s City Council … Continued 5:30 pm Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland General Membership Meeting @ Greenlining Institute Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland General Membership Meeting @ Greenlining Institute Jun 19 @ 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 19 @ 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 Occupy Forum: Film: From the Ashes @ Local 2 Occupy Forum: Film: From the Ashes @ Local 2 Jun 19 @ 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! Film: From the Ashes by Radical Media OccupyForum is hosting a free screening of a new National Geographic documentary about coal, From the Ashes. Join us to watch this film together in community. Come and share any updates about the coal campaign in Oakland and talk more generally about the struggle for environmental and climate justice as we resist the new administration in Washington. … Continued	4:30 pm Public Bank of Oakland: Rally & Vote at the City Council @ Oscar Grant Plaza & City Council Chambers Public Bank of Oakland: Rally & Vote at the City Council @ Oscar Grant Plaza & City Council Chambers Jun 20 @ 4:30 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets The Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland will be out in full force at the council meeting next Tuesday. Please find us in our bright green shirts to receive signs. We will also have t-shirts available for sale. If this is your first time participating in something like this, please find us and we will help you get oriented. Attend our outreach event before the council meeting. Time: 4:30PM The Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland is organizing a political action an hour before the full council meeting. … Continued 5:00 pm Establish The Department Of Violence Prevention? Oakland City Council Mtg. @ Oakland City Hall, off Oscar Grant Plaza Establish The Department Of Violence Prevention? Oakland City Council Mtg. @ Oakland City Hall, off Oscar Grant Plaza Jun 20 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland Subject: Establishing The Department Of Violence Prevention From: Councilmember McElhaney, Kaplan And Council President Reid Recommendation: Adopt A Ordinance Amending Chapter 2.29 Of The Oakland Municipal Code Entitled “City Agencies, Departments And Offices” To Create The Department Of Violence Prevention Focusing On Ending The Epidemic Of Violent Crime In Oakland And Healing Trauma In Impacted Communities 1. View Report, 2. View Supplemental Report, 3. View Report A winding, two-month push for the new city department meets its conclusion Tuesday. The proposed department would be … Continued 5:30 pm Stop Urban Shield at Berkeley City Council – Rally Beforehand @ Longfellow School Stop Urban Shield at Berkeley City Council – Rally Beforehand @ Longfellow School Jun 20 @ 5:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets On Tuesday May 16 more than 200 people turned out to the Berkeley City Council in anticipation of the Council’s vote on whether or not to continue Berkeley’s participation in Urban Shield. After waiting six hours for the agenda item to be heard and after giving powerful testimony, we were told that the Council once again decided to postpone the vote. The coalition and supporters staged a walkout to show the Council that we won’t stand for this kind of manipulation. The Council has rescheduled the vote for June 20th … Continued 6:00 pm Special Berkeley Hearing on Urban Shield! Out Now! @ Longfellow Middle School Special Berkeley Hearing on Urban Shield! Out Now! @ Longfellow Middle School Jun 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Mark Your Calendars Special Berkeley Hearing on Urban Shield: The Berkeley City Council will be voting on the city’s participation in Urban Shield. On Tuesday May 16 more than 200 people turned out to the Berkeley City Council in anticipation of the Council’s vote on whether or not to continue Berkeley’s participation in Urban Shield. After waiting six hours for the agenda item to be heard and after giving powerful testimony, we were told that the Council once again decided to postpone the vote. The coalition and supporters staged a walkout to … Continued 7:30 pm Naomi Klein presents her new book No Is Not Enough @ First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley Naomi Klein presents her new book No Is Not Enough @ First Presbyterian Church of Berkeley Jun 20 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Join us for a discussion of resistance in the Trump era with internationally acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Naomi Klein. Donald Trump’s takeover of the White House is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. His reckless agenda — including a corporate coup in government, aggressive scapegoating and warmongering, and sweeping aside climate science to set off a fossil fuel frenzy — will generate waves of disasters and shocks to the economy, national security, and the environment. Acclaimed journalist, activist, and bestselling author Naomi Klein has spent two … Continued	8:45 am Historic Vote on Refinery Greenhouse Gas Caps – ALL HANDS ON DECK! @ BAAQMD Offices Historic Vote on Refinery Greenhouse Gas Caps – ALL HANDS ON DECK! @ BAAQMD Offices Jun 21 @ 8:45 am – 1:00 pm Tickets ALL HANDS ON DECK! We Need GREEN HOUSE GAS Caps, Not Massive Emissions Increases! 