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Jul 16 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets The Museum of Capitalism is hosting an in-person artifact donation event on July 16th from noon-5pm. RSVP, and bring your artifacts of capitalism to be considered for inclusion in the museum’s collection. If you live out of town and are interested in contributing, please visit our new artifact donation platform to submit an item for consideration. Individuals who possess items related to the history or memory of capitalism, or tied to a personal experience that could help others to understand or feel life in capitalism, are invited to come forward … Continued 2:00 pm The Current State of Surveillance: A Townhall @ SEIU Local 87 Hall The Current State of Surveillance: A Townhall @ SEIU Local 87 Hall Jul 16 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets How are National Security Tools being Used for Deportation? Since the election, Donald Trump began his campaign to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. He used racist rhetoric to target our communities. Over the course of his Presidency, there has been a sharp increase in immigration arrests. In March, ICE agents and the FBI used a stingray, an extremely invasive breach of privacy, to track Rudy Carmaco-Carranza, a 23 year old immigrant from El Salvador. A stingray, also known as a cell-site simulator tricks nearby phones into providing location data and … Continued 3:00 pm Free Mumia @ Omni Commons basement Free Mumia @ Omni Commons basement Jul 16 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets The Labor Action Committee (LAC) is meeting to discuss what we can do to re-ignite and build the movement to Free Mumia. We will view a short film (20 minutes) followed by a discussion on the many ways we can build the movement to Free Mumia and all victims of racist frame ups. 63379 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jul 16 @ 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 7:30 pm Film: Cincinnati Goddamn @ Omni Commons ballroom Film: Cincinnati Goddamn @ Omni Commons ballroom Jul 16 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets This feature-length documentary is about police brutality, anti-black racism, and the power of grassroots activism in Cincinnati, Ohio. From 1995-2001 there were fifteen black men killed by the Cincinnati police. The film focuses on two of those murders, Roger Owensby, Jr and Timothy Thomas. Martin Luther King said that “A riot is the cry of the unheard.” Thomas’s death sparked three days of civil unrest and protests. This poignant and powerful story of injustice is told through news reports, first-person accounts and cinema verité footage of the surviving families’ long-suffering … Continued	6:00 pm Occupy Forum: Occupation as a Tactic @ Black and Brown Social Club Occupy Forum: Occupation as a Tactic @ Black and Brown Social Club Jul 17 @ 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! Occupation as a Tactic: Lakeview Elementary School and OccupyOakland With Gerald Smith As an act of protest, occupation is a strategy often used by social movements and other forms of collective social action in order to take and hold public and symbolic spaces, buildings, critical infrastructure such as entrances to train stations, shopping centers, university buildings, squares, and parks. Opposed to a military occupation, … Continued	5:30 pm Oakland City Council: Public Bank of Oakland Feasibility Study Oakland City Council: Public Bank of Oakland Feasibility Study Jul 18 @ 5:30 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets Progress on Public Bank Feasibility Study First, the good news: the City Council has budgeted $75,0000 for a feasibility study regarding establishment of the Public Bank of Oakland! This study will include the possibility of a multi-jurisdictional public bank and the possibility of accepting deposits from cannabis businesses. However, the Council still needs to vote to authorize the study. This vote will come at the City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 18th. Item # 18. Subject: Feasibility And Economic Impact Of Establishing A Public Bank From: Finance Department Recommendation: Adopt … Continued 6:00 pm Lovisa and Holly’s Great and Wonderful Friend and Fund-Raiser for the Ella Baker Center! @ Joyce Gordon Gallery Lovisa and Holly’s Great and Wonderful Friend and Fund-Raiser for the Ella Baker Center! @ Joyce Gordon Gallery Jul 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join us for a evening of fun, friends, and fund-rasing benefitting the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights! If you unable to join us, show your support through a donation. For 20 years, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights