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This assembly is open to all tenants seeking resources to … Continued 10:00 am Shut Down Milo @ Upper Sproul Plaza Shut Down Milo @ Upper Sproul Plaza Sep 24 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets Make UC-Berkeley a Sanctuary Campus. No Platform for White Supremacists at UC-Berkeley Defend DACA. Pass the Federal Dream Act! Full citizenship rights for all immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Trump must resign or be removed. (Milo announce he will be marching at UCB, Sproul Plaza, at noon) (As of Friday) Yiannopoulos has called for a march of his supporters on Sun. at 12 pm starting on Upper Sproul Plaza. Gather at 10 am to protest and shut down any attempt they make to terrorize immigrant, Muslim, trans, and women … Continued 1:00 pm Sunflower Alliance Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Sunflower Alliance Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Sep 24 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Please join us for the regular biweekly meeting of the Sunflower Alliance — but it’s three weeks after the last one because we skipped a week for Labor Day. We’ll discuss ongoing campaigns and future plans — we need your participation and your voice. Newcomers encouraged! 63588 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Sep 24 @ 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 3:00 pm The Ecology Center Fall Film Series: Princess Mononoke @ Ecology Center The Ecology Center Fall Film Series: Princess Mononoke @ Ecology Center Sep 24 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets We are excited to announce our Fall Film Series at the Ecology Center! In an effort to open up our space to the community, while providing an accessible format for fostering discussions around the various climate issues we cover, we will be hosting free monthly screenings of select films at our Ecology Center store. Check out a new film, or one of your favorites, with other members of the community for a fun-filled and family-friendly evening. All screenings are free and open to the public (and include free popcorn!). — … Continued 3:30 pm Open Circle Open Circle Sep 24 @ 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Historically, Open Circle has stayed stationary in Oakland and SF. We’re at a point where we want to bring Open Circle to areas that need further support. We’ve been to Stockton. At this meeting, we will be organizing the October Open Circle to the South Bay. Who’s with us?! Join us for a community potluck and thoughtful discussion around police accountability on behalf of families directly impacted by police brutality. Open Circle holds space for families directly impacted by police terrorism to gather with each other and members of the … Continued 7:00 pm Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly @ Finnish Hall Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly @ Finnish Hall Sep 24 @ 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! Questions? Email info@indivisibleberkeley.org. FEATURED SPEAKERS CA State Senator Nancy Skinner will providing an end-of-session legislative report-back! Details below. More speakers to be announced. RSVP Please RSVP to let us know how many people to expect. No RSVP? No problem – we’ll also have a signup at … Continued	12:00 pm Berkeley Rally Against White Supremacy Berkeley Rally Against White Supremacy Sep 25 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Berkeley Rally Against White Supremacy “Defend Our Campus, Reclaim Free Speech” We are students, workers, and members of the UC Berkeley campus community, the City of Berkeley, and the larger Bay Area. We are immigrants, people of color, religious minorities, queer and trans people, liberals, leftists and others. We think it’s time to come together in a united front, celebrate our differences in solidarity, and speak out against the hateful currents in American politics while affirming our vision of a free, inclusive, and equitable society. Since the 2016 election, white … Continued 12:00 pm Health Care Protest: #KilltheBill Sit-in @ Feinstein's Office Health Care Protest: #KilltheBill Sit-in @ Feinstein's Office Sep 25 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Heath Care Sit-in & Pizza Party On Monday, September 25, Republicans are holding a hearing in the Senate Finance Committee that’s designed to provide a fictional “process” as a fig leaf to win Republican (particularly McCain’s) votes [on the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson health care proposal]. To call out this sham process and put more pressure on Senators in these final days, we’re asking you to take action on Monday, September 25th. Will you stand in solidarity with other Indivisible groups and partners across the country and join us at a sit-in at … Continued 6:30 pm Funding the Basic Income Movement @ Covo Funding the Basic Income Movement @ Covo Sep 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets At the end of 2016, in an effort to support work in the basic income movement, the Economic Security Project was founded. The Project is a two-year, $10 million fund that provides grants to projects focused on basic income like academic research, state and local campaigns, and