11th-hour Air District staff changes to Rule 12-16, scheduled for a vote this coming Wednesday, effectively sabotage what was to be the first-in-the nation rule to regulate local refinery-emitted greenhouse gases. In a stunning reversal, the Air District is now trying to grandfather in horrendous emission increases. Staff’s history of reckless permitting is causing them to propose a total gutting of the caps by raising permissible emissions levels by 25% – the equivalent to … Continued 5:30 pm Tasers: SF Police Commission @ San Francisco City Hall, Room 400 Tasers: SF Police Commission @ San Francisco City Hall, Room 400 Jun 21 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Via 48 Hills The Police Commission will be talking about Tasers Wednesday/21. This is an ongoing debate, and took center stage when the supes Rules Committee voted to allow Petra DeJesus to stay on the commission for another term. The cops want Tasers, and say they are a good alternative to shooting people. A lot of activists who have studied the issue (and some police departments that have abandoned the devices) say there are really serious problems with giving officers what is generally considered a less-lethal, but still lethal, weapon. … Continued 6:30 pm Prisoners Literature Project @ Grassroots House Prisoners Literature Project @ Grassroots House Jun 21 @ 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 What Democracy Could Look Like: Presentation on Proportional Representation @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center What Democracy Could Look Like: Presentation on Proportional Representation @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Jun 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join the RPA in an interactive presentation which will provide an overview of local election systems, and discuss possible reforms, including ranked choice voting and forms of proportional representation. Speakers will include Pedro Hernandez, Deputy Director of FairVote California; Steve Chessin, President of Californians for Electoral Reform (CfER); and Joan Strasser, Board Member of CfER, and a teacher at Richmond High School. There will be plenty of time for questions and answers. 63285 7:15 pm Whistleblower at the CIA: Melvin Goodman with Daniel Ellsberg @ First Presbyterian Church Whistleblower at the CIA: Melvin Goodman with Daniel Ellsberg @ First Presbyterian Church Jun 21 @ 7:15 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Both Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg have asked more whistleblowers to step into the public light and speak out. Several brave individuals have responded. One of them is Melvin Goodman. Melvin A. Goodman was a Soviet analyst at the CIA and the Department of State for 24 years, and a professor of international relations at the National War College for 18 years. He served in the U.S. Army in Athens, Greece for three years, and was intelligence adviser to the SALT delegation from 1971–1972. Currently, Goodman is the Director of … Continued 7:30 pm Anti Police-Terror Project General Meeting @ EastSide Arts Alliance Anti Police-Terror Project General Meeting @ EastSide Arts Alliance Jun 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Monthly APTP meeting, held on every 3rd Wednesday of the month. – Strategize on addressing proposed changes to the BART police use of force policy. – Find out ways you can use your talents and resources to support APTP and get involved with the work, including how to join various committees such as the Black Leadership Committee, First Responders, Action, Policy, Media, and Security committees. – Find out more about the #DefundOPD campaign. The Anti Police-Terror Project is a project of the ONYX ORGANIZING COMMITTEE that in coalition with other … Continued 7:30 pm Whistleblower at the CIA: Melvin Goodman with Daniel Ellsberg @ First Presbyterian Church Whistleblower at the CIA: Melvin Goodman with Daniel Ellsberg @ First Presbyterian Church Jun 21 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets KPFA Radio and City Lights Books present: Both Edward Snowden and Daniel Ellsberg have asked more whistleblowers to step into the public light and speak out. Several brave individuals have responded. One of them is Melvin Goodman. Melvin A. Goodman was a Soviet analyst at the CIA and the Department of State for 24 years, and a professor of international relations at the National War College for 18 years. He served in the U.S. Army in Athens, Greece for three years, and was intelligence adviser to the SALT delegation from … Continued	9:00 am BART Board : Stopping Harrassment, Protecting Immigrants BART Board : Stopping Harrassment, Protecting Immigrants Jun 22 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets The BART Board will vote on on a proposal to rescind the ordinance that would have BART police ticket people who take up more than one BART seat. BART has limited police resources, and police should be focusing on serious crimes. This ordinance would increase BART delays, 17% of which are already caused by police interactions. And according to the BART Police Officers Association, this ordinance would likely target homeless people and increase use of force incidents. BART should not criminalize etiquette violations. Instead Bart Board Chair Saltzman will be … Continued 9:00 am Sanctuary Transit – Keep Immigrants Safe On BART @ BART Boardroom, 20th Street Mall, Third Floor Sanctuary Transit – Keep Immigrants Safe On BART @ BART Boardroom, 20th Street Mall, Third Floor Jun 22 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) Board of Directors Meeting. Agenda. Directions: The BART Board Meeting Room is entered on Webster Street between 20th and 21st, to the north of the large CVS store at 20th and Webster. BART will be considering newly-elected BART rep Lateefah Simon’s proposal for “sanctuary transit” i.e instructions to BART’s police department to not cooperate with immigration enforcement activities on the Bay Area’s rail system and to ensure unfettered travel to and from work, family and leisure for all residents regardless of status. Op-Ed in the … Continued 5:30 pm Decarcerate Alameda @ CURB office Decarcerate Alameda @ CURB office Jun 22 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets We will be having our next Decarcerate Alameda meeting this Thursday, June 22nd. If you can, please bring some snacks to share. Our agenda will include planning for the July 24th hearing on mental health alternatives, our upcoming art build, jail outreach and more. 63287 6:30 pm No walls, no borders in the peoples struggles @ Workers World No walls, no borders in the peoples struggles @ Workers World Jun 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Trans