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LOGISTICS: Meeting at 7 AM to assemble the lunches/hygiene … Continued 7:00 am Feed the Hood @ SOL Middle School Feed the Hood @ SOL Middle School Feb 4 @ 7:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets RSVP: bit.ly/feedthehood4 The people have spoken. The need is great. Join us for another opportunity to Feed the Hood! We are excited to host #FeedTheHood4 in collaboration with Fam 1st Family Foundation. * DONATION OPTIONS: We’re asking that everyone contribute in one of the below ways to meet the goal of distributing to 2,000 homeless, unsheltered and needy across Oakland. <<FOOD>> Note: we encourage purchases to be as organic, nitrate free, non-GMO, etc. as feasibly possible. We encourage participants to bring a “full lunch package.” A FULL lunch package consists of all of … Continued 3:00 pm Cooperation and Solitarity: On the Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination @ First Congregational Church Cooperation and Solitarity: On the Struggle for Economic Democracy and Black Self-Determination @ First Congregational Church Feb 4 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Kali Akuno of Cooperation Jackson, in conversation with Majari Smith of Cooperation Richmond, and Jackie Byers of Black Organizing Project. Sponsored by Center for Political Education, Ebase and Santa Cruz DSA. 64272 3:00 pm Occupy The Superbowl @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy The Superbowl @ Oscar Grant Plaza Feb 4 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Don’t want to watch millionaires bash each other’s heads in between billiionaires trying to convince you to buy their overpriced and tasteless beer? Want to discuss some of the local activist and political goings on in the East Bay instead? Come to the Occupy Oakland General Assembly instead! …come and hear all the organizing being done! Occupy Oakland encourages political activity that is decentralized and welcomes diverse voices and actions into the movement… The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 3 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheater at 14th Street & … Continued	12:00 pm Let My People Stay Vigil @ ICE Deportation Center Let My People Stay Vigil @ ICE Deportation Center Feb 5 @ 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Tickets Join Jews and interfaith partners for noontime vigils in front of the San Francisco Immigration & Customs Enforcement offices (ICE) to stand with the immigrant community and stand for the urgency of a clean Dream Act.* The interfaith vigils will include singing and chanting and the opportunity to take an action (e.g. make a phone call to a decisionmaker) and learn about ongoing actions to take in support of the Dream Act and immigrant justice. In mid-January, Jews from across the country gathered in Washington, DC for Let My People … Continued 4:00 pm STOP DEPORTATIONS Demonstration @ ICE San Francisco STOP DEPORTATIONS Demonstration @ ICE San Francisco Feb 5 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets STOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATIONS at ICE immigration holding center (deportations) Mondays and Wednesdays 4 – 6 pm Let’s build a permanent presence at I.C.E. to stop the deportations. Bring signs, Spread widely. 64278 4:00 pm Tax the Rich Weekly Rally @ In front of old Oaks Theater Tax the Rich Weekly Rally @ In front of old Oaks Theater Feb 5 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Join us this–and every Monday for an hour of singing in front of the old Oaks Theater at the top of Solano Avenue, Berkeley. Demonstrators have kept this rally going for over six years with their “Tax the Rich” and other timely signs and good spirits. We provide music; songbooks available. Come for a song, come for an hour. 64271 5:30 pm Friends Of the Public Bank of Oakland @ Xolo Restaurant Friends Of the Public Bank of Oakland @ Xolo Restaurant Feb 5 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Come help make the Public Bank of Oakland a reality. The feasibility study, currently underway. is due to the City of Oakland by the end of March. agenda: Reportbacks (25 min) Feasibility study changes/role of governance committee FoPB Focus group Governance General news (10 min) 1. John Chiang California task force 2. Michigan developments Repeating items (25 min) Treasurer’s report/budgeting and meeting place issues introductions of new attendees overview of public banking for new attendees set next meeting time and place Upcoming (20 min) First Presbyterian Church Student debt … Continued 6:45 pm