has fought tirelessly to build the power of black, brown, and poor people to break the cycles of incarceration and poverty and to make our communities safe, healthy, and strong. The Ella Baker Center’s work includes: The Ella Baker Membership: Anyone, anywhere can join our movement to create a safe and just nation … Continued 6:45 pm Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Sierra Club Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Sierra Club Jul 18 @ 6:45 pm – 8:45 pm Tickets Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability. Want to get involved with SURJ Bay Area? Come learn about our current work and activities. You’ll also hear about SURJ’s new pathways for entering the work, including study and action groups as well as committee work, upcoming workshops, and events. We’ll answer your questions and share how you can get involved in the movement for racial justice. — Address info: The Sierra Club is located at … Continued	6:30 pm SF Mime Troupe: Walls @ Edoff Memorial Band Stand, Lakeside Park, Lake Merritt SF Mime Troupe: Walls @ Edoff Memorial Band Stand, Lakeside Park, Lake Merritt Jul 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets WALLS asks the question: How can a nation of immigrants declare war on immigration? The answer: FEAR! L. Mary Jones (Velina Brown) knows all about fear. As a top agent for I.C.E. – Immigration and Customs Enforcement – she knows how to stoke fear to keep her country safe. Fear of people like Bahdoon Samakab (Rotimi Agbabiaka), a Somali refugee escaping oppression, fear of Cliodhna Aghabullogue (Lizzie Calogero), an Irish woman yearning to be American, and fear of Zaniyah Nahuatl (Marilet Martinez), whose family comes from… here. As a foreigner … Continued 7:00 pm Ars Live: Whistleblower Lisa Ling about working with military drones. @ Eli's Mile High Club Ars Live: Whistleblower Lisa Ling about working with military drones. @ Eli's Mile High Club Jul 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Drone strikes and surveillance are a major component of modern warfare, but few people outside the military understand how these programs work. That’s why former military technician Lisa Ling became a whistleblower after 14 years in the National Guard. She wanted policymakers to know that drones are not reliable, and they can create more problems than they solve. Lisa Ling joined the military in 1991, serving as an army medic and nurse before transferring to the Air National Guard (ANG). In the ANG, she became a communications technician working on … Continued 7:30 pm Anti Police-Terror Project General Meeting @ EastSide Arts Alliance Anti Police-Terror Project General Meeting @ EastSide Arts Alliance Jul 19 @ 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	5:00 pm Sanctuary for All: Mobilizing to Resist Mass Incarceration and Mass Deportation @ The Greenlining Institute Sanctuary for All: Mobilizing to Resist Mass Incarceration and Mass Deportation @ The Greenlining Institute Jul 20 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Our communities are under attack from Trump administration policies ushering in a new era of mass incarceration and an unprecedented increase in the criminalization, detention and deportation of our immigrant families and neighbors. Join us for a conversation about the intersection of the criminal justice system and immigration and how we can stand together to protect our communities and our deeply held values of justice, inclusion and equity for all. Part of the #LeadingEdgeIdeas series, this event is co-hosted by the Rosenberg Foundation and Heising-Simons Foundation. The conversation will be … Continued 6:30 pm SF Mime Troupe: Walls @ Edoff Memorial Band Stand, Lakeside Park, Lake Merritt SF Mime Troupe: Walls @ Edoff Memorial Band Stand, Lakeside Park, Lake Merritt Jul 20 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets WALLS asks the question: How can a nation of immigrants declare war on immigration? The answer: FEAR! L. Mary Jones (Velina Brown) knows all about fear. As a top agent for I.C.E. – Immigration and Customs Enforcement – she knows how to stoke fear to keep her country safe. Fear of people like Bahdoon Samakab (Rotimi Agbabiaka), a Somali refugee escaping oppression, fear of Cliodhna Aghabullogue (Lizzie Calogero), an Irish woman yearning to be American, and fear of Zaniyah Nahuatl (Marilet Martinez), whose family comes from… here. As a foreigner … Continued 7:00 pm Omni Commons General Assembly @ Omni Commons Omni Commons General Assembly @ Omni Commons Jul 20 @ 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 7:00 pm Omni General Assembly @ Omni Commons ballroom Omni General Assembly @ Omni Commons ballroom Jul 20 @ 