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All-day			Preparing People for Climate Change Conference @ California Endowment Conference Center Preparing People for Climate Change Conference @ California Endowment Conference Center Jan 24 all-day Tickets Mental health, social service, public health, social justice, climate, faith, disaster response, and other leaders are invited to attend this two day “conference to launch a movement to make California the first trauma-informed, human-resilience-enhancing state in the US for climate trauma and stresses,” The call to the conference explains, “From high levels of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), to job and financial struggles, racism and other forms of inequity and injustice, traumatic stress is epidemic today. Climate change is aggravating all of these existing adversities, and adding many new ones as … Continued	Preparing People for Climate Change Conference @ California Endowment Conference Center Preparing People for Climate Change Conference @ California Endowment Conference Center Jan 25 all-day Tickets Mental health, social service, public health, social justice, climate, faith, disaster response, and other leaders are invited to attend this two day “conference to launch a movement to make California the first trauma-informed, human-resilience-enhancing state in the US for climate trauma and stresses,” The call to the conference explains, “From high levels of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), to job and financial struggles, racism and other forms of inequity and injustice, traumatic stress is epidemic today. Climate change is aggravating all of these existing adversities, and adding many new ones as … Continued
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Police show up to the family’s home at all hours of the day and night, follow them in the street and one of his sisters was approached … Continued 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jan 21 @ 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 7:00 pm Liberated Lens general meeting @ Omni Commons Liberated Lens general meeting @ Omni Commons Jan 21 @ 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	5:30 pm Defend Aunti Frances Volunteer Meeting @ Niebyl Proctor Library Defend Aunti Frances Volunteer Meeting @ Niebyl Proctor Library Jan 22 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS & ALLIES of AUNTI FRANCES: Continue volunteering with or newly plug-in to the Defend Aunti Frances eviction defense campaign! We’ll provide updates on the campaign, and breakout into committees to keep up our efforts. You can help by continuing in/taking on an ongoing role and participating this evening’s one-time activities—both are a huge help for the campaign. Please come, invite people, bring food! We’ll also provide snacks. 🙂 If you can’t attend but want to find more ways to support and/or would like to start volunteering with us, … Continued 6:45 pm Occupy Forum: Privatization, capitalism, trade unions and the Democrats @ Unite Here Local 2 Occupy Forum: Privatization, capitalism, trade unions and the Democrats @ Unite Here Local 2 Jan 22 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Steve Zeltzer to speak on Privatization, capitalism, trade unions and the Democrats Announcement to follow! Wheelchair access64210	8:30 am No Coal in Oakland: Lawsuit Heads to Trial! @ Federal District Court of San Francisco No Coal in Oakland: Lawsuit Heads to Trial! @ Federal District Court of San Francisco Jan 23 @ 8:30 am – 2:00 pm Tickets Coal lawsuit heads to trial Currently-scheduled trial dates/times are: Tuesday, Jan 16, 2018 — 8:30 am until 2:00 pm Wednesday, Jan 17, 2018 — 10:00 am until 3:30 pm Friday, Jan 19, 2018 — 8:30 am until 2:00 pm Tuesday, Jan 23, 2018 — 8:30 am until 2:00 pm As many of you know from press coverage in the East Bay Express and elsewhere, the coal trial begins this coming Tuesday, Jan 16th in the case that local developer Phil Tagami and his coal industry backers have brought against the … Continued 12:00 pm #TrumpShutDown RESISTANCE ! @ Senator Feinstein's SF Office, McKesson Plaza at Montgomery BART #TrumpShutDown RESISTANCE ! @ Senator Feinstein's SF Office, McKesson Plaza at Montgomery BART Jan 23 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets SPEAK-OUT TO END THE #TRUMPSHUTDOWN Donald Trump and the GOP have driven us into a government shutdown. They have left kids without health care, #Dreamers in limbo, and are hurting countless federal employees – not to mention all of us who rely on federal services. Democrats stood strong for CHIP and the Dream Act, demanding Republicans fix the crisis Trump created when he ended the popular DACA program. But Trump and the GOP refused to compromise. Now it’s our turn to speak up at this pivotal moment and demand a … Continued 3:30 pm Shut Down Oakland Whole Foods in Support of Anti-Racism @ Whole Foods Shut Down Oakland Whole Foods