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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 Liberated Lens general meeting @ Omni Commons Liberated Lens general meeting @ Omni Commons Jan 7 @ 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	8:30 am Eviction Defense! @ Hall of Justice Eviction Defense! @ Hall of Justice Jan 8 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets Bay Area, we need you to show up to this eviction defense TOMORROW! Khaliff Webb is facing an eviction by a tech landlord thru the same loophole in protections that Aunti Frances' landlords are using. Protect 3 generations of #Oakland community! #ClosetheLoopholes #gentrification pic.twitter.com/Y2fq23rp1u— Defend Aunti Frances (@defendauntif) January 8, 2018 64115 5:30 pm Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland Meeting @ Omni Commons Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland Meeting @ Omni Commons Jan 8 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Tentative agenda: Reportbacks (15 min) Feasibility study in progress! Governance Peace and Freedom Forum General news (15 min) Los Angeles San Francisco New Jersey Cannabis developments (repeal of Cole memo) Repeating items (15 min) Treasurer’s report introductions of new attendees overview of public banking for new attendees set next meeting time and place Upcoming (20 min) Friends of Public Bank focus group: proposed date, 1/22. First Presbyterian Church Next forum (student debt?) Anything not discussed above.64106 6:45 pm Occupy Forum @ Unite Here, Local 2 Occupy Forum @ Unite Here, Local 2 Jan 8 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OccupyForum presents… Information, discussion & community! Monday Night Forum!! Occupy Forum is an opportunity for open and respectful dialogue on all sides of these critically important issues How the Current Tech Boom and Low Unemployment Rate Give Bay Area Service Workers Considerable Power Ever notice all the HELP WANTED or NOW HIRING signs in windows of service industry establishments — like cafes, restaurant, bars, stores and shops — throughout the Bay Area? The current unemployment rate in San Francisco is 2.3%, its at an all-time historical low. The causes are various, but it’s clearly due to … Continued 7:00 pm #96Hours of #NonCompliance to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy – Planning SpokesCouncils @ ACCE Action #96Hours of #NonCompliance to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy – Planning SpokesCouncils @ ACCE Action Jan 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Please come out to join the first in our series of spokescouncils to help plan the #96Hours of #NonCompliance to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy. Note that in contemplating what is happening in the world right now, and the critical importance of solidarity with indigenous peoples and peoples engages in liberation struggles around the world – the third day of #96Hours will be Indigenous/International Solidarity Day! Here is our revised Call and please don’t forget to join our Facebook spokescouncil event series by clicking “interested” on the series, then “going” on … Continued 7:00 pm End Harassment of the Homeless @ North Berkeley Senior Center End Harassment of the Homeless @ North Berkeley Senior Center Jan 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Ann Fagan Ginger, founder of MCLI, took action and wrote an open letter to the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission asking them to join with us to demand that the City of Berkeley end its harassment of people who are unsheltered and allow sanctioned encampments so that landless people can be treated with dignity. In response the Berkeley Peace and Justice Commission has added this issue to their agenda for public comment at their next meeting on January 8, 2018. Make your voice heard before that meeting. Sign the email … Continued 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Jan 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets OTU’s Mission The Oakland Tenants Union is an organization of housing activists dedicated to protecting tenant rights and interests. OTU does this by working directly with tenants in their struggle with landlords, impacting legislation and public policy about housing, community education, and working with other organizations committed to furthering renters’ rights. The Oakland Tenants Union is open to anyone who shares our core values and who believes that tenants themselves have the primary responsibility to work on their own behalf. Monthly Meetings The Oakland Tenants Union meets regularly at 7:00 … Continued 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Niebyl-Proctor Library Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Niebyl-Proctor Library Jan 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Because of the OGC’s traditional New Year’s Day commemoration vigil of Oscar Grant’s murder at the Fruitvale Station we are postponing our monthly meeting until Monday, Jan. 8th at 7 PM at the Niebyl-Proctor Library. 