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All-day			EPA Listening Session on Proposed Repeal of Clean Power Plan @ SF Public Library, Koret auditorium EPA Listening Session on Proposed Repeal of Clean Power Plan @ SF Public Library, Koret auditorium Feb 28 all-day Tickets The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding a “listening session” in San Francisco and two other cities on its intention to repeal what is commonly known as the Clean Power Plan. According to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, this will “ensure all stakeholders have an opportunity to provide input.” (What impact this has on the future of the current Carbon Pollution Emission Guidelines for Existing Stationary Sources: Electric Utility Generating Units remains to be seen.) Three sessions throughout the day will be structured and run identically: – Session 1 from … Continued
12:00 am 1:00 am 2:00 am 3:00 am 4:00 am 5:00 am 6:00 am 7:00 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm 11:00 pm 9:30 am No Eviction Without Representation @ MLK Room, Unitarian Universalist Center No Eviction Without Representation @ MLK Room, Unitarian Universalist Center Feb 25 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am Tickets “No Eviction Without Representation” Dean Preston is an attorney and founder/executive director of the tenant rights organization “Tenants Together”. He’s one of the authors and organizers of the SF petition drive to create an SF ballot measure for: “No Eviction Without Representation”. Jen Snyder is a leader of Democratic Socialists of America-SF and is the field director of the “No Eviction Without Representation” campaign. On January 26, 2018, the San Francisco “No Eviction Without Representation” campaign submitted 21,946 petition signatures (which is more than double the number needed) to the SF Department of Elections, to qualify a tenant … Continued 12:30 pm Sunflower Alliance @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Sunflower Alliance @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Feb 25 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Please join us for our regular biweekly meeting of the Sunflower Alliance. We’ll discuss ongoing campaigns and plans for the future. Newcomers and old friends welcome — we need your participation and your voice. Come early to share a potluck lunch. 64313 1:00 pm DSA General Membership Meeting @ Omni Commons Ballroom DSA General Membership Meeting @ Omni Commons Ballroom Feb 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets General Membership Meeting The February general meeting is going to be a big one! For one, we’ll be voting on whether or not to join the campaign to repeal the Costa-Hawkins Act, which severely restricts local governments in California from implementing rent control. See the text of the resolution. We’ll also be voting on a major set of revisions to our Chapter’s bylaws! You can see the proposed revisions as well as a reader guide with some explanation for those proposed revisions. And if you’d like to propose an amendment to those proposed bylaws, … Continued 1:00 pm Indvisible East Bay @ Sports Basement Indvisible East Bay @ Sports Basement Feb 25 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets 64320 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Feb 25 @ 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 6:30 pm “The Great Debaters” Oakland Greens Free Dinner & Movie Discussion Series @ It's Your Move “The Great Debaters” Oakland Greens Free Dinner & Movie Discussion Series @ It's Your Move Feb 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets In celebration of Black History Month The Oakland Green Party presents Denzel Washington staring in “The Great Debaters” — a two-hour film based on the true story of the debate team at Willey College Texas that took on the Harvard College elite in 1935. This screening will be the Oakland Green’s second in a series on the “Last Sundays” of every month Doors will open at 6:30 p.m., dinner will be served at 7 p.m., and the movie will start promptly at 7:30 p.m. The movie will provide a forum … Continued	9:00 am Defend Auntie Frances! – Trial Support. @ Hayward Hall of Justice Defend Auntie Frances! – Trial Support. @ Hayward Hall of Justice Feb 26 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets UPDATE! On MONDAY Feb 26th 9 am come out to Hayward to support Aunti Frances as she begins her EVICTION TRIAL against this unjust loophole eviction! Let Aunti Frances know that she is not alone in her fight to stay in Oakland. See more info @ https://t.co/s4QKhymS06 pic.twitter.com/8xCAUZHWKT — Defend Aunti Frances (@defendauntif) February 23, 2018 Come out to Hayward to support Aunti Frances as she begins her EVICTION TRIAL against this unjust loophole eviction! M Let Aunti Frances know that she