in Support of Anti-Racism @ Whole Foods Jan 23 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets NOTE: THIS EVENT WAS MOVED TO WEDNESDAY FROM TUESDAY!! (https://m.facebook.com/events/358126127995640) The the last two years the Oakland whole Foods store has demonstrated it’s position on race relations, by creating a environment where people of color have been targeted and profiled. Security guards have done everything from physically assault African American individuals resulting in permanent disabilities, to pepper spraying a photojournalist for helping a mentally i’ll man on whole foods property, to racially profiling a young African American teenager as he shopped on their premises. The community is tired of … Continued 4:00 pm Medicare for All National Town Hall Live Stream @ Temescal Brewing Medicare for All National Town Hall Live Stream @ Temescal Brewing Jan 23 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Medicare for All National Town Hall Live Stream Bernie brought millions of Americans together during the 2016 election with the shared vision for a more fair and just society—and he hasn’t stopped! If you’re still feeling the Bern, join us at Temescal Brewing Thursday afternoon for the Medicare for All town hall livestream. DSA is proud to collaborate in promoting this event. If you’re interested in learning more about our campaign for Medicare for All, visit the DSA Medicare for All Facebook Page. Watch and Share the Livestream RSVP ON FACEBOOK (show … Continued 6:00 pm ACLU Webinars on Getting Involved With Civil Rights @ Internet ACLU Webinars on Getting Involved With Civil Rights @ Internet Jan 23 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets REGISTER TODAY Join us for one of several webinars and in-person trainings on critical civil liberties issues facing our state and the nation: Voting Rights: Tuesday, Jan. 16, 6 to 7:30 p.m. California has one of the lowest rates of voter registration and voter turn-out in the country. 2018 is a critical year for ballot measures, local elections like the DA races, and of course, changing who holds the keys to power. In this webinar, we’ll give you the resources you need to get all eligible California voters to the … Continued 7:00 pm Our Revolution East Bay Meeting @ Finnish Hall Our Revolution East Bay Meeting @ Finnish Hall Jan 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Our friends at @OurRevEastBay have a packed meeting this week at a new time. But most importantly: FREE PIZZA! pic.twitter.com/oBQ82jT5sN— Our Revolution CCC (@pausetheprocess) January 22, 2018 64215	1:00 pm SF pension board special vote on fossil fuel divestment SF pension board special vote on fossil fuel divestment Jan 24 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Join us for the SF pension board special vote on fossil fuel divestment Last week, New York City changed everything. Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city’s pension system would be divesting from fossil fuels — that’s the nation’s fourth largest pension system. Exactly two weeks after that announcement, next Wednesday January 24th, San Francisco’s $20 billion pension system will vote to do the same. San Francisco’s late, great Mayor Ed Lee published an op-ed1 just hours before his untimely passing calling on the pension system and the city to … Continued 1:30 pm The Housing Crisis: What We Must Do Now @ North Berkeley Senior Center The Housing Crisis: What We Must Do Now @ North Berkeley Senior Center Jan 24 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets The Berkeley-East Bay Gray Panthers present The Housing Crisis: What We Must Do Now. Speakers are Michael Kane, executive director of the National Alliance of HUD Tenants and Willie Phillips of the Berkeley NAACP Economic Development Committee, and Friends of Adeline Corridor. The Gray Panther Monthly Meeting. All Welcome, Wheelchair Accessible. Affordable housing is under threat! Michael Kane of the National Alliance of HUD Tenants will speak on issues and organizing strategies in the Bay Area. He has a broad, up to date, and amazing knowledge of housing issues and … Continued 3:30 pm Shut Down Oakland Whole Foods in Support of Anti-Racism @ Whole Foods Shut Down Oakland Whole Foods in Support of Anti-Racism @ Whole Foods Jan 24 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets NOTE: THIS EVENT WAS MOVED TO WEDNESDAY FROM TUESDAY!! (https://m.facebook.com/events/358126127995640) The the last two years the Oakland whole Foods store has demonstrated it’s position on race relations, by creating a environment where people of color have been targeted and profiled. Security guards have done everything from physically assault African American individuals resulting in permanent disabilities, to pepper spraying a photojournalist for helping a mentally i’ll man on whole foods property, to racially profiling a young African American teenager as he shopped on their premises. The