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. In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union … Continued	9:30 am POSTPONED: #FreeTheBill Day of Action – Single Payer Health Care CA @ State Capitol steps POSTPONED: #FreeTheBill Day of Action – Single Payer Health Care CA @ State Capitol steps Jan 9 @ 9:30 am – 4:30 pm Tickets POSTPONED! THIS IS NOT HAPPENING ON THIS DATE – AWAITING SCHEDULING AND LOCATION FOR ANOTHER SELECT COMMITTEE HEARING, SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT SB 562. Join us for a day of action for the Healthy California Act (SB 562) as the 2018 Legislative Session begins. We will be providing bus transportation to and from Sacramento Sign up here. Please join us to send a clear message that it’s time to free the bill! OAKLAND/BERKELEY STOP 1: Departs @ 7:20 am from CNA Headquarters, 250 22nd Street, Oakland CA STOP 2: Departs … Continued 6:00 pm #DeportIce: Preventing OPD From Assisting ICE in Any Way – City Council Public Safety Cmte @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1, Oscar Grant Plaza #DeportIce: Preventing OPD From Assisting ICE in Any Way – City Council Public Safety Cmte @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1, Oscar Grant Plaza Jan 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The CM Kaplan, Brooks, Gallo sponsored Resolution to prohibit any assistance to ICE will be heard. Background: On August 16, HSI/ICE conducted an AM raid on the 700th block of 27th Street in West Oakland with OPD assistance. The raid was advertised (erroneously) as a search warrant for the sexual trafficking of juveniles, biut there were no actual allegations of sexual abuse, no juveniles were removed from the home and the solitary arrest was for being undocumented. The 25 year old arrestee is now in the deportation process. At an … Continued	8:30 am Courthouse Rally To Stop Coal Lawsuit Courthouse Rally To Stop Coal Lawsuit Jan 10 @ 8:30 am – 11:30 am Tickets Join No Coal in Oakland for a rousing rally before the court hearing that could put an end to developer Phil Tagami’s lawsuit against the City of Oakland. We are planning a presence outside the Federal Courthouse in San Francisco at 8:30 a.m. The hearing will begin promptly at 10 a.m.; we encourage No Coal in Oakland supporters to arrive early to participate in our rally and have a good chance of getting a seat in the courtroom. OBOT’s, the City of Oakland’s, and Sierra Club/SF Baykeepers’ Motions for Summary … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State in the Age of Trump. @ Omni Commons Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State in the Age of Trump. @ Omni Commons Jan 10 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay. We fight against “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” spy drones, facial recognition, police body cameras and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones, to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government. We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no … Continued 6:45 pm SURJ Intro Meeting w/guest speaker Troy Williams @ Sierra Club SURJ Intro Meeting w/guest speaker Troy Williams @ Sierra Club Jan 10 @ 6:45 pm – 8:45 pm Tickets Want to get involved with SURJ Bay Area? SURJ moves white people to act for justice, with passion and accountability, as part of a multi-racial majority. Featured Speaker: Troy Williams, former editor of the monthly San Francisco Bay View, National Black Newspaper which has been publishing since 1976. 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 … Continued 7:00 pm #96Hours of #NonCompliance to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy – Planning SpokesCouncils @ ACCE Action #96Hours of #NonCompliance to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy – Planning SpokesCouncils @ ACCE Action Jan 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Please come out to join the first in our series of spokescouncils to help plan the #96Hours of #NonCompliance to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy. Note that in contemplating what is happening in the world right now, and the critical importance of solidarity with indigenous peoples and peoples engages in liberation struggles around the world – the third day of #96Hours will be Indigenous/International Solidarity Day! Here is our revised Call and please don’t forget to join our Facebook spokescouncil event series by clicking “interested” on the series, then “going” on … Continued	8:00 am Berkeley Post Office Lawsuit Hearing @ Federal District Court House, Courtroom 12, 19th floor Berkeley Post Office Lawsuit Hearing @ Federal District Court House, Courtroom 12, 19th floor Jan 11 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Judge Alsup will hear arguments for and against the Postal Service’s motion to award them victory in the case without a trial. Berkeley has rezoned the Civic Center District, including the Post Office property at Allston & Milvia, to not allow most commercial activities. The Postal Service claims this was unconstitutional. Some background in various articles here. 3:16-cv-04815-WHA – United States Postal Service v. City of Berkeley Motion for Summary Judgment Motion to Strike64111 8:00 am FTCftH Lawsuit Against Berkeley: Hearing in Federal Court @ Federal District Court, 19th Floor, Courtroom 12 FTCftH Lawsuit Against Berkeley: Hearing in Federal Court @ Federal District Court, 19th Floor, Courtroom 12 Jan 11 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets The City of Berkeley is moving to dismiss the First They Came for the Homeless lawsuit against Berkeley and BART for various evictions, raids, theft of property and failure to provide housing or any kind of legal status for homeless residents of Berkeley. 