Occupy Forum: Planning to Stop Deportations @ Local 2 Occupy Forum: Planning to Stop Deportations @ Local 2 Feb 5 @ 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! Immigration Crisis in the Bay AreaMeeting, Discussion and Planning with Gayle McLaughlin and All Groups Working to Stop Deportations We are witnessing a most serious threat to our immigrant communities.But it is important to realize that the attacks on immigrants have aroused widespread, diverse and potentially powerful opposition. Included are immigrant groups themselves, activist groups, churches and faith groups, labor unions, lawyers, and some … Continued 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Feb 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809764186?pwd=eWtjcXlsKzU1QkdSdk5xOUxseFl0Zz09 Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186 If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to: oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net 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 … Continued	12:00 pm Let My People Stay Vigil @ ICE Deportation Center Let My People Stay Vigil @ ICE Deportation Center Feb 6 @ 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Tickets Join Jews and interfaith partners for noontime vigils in front of the San Francisco Immigration & Customs Enforcement offices (ICE) to stand with the immigrant community and stand for the urgency of a clean Dream Act.* The interfaith vigils will include singing and chanting and the opportunity to take an action (e.g. make a phone call to a decisionmaker) and learn about ongoing actions to take in support of the Dream Act and immigrant justice. In mid-January, Jews from across the country gathered in Washington, DC for Let My People … Continued 6:00 pm ACLU Webinars on Getting Involved With Civil Rights @ Internet ACLU Webinars on Getting Involved With Civil Rights @ Internet Feb 6 @ 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 6:00 pm Legal Observer Training Specializing in ICE @ Catholic Charities of the East Bay Legal Observer Training Specializing in ICE @ Catholic Charities of the East Bay Feb 6 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Learn how to verify ICE activity. Learn how to be a legal observer in our to protect our communities from ICE. Learn what to do when encountering law enforcement. 64284	9:00 am Rally and Hearing for Single Payer – Sacramento @ State Capitol Rally and Hearing for Single Payer – Sacramento @ State Capitol Feb 7 @ 9:00 am – 6:00 pm Tickets The Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage is meeting in Sacramento on Wednesday, February 7, 2018. It’s crucial that we demonstrate that Californians are READY for Single-Payer and that S.B. 562 is the bill to get it done—the legislature simply needs to start moving it. STOP THE DELAY! NOW IS THE TIME TO GUARANTEE HEALTHCARE TO ALL CALIFORNIANS! Please RSVP for lunch & Buses here: http://bit.ly/febhealthhearing. OAKLAND/BERKELEY ( ADA ) 50 Passenger • STOP 1: Departs @ 6:50 am from CNA Headquarters, 250 22nd Street, Oakland … Continued 11:30 am Rally Against Racial Injustice at UC @ California Hall, UC Berkeley Rally Against Racial Injustice at UC @ California Hall, UC Berkeley Feb 7 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Tickets At a peaceful protest honoring the 50th Anniversary of low-wage African American workers and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marching together to fight racial injustice and affirm the dignity of all labor, the University of California deployed police tactics more befitting of the Jim Crow South–unjustly assaulting a 51 year-old African American UC Berkeley employee named David Cole. Sign the petition and join us at California Hall on UC Berkeley’s campus to rally and demand that the charges against David Cole be dropped, a full and fair remedy for unjust … Continued 12:00 pm Let My People Stay Vigil @ ICE Deportation Center Let My People Stay Vigil @ ICE Deportation Center Feb 7 @ 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm Tickets Join Jews and interfaith partners for noontime vigils in front of the San Francisco Immigration & Customs Enforcement offices (ICE) to stand with the immigrant community and stand for the urgency of a clean Dream Act.