Power! Queer Power! Im/Migrant & Worker Power! IN THE SPIRIT OF STONEWALL, LETS UNITE TO SMASH OPPRESSION! Teresa Gutierrez, lesbian Im/Migrant rights socialist activist, presenting: “No walls, no borders in the peoples struggles” Teresa is a member of the national Secretariat of Workers World Party and National Director, International Action Center Latin-America/Caribbean and Immigration Projects. For many years, she was also the Coordinator of the NYC May 1st Coalition. In 2004, she ran for Vice-President on the Workers World Party ticket. Note that location may change, watch this space … Continued 7:00 pm Film Screening: From the Ashes – the legacy of the coal industry and its future @ La Pena Cultural Center Film Screening: From the Ashes – the legacy of the coal industry and its future @ La Pena Cultural Center Jun 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets No Coal in Oakland is hosting a free screening of a new National Geographic documentary about coal, From the Ashes. Join us to watch this film together in community. We will also share any updates about the coal campaign in Oakland and talk more generally about the struggle for environmental and climate justice as we resist the new administration in Washington. You can see a trailer for the film at https://vimeo.com/user21699071/review/212647120/507d57d428 From the Ashes captures Americans in communities across the country as they wrestle with the legacy of the coal industry … Continued		8:30 am Movement School For Revolutionaries @ Richmond Progressive Alliance Movement School For Revolutionaries @ Richmond Progressive Alliance Jun 24 @ 8:30 am – 4:15 pm Tickets This conference is sure to be an inspiring journey for all in attendance. This is our opportunity to come together and shake off the dust from the 2016 election season and start anew with a revived and refreshed determination to transform the political ground under our feet! Check out these sample agenda items and let us know what you think! Explore the context we are operating in, under our present political reality, and flesh out the norms embedded in our cultural assumptions. See also: Movement School For Revolutionaries \| event \| … Continued 9:30 am East Bay DSA – Intro, Election and General Meeting @ California Nurses Association East Bay DSA – Intro, Election and General Meeting @ California Nurses Association Jun 24 @ 9:30 am – 1:30 pm Tickets 9:30 AM: If you’re new to DSA, come learn how we are organizing locally, what our plans are for the future, and how you can get involved! This orientation is open to members and nonmembers alike who are interested in DSA. It is open to the public and you do not need to be a member to attend. Those interested in becoming members can sign up at: https://dsausa.nationbuilder.com/join. 10:30 AM On June 24, we come together for a beautiful demonstration of democracy and solidarity. We’ll elect the new Local Council … Continued 1:00 pm Free Health Screenings, Free Legal Assistance – Oakland Family Festival @ Verdese Carter Park Free Health Screenings, Free Legal Assistance – Oakland Family Festival @ Verdese Carter Park Jun 24 @ 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets BAY AREA! Join us at the #Oakland Family Festival on June 24th! Free legal assistance & health screenings https://t.co/EUmn9FtMBK #BayArea pic.twitter.com/HKBmXe2ec1— Dannyoso (@Dannyoso) June 20, 2017 Attorneys to work for free on Sat to reduce or throw out old convictions under Prop. 47, per @BrendonWoodsPD @safeandjust @Nate_Miley pic.twitter.com/u90DnsuZSn— Henry K. Lee (@henrykleeKTVU) June 23, 2017 63290 1:00 pm SOLAR SIMPLIFIED II: THE DEEPER DIVE @ Ecology Center SOLAR SIMPLIFIED II: THE DEEPER DIVE @ Ecology Center Jun 24 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Residential solar technologies are evolving at a fast clip, as are the policies that support solar generation. Expert Doug McKenzie will discuss the latest solar products and technologies that can extend solar’s reach in your life, plus the policies that are advancing or limiting the future of solar in our region, state, and country. This presentation and Q&A is useful for people who have already gotten solar, and those who are still considering and want to take a deeper dive. Bring your questions! Topics include: Panels & Inverters Electric Vehicles … Continued 1:00 pm Theater of the Oppressed Workshop @ Fellowship Hall, BFUU Theater of the Oppressed Workshop @ Fellowship Hall, BFUU Jun 24 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Theatre of the Oppressed (TO) is a set of techniques, games & practices for using theater as a vehicle for transforming individuals and their communities, and effecting social and political change. It is a method of harnessing the theatrical process as a powerful tool for healing communities and breaking cycles of oppression; resulting in empowered and engaged individuals and groups that have the tools to dialogue, educate, problem-solve, and effect change. TO is a collective, creative, whole-brained problem-posing/solving technique of learning and transformation. Jiwon Chung studied with Augusto Boal, the … Continued 3:30 pm Justice4Pedie Community Meeting @ Richmond Public Library, Whittlesey Community Room Justice4Pedie Community Meeting @ Richmond Public Library, Whittlesey Community Room Jun 24 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Members of the Oscar Grant Committee and the Perez family are organizing a special community meeting to review the Pedie Perez case and discuss how we can ensure justice is done. Co-sponsored by Richmond Progressive Alliance Justice4Pedie Update, June 2017 Special Investigator Hired to Look into Perez Shooting The City of Richmond has hired Mr. Lucky Narain, for the part-time position as special investigator for the Richmond Citizens Police Review Commission. Relatively unknown to the Richmond community, Mr. Narian was a candidate for Oakland School Board in 2016, when he … Continued

Week of June 18

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.