3:17-cv-06051-WHA – Sullivan et al v. Bay Area Rapid Transit Motion to Dismiss64112 8:30 am REPEAL COSTA HAWKINS: PROTECT RENTERS IN CALIFORNIA @ State Capitol, Room 4202 REPEAL COSTA HAWKINS: PROTECT RENTERS IN CALIFORNIA @ State Capitol, Room 4202 Jan 11 @ 8:30 am – 11:30 am Tickets AB 1506 HEARING: REPEAL COSTA HAWKINS/ PROTECT RENTERS IN CALIFORNIA After months and months of phone calls, letters, and meetings urging the Assembly to allow AB 1506 to be heard, the Assembly Housing Committee is scheduled to hold its’ first hearing and vote on AB 1506 which would repeal the state restriction on rent control – the Costa Hawkins Rental Housing Act. The hearing will be held on Thursday, January 11th at 9:00am in State Capitol, Room 4202 at the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee meeting. It’s important to … Continued 12:00 pm A faith-based homelessness solution @ Mormon Temple A faith-based homelessness solution @ Mormon Temple Jan 11 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets The Interfaith Council of Alameda County (ICAC) is holding a meeting Thursday, Jan. 11th to propose a faith-based homelessness solution plan for the City of Oakland, County of Alameda and the community. Attending with be Oakland City Administrator Sabrina Landreth, Landon Williams of the San Francisco Foundation and Alameda County Supervisors Nate Miley and Wilma Chan. Also attending will be Oakland City Councilmembers Rebecca Kaplan, Noel Gallo and Abel Guillén. For more information, call Rev. Ken Chambers, ICAC president, at (510) 239-6969. Open to the public.64121 6:30 pm Defending J20 Protestors from DC to the Bay @ First Congregational Church Defending J20 Protestors from DC to the Bay @ First Congregational Church Jan 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Tomorrow! Please share widely #Resist #J20 #defendj20 #ReclaimMLK pic.twitter.com/gEJ6HMwQEu— Bay Solidarity (@BaySolidarity) January 11, 2018 64132 7:00 pm Free Screening of I Am Not Your Negro @ Sierra Club Free Screening of I Am Not Your Negro @ Sierra Club Jan 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets SURJ Bay Area’s Queer and Trans (QT) Committee is hosting a free screening of I Am Not Your Negro, a film based on the work of James Baldwin that dives deep into white supremacy and resistance. This will be the eve of APTP’s 96 hours of Direct Action to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy. Members of the QT Committee will encourage attendees to participate in actions January 12-15th, including the mass march on Monday, January 15th. “Master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished, Remember This House. The result … Continued	7:00 am 96 Hours: MLK Morning Wake Up Call – Human Billboard @ Rockridge BART 96 Hours: MLK Morning Wake Up Call – Human Billboard @ Rockridge BART Jan 12 @ 7:00 am – 10:00 am Tickets For the 4th year in a row, the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) is calling on folks to come out in solidarity over the MLK Day weekend and say no to white supremacy, no to state-sponsored terror, no to development over people, no to misogyny, no to homophobia and transphobia, no to the targeting of immigrants and Muslims. #WeWillNotComply #96Hours SURJ Bay Area will be kicking off its participation in the #96Hours to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy with a morning rally and human billboard at Rockridge BART. We’ll be holding up signs and … Continued 4:00 pm 96 Hours: Rally to End State-Sanctioned Sexual Violence! @ Latham Square 96 Hours: Rally to End State-Sanctioned Sexual Violence! @ Latham Square Jan 12 @ 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Rally to End State-Sanctioned Sexual Violence! In Affiliation with #96Hours of #Noncompliance to #ReclaimMLK QTPOC & WOMXN MOST HONORED! 64125 5:30 pm 96Hours/ReclaimMLK: DefendDurham Projection and Noise Demo – @ San Francisco Federal Bldg 96Hours/ReclaimMLK: DefendDurham Projection and Noise Demo – @ San Francisco Federal Bldg Jan 12 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets #DefendDurham #96Hours #NonCompliance #ReclaimMLK Join in solidarity with the 8 Durham comrades, whose trial starts 1/11 on multiple felony charges and their call for national days of action. Also join in solidarity with the Anti Police-Terror Project and their call for 96 Hours of action to Reclaim King’s Radical Legacy. Resistance SF is going to do projections on the SF Federal Building. Join us and bring your signs, voices, instruments and other noise making stuff. On Aug. 14, Takiyah Thompson climbed a confederate monument and invited Durham to choose what … Continued 6:00 pm Film: Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case For Reasonable Doubt. @ Omni Commons Film: Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case For Reasonable Doubt. @ Omni Commons Jan 12 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets We will show the film: Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case For Reasonable Doubt. This film showing will accompanied by a discussion (Q. +A., debate, and organizing strategies) Donations will be shared with the OMNI (50/50)64092 8:00 pm 96 Hours: Lower Bottom Playaz present: “Lifer” @ The Flight Deck 96 Hours: Lower Bottom Playaz present: “Lifer” @ The Flight Deck Jan 12 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Opening night of Lifer, a play based on the true life account of events that occurred during Glenn Baileys 52 years of incarceration in the California Penal System. $5.00 discount if you mention APTP at the door. http://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com/ 64149	10:00 am The Village – A Weekend of Building @ Two Three Hunid Ohlone Village The Village – A Weekend of Building @ Two Three Hunid Ohlone Village Jan 13 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets 64155 11:00 am Join the One Big Canvass for HealthCare @ Omni Commons Join the One Big Canvass for HealthCare @ Omni Commons Jan 13 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets Our neighborhood canvassing program has created opportunities for small, intimate canvassing groups to coalesce around neighborhoods in Berkeley and Oakland. There’s nothing more inspiring, though, than a room full of hundreds of socialists ready to hit the streets and canvass the whole East Bay, armed with clipboards and a materialist analysis of social antagonisms. So in that spirit, we’re bringing back chapter-wide canvasses with the new year as we continue our single-payer campaign and think about the other campaigns we’re committed to as a chapter. Dozens of DSA and community … Continued

Week of January 7

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.