community is tired of … Continued 4:30 pm Socialism & the Black Liberation Struggle @ Workers World Socialism & the Black Liberation Struggle @ Workers World Jan 24 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets COMMEMORATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH: Hear our panel discuss “Socialism and the Black Liberation Struggle”, Featuring: – Monica Moorehead, 2016 Workers World Party Presidential Candidate, Managing Editor www.workers.org newspaper, editor “Marxism, Reparations and the Black Freedom Struggle” – Pierre LaBossiere, Haiti Action Committee – Jeremy Miller, Idriss Stelley Foundation (ISF), Last 3% Hear about the fight for socialism and the struggle against white supremacy in the context of capitalism and imperialism. What about the contributions of W.E.B. Du Bois, the Black Panthers, Walter Rodney, Kwame Nkrumah among others? Join in the discussion afterwards. Refreshments will be served. The space … Continued	4:00 pm STOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATION @ ICE STOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATION @ ICE Jan 25 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets STOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATION at ICE immigration holding center (deportations) 64213 7:30 pm When They Call You a Terrorist: Hosted by Cat Brooks @ First Congregational Church When They Call You a Terrorist: Hosted by Cat Brooks @ First Congregational Church Jan 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets BLACK LIVES MATTER PATRISSE CULLORS & ASHA BANDELE Advance tickets: $12 : brownpapertickets.com :: T: 800-838-3006 or Marcus Books, Books Inc/Berkeley, Pegasus (3 sites), Moe’s Books, Walden Pond Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway’s, East Bay Books $15 door, wheelchair access The emotional and powerful story from the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement and how it came to be. “It is a story our nation desperately needs to hear, especially right now. Our country has been at war with its own people for decades…This remarkable book … forces us to face the … Continued	12:00 pm Solidarity Action Outside ICE: Let My People Stay @ ICE San Francisco Solidarity Action Outside ICE: Let My People Stay @ ICE San Francisco Jan 26 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets RSVP Here CLERGY PRESENCE CRUCIAL This Friday, Bay Area Jewish clergy from Bend the Arc are leading an action outside the ICE building to denounce the administration’s recent threats to conduct mass raids in San Francisco and other Northern California cities. THIS IS AN URGENT CALL TO ACTION TO ALL CLERGY AND PEOPLE OF FAITH TO SEND A POWERFUL AND PROPHETIC MESSAGE: NO MORE TERRORIZING OUR COMMUNITIES. NO MORE CRIMINALIZING OUR NEIGHBORS. NO MORE TEARING OUR FAMILIES APART. WE ARE ALL CREATED IN THE IMAGE OF G-D. Last week, … Continued 5:00 pm Hands Off Afrin! @ Powell St. BART Hands Off Afrin! @ Powell St. BART Jan 26 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Friday, January 26th, 5pm @ Powell Bart in San Francisco pic.twitter.com/TFHiwFVgNv— Berkeley Antifa (@berkeleyantifa) January 22, 2018 64214 6:00 pm Power Not Paranoia: a Discussion About Digital Surveillance Power Not Paranoia: a Discussion About Digital Surveillance Jan 26 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The vast system of U.S. surveillance is in the hands of a President who is violating our constitutional and human rights. It’s vital that organizers protect their digital security so we can continue to work for social change. The Ella Baker Center and The Center for Media Justice – home of the Media Action Grassroots Network – in partnership with Wellstone Action, would like to invite you to an evening of dialogue on 21st century policing, the impact on our community, and what we can do to protect ourselves and … Continued	8:30 am 12th Annual Social Justice Symposium @ Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School 12th Annual Social Justice Symposium @ Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School Jan 27 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm Tickets The 12th Annual Social Justice Symposium will be on Saturday, January 27, 2018, with the theme: Raising Voices, Driving Action. The Social Justice Symposium (SJS) is a student-organized event that serves as space for the community to meet and discuss social justice work in the Bay Area. Strike Debt Bay Area will be presenting one of the seminars, from 10:30 AM – 12:00 noon, entitled Financial Inequality: How We Got Here and How We Get Out The Social Justice Symposium is an annual FREE event organized by students in the School of … Continued 9:00 am Grassroots Digital Security Training Grassroots Digital Security Training Jan 27 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets Register here Bay Area activists of color and allies: Learn how to protect yourself from surveillance at a digital security training! The vast system of U.S. surveillance is in the hands of a President who is violating our constitutional and human rights. As organizers, it’s vital that we protect our digital security so we can continue to work for social change. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and The Center for Media Justice – home of the Media Action Grassroots Network – in partnership with Wellstone Action and United We Dream, would like to … Continued 9:00 am Saturday Brunch with AROC Saturday Brunch with AROC Jan 27 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets In January, 5% of all Saturday brunch proceeds at Reem’s will be donated to the Arab Resource & Organizing Center! Join AROC at Reem’s on Saturdays and support local Arab organizing! AROC is a local grasssroots organization that builds power in the Arab and Muslim community through immigration services, organizing and mobilizing against racism, war, repression and Zionism. @AROCBayArea www.araborganizing.org64160 10:00 am SF Bay Area Interfaith Drone Warfare Conference @ Pacific School of Religion SF Bay Area Interfaith Drone Warfare Conference @ Pacific School of Religion Jan 27 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets This interfaith gathering includes presentations, three half-hour videos, and Q&A time to inform faith communities and others about the dangers and realities of drone warfare. Action suggestions for followup. Panel Presenters include: Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law. The former president of the National Lawyers Guild and criminal defense attorney is a legal scholar, political analyst and social critic who is editor and contributor to Drones and Targeted Killing: Legal, Moral, and Geopolitical Issues. Lisa Hajjar, is a professor of sociology at the University of California … Continued 11:30 am RALLY FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE RALLY FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE Jan 27 @ 11:30 am – 2:30 pm Tickets https://www.facebook.com/events/151943795433074/ On January 27th at 11:30 a.m., people of the Bay Area will unite to stand up for reproductive justice. This coalition will come together this year and in future years to drown out the voices of the Walk for Life, a mass march organized by sexist, right-wing, Christian fundamentalists. They are building a movement to take away our right to have an abortion and to limit access to reproductive healthcare, contraception, and sex education. They oppose the basic rights of women and other oppressed people to bodily autonomy and … Continued 1:00 pm Divest from Fossil Fuels/Invest in a Healthy Future @ North Berkeley Library Divest from Fossil Fuels/Invest in a Healthy Future @ North Berkeley Library Jan 27 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Workshop: Divest from Fossil Fuels/Invest in a Healthy Future Join us for a workshop on the whys and hows of personal divestment from fossil fuels — a powerful tool in the struggle for climate justice. This 90-minute workshop will explain why fossil fuel divestment matters, the role divestment has played in civil rights movements throughout history, and how you can do it! This workshop is for everyone even if you are thinking about opening your first bank account or have been investing for many years, according to a study published … Continued 2:00 pm Build Your Own Internet: discussion, demos, hands-on workshops @ Omni Commons Build Your Own Internet: discussion, demos, hands-on workshops @ Omni Commons Jan 27 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets What if the internet wasn’t about connecting to Comcast, AT&T, Google, or Facebook? What if it meant connecting directly with your friends, neighbors, and community…?Let’s discuss how the internet works, how to build your own, and talk about existing community network projects like the Oakland-based People’s Open Network. 2:00pm Introduction 2:15pm Panel discussion: Net neutrality is dead — or is it? 3:00pm Hands-on workshops and demos 5:00pm End / clean up 64182 2:00 pm Neighborhood assemblies: the possibility of direct democracy @ West Berkeley Library Neighborhood assemblies: the possibility of direct democracy @ West Berkeley Library Jan 27 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets What can we do to have a real voice in political issues? Neighborhood assemblies: the possibility of direct democracy Lessons from People’s Assemblies in Jackson, MS and Cuba’s Municipal Assemblies with Steve Martinot, neighborhood activist and Berkeley Planning Commissioner Why do important issues never seem to get resolved? � Affordable housing � An end to rent increases and rent-gouging displacement � Shelter if not housing for the homeless � Policing that serves people rather than impose social control � An end to industrial and infrastructure pollution These issues become … Continued

Week of January 21

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.