cultural projects around economic security. Grant recipients include the Roosevelt Institute, GiveDirectly, basic income advocate Scott Santens, and the Universal Income Project. Join us on Monday, September 25 for a conversation with Economic Security Project Co-Chair Natalie Foster and Creative Consultant Cara Rose … Continued 7:00 pm How public banking can help address climate change @ Oakland City Hall How public banking can help address climate change @ Oakland City Hall Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets .Councilmembers Dan Kalb and Rebecca Kaplan are sponsoring a great event, organized by us and Local Clean Energy Alliance. Wolfram Morales, Chief Economist for Sparkasse, the association of local public banks in Germany, will explain the role of these institutions in speeding the development of local renewable resources such as solar and wind, at this panel discussion in City Hall. Joining Wolfram will be: Nicolas Chaset, CEO of East Bay Community Energy (Alameda County’s soon-to-launch Community Choice energy program), Greg Rosen, Founder and Principal of High Noon Advisors (member of the East Bay … Continued 7:00 pm Occupy Forum: Field Trip: Public Banking @ Oakland City Hall, 3rd floor Occupy Forum: Field Trip: Public Banking @ Oakland City Hall, 3rd floor Sep 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OccupyForum FIELD TRIP! FREE! How Germany’s Public Banks Help Transition to Renewables Wolfram Morales, Chief Economist for Sparkasse, the association of local public banks in Germany, will explain the role of these institutions in speeding the development of local renewable resources such as solar and wind, at this panel discussion in City Hall. Joining Wolfram will be Nicolas Chaset, CEO of East Bay Community Energy, (Alameda County’s soon-to- launch Community Choice energy program), Greg Rosen, Founder and Principal of High Noon Advisors, (member of the East Bay Community Shared Solar … Continued	12:00 pm Protest Oakland Tenants – Close the Loopholes! @ Oscar Grant Plaza Protest Oakland Tenants – Close the Loopholes! @ Oscar Grant Plaza Sep 26 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets 12pm – RALLY FOR TENANTS RIGHTS 1:30pm- CITY COUNCIL OPEN FORUM We’re teaming up with Centro Legal de la Raza in solidarity with their clients the JDW Tenants’ Association. Members occupy 13 buildings which their owner, JDW Enterprises, is attempting to exempt from rent control. There are many loopholes in rent control, but JDW’s weapon of choice here is Substantial Rehabilitation. Normally reserved for decrepit buildings that have been fully refurbished, JDW is claiming this exemption despite the fact that they haven’t done the quantity of upgrades required to qualify. While tenants … Continued 3:00 pm Tasers Hearing – SF Board of Supervisors @ SF City Hall Tasers Hearing – SF Board of Supervisors @ SF City Hall Sep 26 @ 3:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Frisco 500,, where we at.!?!! pic.twitter.com/6kZVQZb5ul— Equipto (@EQUIPTO) September 24, 2017 63696 4:00 pm The Village – Round 2 @ Oakland City Hall The Village – Round 2 @ Oakland City Hall Sep 26 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets THE VILLAGE ROUND 2 AT THE OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL LIFE ENRICHMENT COMMITTEE We are very pleased to be supporting the Village in their work to acquire a City-owned parcel for an encampment. At Council on September 19th we passed the first reading of the Shelter Crisis Ordinance, which will receive its second reading October 3rd. In the meantime, we’re going to urge this Council Committee to lock in an address! You can sign up for both Open Forum and Agenda Item 3, which is the first item of the day. We’d … Continued 5:00 pm Housing Not Bulldozers – Stand With ‘The Village.’ @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza Housing Not Bulldozers – Stand With ‘The Village.’ @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza Sep 26 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets 63616 6:00 pm Indigenous Voices, Resisting Oil Extraction in Colombia @ Intertribal Friendship House Indigenous Voices, Resisting Oil Extraction in Colombia @ Intertribal Friendship House Sep 26 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets You are invited to spend an evening with Aura Tegría Cristancho, U’wa indigenous woman lawyer, who is an integral force in the protections of indigenous rights and forests in Colombia. The U’wa consider themselves the guardians of their sacred ancestral homeland. In accordance with their natural laws, for centuries they have successfully defended their territory high in the Andean cloud forests. The U’wa have resisted conquistadors, missionaries, colonists, and, more recently, the oil industry, guerrillas, the military and paramilitary groups active in the region. A testament to the strength of … Continued 6:30 pm DSA – External Organizing Committee Meeting DSA – External Organizing Committee Meeting Sep 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets This public working meeting of the External Organizing Committee is a chance for members to do the work of running our outward-facing campaigns, building our district canvassing program, and recruiting new members. Everyone is