* The interfaith vigils will include singing and chanting and the opportunity to take an action (e.g. make a phone call to a decisionmaker) and learn about ongoing actions to take in support of the Dream Act and immigrant justice. In mid-January, Jews from across the country gathered in Washington, DC for Let My People … Continued 4:00 pm STOP DEPORTATIONS Demonstration @ ICE San Francisco STOP DEPORTATIONS Demonstration @ ICE San Francisco Feb 7 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets STOP DEPORTATION DEMONSTRATIONS at ICE immigration holding center (deportations) Mondays and Wednesdays 4 – 6 pm Let’s build a permanent presence at I.C.E. to stop the deportations. Bring signs, Spread widely. 64278 6:00 pm ELLA BAKER CENTER MEETING @ Ella Baker Center office ELLA BAKER CENTER MEETING @ Ella Baker Center office Feb 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Save the date and join us for the first member meeting of 2018! Not a member? Not a problem! This meeting is open to everyone so join us, bring a friend, make a friend, and learn more about the Ella Baker Center. See you there. we organize with Black, Brown, and low-income people to shift resources away from prisons and punishment, and towards opportunities that make our communities safe, healthy, and strong. 64280 7:15 pm A THIN WALL – A Film By Mara Ahmed @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center A THIN WALL – A Film By Mara Ahmed @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center Feb 7 @ 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm Tickets A THIN WALL A documentary by filmmaker, writer, artist and social activist MARA AHMED A THIN WALL is a documentary about memory, history and the possibility of reconciliation. It focuses on the Partition of India in 1947, but derives lessons that remain urgently relevant today. The film is shot on both sides of the border, in India and Pakistan. The film is written and directed by Mara Ahmed and co-produced by Surbhi Dewan. Both filmmakers are descendants of families torn apart by partition. Doors Open: 7pm Film: 7:15pm Free and … Continued 7:30 pm A Disarming History of Second Amendment @ St. Johns Presbyterian Church A Disarming History of Second Amendment @ St. Johns Presbyterian Church Feb 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets “She meticulously and convincingly argues that U.S. gun culture-and the domestic and global massacres that have flowed from it- must be linked to an understanding of the ideological, historical and practical role of guns in seizing Native American lands, black enslavement, and global imperialism.”- Clarence Lusane The U.S. loves guns. From Daniel Boone and Jesse James to the NRA and Seal Team 6, gun culture has colored the lore, shaped the law, and protected the market that arms the nation, and the world. In Loaded, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz peels away the … Continued	9:00 am Community Choice Energy Under Attack—Hearing Community Choice Energy Under Attack—Hearing Feb 8 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Community Choice Energy is under yet another attack by PG&E and the monopoly utilities. A just-announced draft resolution e-4907 will come to a vote on February 8 at a hearing of the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). If it passes it could create a de facto freeze on future community choice programs. The resolution could possibly lead to one- to two-year delays for new Community Choice efforts, especially those created to serve disadvantaged communities like in Los Angeles County or in the Central Valley. But it’s not only future Community Choice … Continued 9:00 am End Prisoner Sleep Deprivation: Rally and Press Conference End Prisoner Sleep Deprivation: Rally and Press Conference Feb 8 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets CALL TO ACTION from PHSS Committee to End Sleep Deprivation 9:00am: RALLY & PRESS CONFERENCE outside the Courthouse 10:00am: COURTROOM SOLIDARITY (Crtrm 2, 17th Floor) with the prisoners who brought these cases 3:14-cv-02767-VC – Lipsey v. Norum et al 3:15-cv-05756-VC – Suarez v. Beard et al On Feb 8, 2018, in the Federal Courthouse in San Francisco, the California Department of Corrections and rehabilitation (CDCr) will argue for the court to dismiss civil rights cases brought by Christopher Lipsey and Maher Suarez, who are imprisoned in California. The men’s … Continued 1:30 pm Rally Against Offshore Drilling @ North Steps of the California State Capitol Building Rally Against Offshore Drilling @ North Steps of the California State Capitol Building Feb 8 @ 1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Trump recently announced his disastrous plan to hand over all of America’s oceans—including the Pacific—to rapacious oil companies. This means they will be able to expand offshore drilling off the California coast for the first time in over 30 years. On February 8th, join the Center