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/omninom63335	12:00 pm Stand with the mothers of murdered children and family members Stand with the mothers of murdered children and family members Jul 21 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Come stand with the mothers of murdered children and family members this and every Friday to pressure District Atty George Gascon to charge killer SFPD cops with murder who executed Mario Woods, Jessica Nelson, Luis Gongora Pat, Alex Nieto, and all the rest. Bring signs! STOP POLICE MURDER! We have signs that say “Mario Woods is our Son”, and signs for each one murdered. Please find the box of signs and “Say Their Names” for the Media.63351 5:00 pm Amor for Alex Fundraiser @ Yerba Buena Center Amor for Alex Fundraiser @ Yerba Buena Center Jul 21 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Share with lots of love 🙂 Join us as the internationally renowned Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in downtown San Francisco will be opening its doors for our community so that we can generate funds for our “International Amor for Alex Memorial Monument” on top of Bernal Heights! Come support and be part of history; with your solid contributions, we are hoping to break ground by the end of this summer and to have the monument erected by the end of October or the end of this year! We … Continued 6:30 pm National Lawyers Guild Meeting @ Oakstop, basement National Lawyers Guild Meeting @ Oakstop, basement Jul 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets JOIN US FOR OUR JULY MEMBERSHIP MEETING Keeping Ourselves Safe Physical & Digital Security Every month, we invite members, non-members, activists, organizers, lawyers and legal workers to join us for the NLGSF “Join the Conversation” Membership Meeting Speakers: Tur-ha AK, Anti Police-Terror Project/ A.R.M.E.D. & Mark Burdett, Electronic Frontier Foundation Please RSVP to therese (at) nlgsf.org Refreshments Provided 63359	9:00 am Summer Saturdays at Reem’s Bakery: Show Solidarity @ Reems Bakery Summer Saturdays at Reem’s Bakery: Show Solidarity @ Reems Bakery Jul 22 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets Saturday, July 8, 2017, anti-Palestinian zealots attempted to disrupt business at Reem’s. As part of an on-going attempt to take down Reem’s California, Islamophobes followed through on their threats to demonstrate in front of the business. They came with racist signs and harassed customers. When community members and movement supporters came to defend Reem’s and support customers in safely entering and leaving, the demonstrators aggressively attacked them. One rammed their scooter wheel chair into two members of the Arab Resource and Organizing Center while punching one in the stomach. Another … Continued 10:00 am Laborfest: WPA Berkeley Walk @ Berkeley Downtown Post Office Laborfest: WPA Berkeley Walk @ Berkeley Downtown Post Office Jul 22 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets WPA Berkeley Walk With Harvey Smith. This walk will explore the “New Deal nexus” in Berkeley that includes Berkeley High School, the Community Theater, Civic Center Park, Post Office art, the old UC Press Building (now being repurposed as the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive), and the old Farm Credit Building. The tour will also include the incredible mosaic mural on the UC Berkeley campus and photographs of the California Folk Music Project, Western Museum Laboratory, WPA prints at the Berkeley Public Library, and WPA projects on the … Continued 11:00 am Healthcare Town Hall: Creating the Future of Health Care in CA. @ Rockridge Library Healthcare Town Hall: Creating the Future of Health Care in CA. @ Rockridge Library Jul 22 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets 63381 11:00 am KPFA Community Advisory Board @ Grassroots House KPFA Community Advisory Board @ Grassroots House Jul 22 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets 63399 11:00 am Mario Woods Remembrance Day @ Martin Luther King Park Mario Woods Remembrance Day @ Martin Luther King Park Jul 22 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Tickets Hello, Justice Community – First a congratulations to members of our outreach team – Marty, Muhammad, Darrell, Joanne, Lisa, Phelicia and Lynn – for working with Parks and Rec this week and standing strong and overcoming obstacles to secure the park and stage at the same location as last year for Mario Woods Remembrance Day. Thank you – this is a Victory! We are gearing up to a beautiful event commemorating Mario Woods’ life, and reaffirming our stance for Justice for Mario Woods and Justice for all victims of police … Continued

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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.