welcome regardless of skills or experience!63695 6:45 pm Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Sierra Club Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Sierra Club Sep 26 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 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. Getting Into the Lobby: The doors for the Sierra Club building lock right at 7pm, so please do your best to arrive prior to 7pm. We will have someone stationed at the … Continued 7:00 pm Community Wireless Mesh Network Creation @ Omni Commons, Sudo Room Community Wireless Mesh Network Creation @ Omni Commons, Sudo Room Sep 26 @ 7:00 pm – 10:30 pm Tickets A wireless mesh network is a network where each computer acts as a relay to other computers, such that a network can stretch to cover entire cities. Last Tuesdays of the month are general orientation meetings for new volunteers. (The first three Tuesdays of the month are open hacknights – we stay focused! ) Our goal is to create a wireless mesh network that is owned and operated by the community. Want to help create an alternate means of digital communication that isn’t governed by for-profit internet service providers? We … Continued 7:00 pm Hate Man’s Birthday @ People's Park Hate Man’s Birthday @ People's Park Sep 26 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Hate Man would have been 81 on Sept 26th. Come celebrate his life.63703	10:00 am Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory (RIPA) Board Discussion With Attorney General Beccera @ West Oakland Public Library Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory (RIPA) Board Discussion With Attorney General Beccera @ West Oakland Public Library Sep 27 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets The Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory (RIPA) Board will hear from Attorney General Becerra and will discuss the outline and content for their first annual report on racial and identity profiling by law enforcement. The RIPA Board was established for one simple reason; the people of California demanded it. Now we need to turn up and hold the RIPA Board & Attorney General accountable to ensure the collection and analysis of law enforcement data to eliminate racial and identify profiling in policing. For more background about RIPA and its members, … Continued 1:30 pm Berkeley Gray Panthers – A talk with Phil Hutchings @ North Berkeley Senior Center Berkeley Gray Panthers – A talk with Phil Hutchings @ North Berkeley Senior Center Sep 27 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets ECONOMICS AND HOUSING – The Bay Area crisis and beyond. A talk with Phil Hutchings, Lifelong Human Rights Activist. Refreshments servied. All ages welcome.63689 7:00 pm Diversity Film: ‘And Then They Came For Us’ @ Ellen Driscoll Playhouse Diversity Film: ‘And Then They Came For Us’ @ Ellen Driscoll Playhouse Sep 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Members of the Trump administration have raised the specter of a Muslim registry and instituted an immigration ban against people from Muslim majority countries, citing the unconstitutional incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II as precedent for its actions. (Social Action Media.) The Appreciating Diversity Film Series will present the powerful 2017 documentary “And Then They Came for Us” – a film by Bay area filmmakers Abby Ginzberg and Ken Schneider which demonstrates that the registration and incarceration of Japanese American was one of the worst violations of constitutional … Continued 7:00 pm Oil Money Out Training Webinar @ Your computer Oil Money Out Training Webinar @ Your computer Sep 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets On Wednesday night, Oil Money Out is hosting an O$O Advocacy Training Webinar for environmental leaders throughout California who are determined to get oil money out of politics. Learn how to make your voice heard in Sacramento and conduct effective meetings with legislators. Sign up for the Webinar here. Over the next few months, Oil Money Out will be working with communities throughout the state to set up meetings with legislators and demand that all of our elected officials stop taking money from Big Oil and start prioritizing public health over … Continued 7:00 pm Sudo Room: Five Minutes of Fame @ Omni Commons, Ballroom Sudo Room: Five Minutes of Fame @ Omni Commons, Ballroom Sep 27 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets A series of 5 minute presentations of hackery and radical projects from the bay and beyond, followed by socializing and hacking!63702	12:00 pm Non-Violent Vigil for Peace and Justice – SF @ Corner of Larkin and Golden Gate Non-Violent Vigil for Peace and Justice – SF @ Corner of Larkin and Golden Gate Sep 28 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets American Friends Service Committee, Buddhist Peace Fellowship, Episcopal Peace Fellowship, and San Francisco Friends Meeting and suppporters observed the occasion with their weekly 12-1pm vigil rain or shine every Thursday at 450 Golden Gate, the Federal Building. Why We Vigil For five years we have stood on this corner every Thursday from noon to 1:00. We come because we believe that what our government is doing is wrong. The so-called war on terror is a disaster, doing more to stimulate the growth of terrorism around the world than to keep … Continued 5:00 pm Sin Pais / Beyond Recognition / Women’s March – Dinner & Short Films! Sin Pais / Beyond Recognition / Women’s March – Dinner & Short Films! Sep 28 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Join us for Closing Night of Temescal Street Flicks 2017! Presented by Community Bank of the Bay, our series closes with three thought provoking and insightful short films that are relevant to our current times. Please Note: All filmmakers & a few film participants will be in attendance for a short Q&A immediately following the viewing of all short films. Please join us for this engaging & thoughtful discussion! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 – SHORTS NIGHT FINALE LINEUP INCLUDES: FEATURED SHORT: SIN PAIS (Without Country) by Theo Rigby. 19 min. … Continued 7:00 pm A Night for the Buffalo: Buffalo Field Campaign @ BFUU A Night for the Buffalo: Buffalo Field Campaign @ BFUU Sep 28 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Marking 2 decades of front line action for the wild buffalo, the Buffalo Field Campaign 2017 Roadshow is coming to the Bay Area with a special 20th anniversary presentation. Co-founder Mike Mease brings engaging stories and films straight from the field, in the land of the buffalo, with music by Native American flutist Mignon Geli and special guests. This event benefits BFC. The mission of BFC is to stop the harassment and slaughter of Yellowstone’s last wild buffalo herds; protect the natural habitat of wild, free-roaming buffalo and other native … Continued	2:00 pm Immigrants rights/ Sanctuary facts/ Dealing with ICE @ Qal'bu Maryam @ Starr King School For the Ministry Immigrants rights/ Sanctuary facts/ Dealing with ICE @ Qal'bu Maryam @ Starr King School For the Ministry Sep 29 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets JOIN QAL’BU MARYAM FOR A PRESENTATION on Immigrants rights/ Sanctuary facts/ Dealing with ICE Miriam Noriega the speaker. Join Qal’bu Maryam Women’s Mosque, Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI), VACEEB and the Alameda County Immigration Legal & Educational Partnership (ACILEP) for a presentation by Miriam Ortega. Limited parking. The 65 Euclid stops a block away at Euclid and Le Conte.63711 6:00 pm Banned Books Week: Fred Korematsu Speaks Up @ Laurel Book Store Banned Books Week: Fred Korematsu Speaks Up @ Laurel Book Store Sep 29 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets For Banned Books Week (Sep. 24-30, 2017), the ACLU of Northern California is organizing a series of free events reflecting on the life and work of Fred Korematsu and the importance of speaking out against forces that would seek to silence and censor you. Fred Korematsu defied the government’s WWII orders that Japanese Americans be forcibly relocated from their homes and incarcerated in camps. The ACLU-NC represented Korematsu in his battle for justice all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. Today, the lessons of Fred Korematsu’s life are all … Continued 6:30 pm Book Discussion: Fred Korematsu Speaks Up @ Laurel Book Store Book Discussion: Fred Korematsu Speaks Up @ Laurel Book Store Sep 29 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi Authors of Fred Korematsu Speaks Up Laurel Book Store and two ACLU of Northern California Chapter Boards present Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi to share from Fred Korematsu Speaks Up, a timely read. Fred Korematsu defied the government’s WWII orders that all Japanese Americans leave the west coast to be incarcerated. The ACLU of Northern California represented Korematsu all the way to the Supreme Court. Now, when the lessons of Fred Korematsu’s life are even more important to remember, Laura Atkins and Stan Yogi will speak about their … Continued	9:30 am 1st Annual East Oakland Community Assembly @ International Community 1st Annual East Oakland Community Assembly @ International Community Sep 30 @ 9:30 am – 1:30 pm Tickets ARE YOU: FED UP with trash, potholes, and a City government that doesn’t care? CONCERNED about the sex trade, homelessness, rising rents and home prices that people can’t afford? READY to make East Oakland neighborhoods and schools better for your family and your neighbors? Come join neighbors from all over East Oakland to work for the changes WE want!63621 7:30 pm Solitary Man: My Visit to Pelican Bay State Prison @ Omni Commons Solitary Man: My Visit to Pelican Bay State Prison @ Omni Commons Sep 30 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets To commemorate the September 30, 1991 coup against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide that killed thousands of people and filled Haiti’s prisons; To honor beloved sister and friend of Haiti, Lori Nairne; In solidarity with Haitians presently being incarcerated and killed as they rise up against the imposed regime of Jovenel Moise. Haiti Action Committee presents a benefit for Haiti Emergency Relief Fund Solitary Man: My Visit to Pelican Bay State Prison Performed by Charlie Hinton and Fred Johnson Written by Charlie Hinton Music by Fred Johnson Directed by Mark Kenward Updates … Continued

Week of September 24

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.