for Biological Diversity and its allies to tell the administration that offshore drilling—and the oil spills, pipelines and climate chaos that come with it—are unwelcome off our beautiful coast. Offshore drilling is a nightmare for people and the planet: it poisons our oceans, … Continued 6:00 pm Oakland IWOC Meeting @ OneFam/Rev Cafe Oakland IWOC Meeting @ OneFam/Rev Cafe Feb 8 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Get involved with Oakland IWOC! New folks should come 15 min early for a brief orientation Can’t make the meeting but interested in getting involved? Wondering about joining our material support efforts at Santa Rita and in Oakland? Hit us up at iwoc.oakland@gmail.com. 64270 6:30 pm The Muslims I Know A documentary by Mara Ahmed The Muslims I Know A documentary by Mara Ahmed Feb 8 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Muslims I Know (2008) 58 minutes The events of 9/11 have created much interest in Islam and Muslims. Mainstream media have responded to this demand for information with generalizations and stereotypes. America’s community of Muslims longs to be a part of the discourse. THE MUSLIMS I KNOW is a documentary that gives them a chance to be heard and understood through dialogue with non-Muslim Americans. The underlying idea is to highlight similarities between Islam and other Abrahamic faiths and to celebrate the cultural richness and diversity brought into the … Continued 7:00 pm Pedro Fuentes: Socialist Strategy Around the World @ East Bay Community Space Pedro Fuentes: Socialist Strategy Around the World @ East Bay Community Space Feb 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets East Bay DSA is thrilled to present a talk and Q&A with veteran Marxist organizer and founding member of PSOL in Brazil: Pedro Fuentes. Recommended reading: Brief notes on the world situation: http://portaldelaizquierda.com/en/2017/01/brief-notes-on-the-world-situation/ Notes on Latin America: http://portaldelaizquierda.com/en/2016/08/notes-on-latin-america-the-end-of-a-stage-and-cycle-and-the-beginning-of-another-and-also-a-cycle/ Pedro’s Bio: Pedro Fuentes was born in Pergamino, Argentina and began his activism there as a teenager, when he and his brother joined a high-school student movement to reform the schools called Movimiento de Accion Reformista. Later, in the 1960s, he joined Palabro Obrera, led by the Argentine Trotskyist Nahuel Moreno, and … Continued		10:15 am Bystander Intervention Training (AM//PM) @ pin Show Map Suigetsukan Bystander Intervention Training (AM//PM) @ pin Show Map Suigetsukan Feb 10 @ 10:15 am – 4:00 pm Tickets 1st Session: 10:15 – 1:00 PM 2nd Session: 1:15 PM – 4:00 PM We’ve all been there. Someone in a public place says or does something to another person that makes us feel uncomfortable or even scared for that other person. Learn how to intervene in those situations, including tactics from de-escalation strategies to some basic self-defense. We’ll meet in a dojo, where you’ll have an opportunity to talk about and practice different intervention tactics, including practicing different strategies in different scenarios. This training is also being offered in the … Continued 2:00 pm Black Panther Party Exhibit & Discussion @ Golden Gate Branch Library Black Panther Party Exhibit & Discussion @ Golden Gate Branch Library Feb 10 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Golden Gate Branch is hosting a pop-up exhibit and film screening of original Black Panther Party (BPP) memorabilia, put together by historian Billy X Jennings, from the archives of ‘It’s About Time.’ After the film “Lords of the Revolution,” former Panthers will join us for a panel discussion of their experiences in the BPP. Delive into the history of this influential group with first-hand accounts of Party activities and programs.64276 7:00 pm Report from Palestine: Nabi Saleh – A History of Resistance @ South Berkeley Senior Center Report from Palestine: Nabi Saleh – A History of Resistance @ South Berkeley Senior Center Feb 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Nabi Saleh is a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank of Palestine. It is the home of Nariman and Ahed Tamimi, prisoners of the Israeli state, arrested and jailed for protesting Israeli soldiers in their own village. Nabi Saleh has a long history of resistance. Come hear a video talk by Palestinians from Nabi Saleh about their village history from the First Intifada to the current protests, followed by questions and answers over Skype. 64290

Week of February 4

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.