is not alone in her fight to … Continued 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 26 @ 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 6:45 pm Occupy Forum: Authoritarian Tactics: U.S. Immigration Policy and Race @ Local 2 UNITE HERE Occupy Forum: Authoritarian Tactics: U.S. Immigration Policy and Race @ Local 2 UNITE HERE Feb 26 @ 6:45 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! Authoritarian Tactics: U.S. Immigration Policy and Race with Professor George Wright Designation of “the Other”, and scapegoating people for the deep problems in the state are classic authoritarian tactics. Currently, the Trump Regime plans to publish a weekly list of crimes allegedly committed by immigrants; ICE claims that those targeted in a raid have criminal records. But people who have had arrests or convictions have endured … Continued	8:00 am RACE & INEQUALITY IN AMERICA. THE KERNER COMMISSION AT 50 @ Haas Institute, MLK Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley RACE & INEQUALITY IN AMERICA. THE KERNER COMMISSION AT 50 @ Haas Institute, MLK Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley Feb 27 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets Join the UC Berkeley Haas Institute for, Race & Inequality in America. The Kerner Commission at 50, a conference exploring race, segregation, and inequality 50 years after the release of the historic Kerner Commission Report. Visit their website for more information. Register here In the mid-1960s, a series of violent police encounters with Black Americans sparked uprisings in more than 100 American cities. Shaken by the civil unrest across the nation in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders to investigate the immediate causes of the rebellions, … Continued 10:00 am Stop Urban Shield – Alameda County Board of Supervisors @ Alameda County Administration Bldg Stop Urban Shield – Alameda County Board of Supervisors @ Alameda County Administration Bldg Feb 27 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets The Alameda County Board of Supervisors will be considering Sheriff Ahern’s request to accept funding from the Department of Homeland Security for Urban Shield, 2018. On Tuesday, February 27th, the Stop Urban Shield Coalition will be rallying to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting where we anticipate a presentation and vote on Urban Shield. The coalition continues to demand investments in life affirming resources that will support us in emergencies, while Sheriff Ahern continues to press for the militarized policing program and weapons expo known as Urban Shield. TIME: … Continued 6:00 pm Beer and Roses: DSA Labor Social @ Eli's Mile High Club Beer and Roses: DSA Labor Social @ Eli's Mile High Club Feb 27 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Are you an awesome democratic socialist who is involved in the labor movement or wants to be? Are you looking to socialize and scheme with others who share your interests? Then come out to the East Bay DSA Labor Social! Come hear about other DSA chapters’ labor work and give input on the direction of East Bay DSA’s own labor work. Socializing starts at 6 p,m. at Eli’s Mile High Club. Brief report-backs and discussion start at 7 p.m. 64328	10:30 am Save our Children – Save the Clean Power Plan Rally @ SF City Hall Plaza Save our Children – Save the Clean Power Plan Rally @ SF City Hall Plaza Feb 28 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Save our Kids – Join the Rally! The EPA wants to repeal the Clean Power Plan, a critical policy which could prevent 4,500 early deaths and 90,000 pediatric asthma attacks EVERY YEAR by 2030. We can’t let this happen and must demand that EPA protect public health. Health professionals are encouraged to wear white coats or scrubs. 64364 12:00 pm Stop ICE Incarceration! Emergency Rally! @ ICE, San Francvisco Stop ICE Incarceration! Emergency Rally! @ ICE, San Francvisco Feb 28 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Emergency rally in SF at the ICE building. ICE has arrested more than 150 people in Northern California in the past few days. Donald Trump’s deportation force is threatening our neighbors and families with mass raids. This is nothing less than political repression against sanctuary cities, which are defending human rights! Are you ready to take a stand against Trump’s naked racism? Join us tomorrow and check this page for updates.64367 6:30 pm All Eyes on California: Maximizing Our Influence for a Safer Climate @ Ed Roberts Campus All Eyes on California: Maximizing Our Influence for a Safer Climate @ Ed Roberts Campus Feb 28 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Berkeley Climate Action Coalition is kicking off its 2018 climate convenings with an event to strengthen our citizen power to push forward on climate issues. Climate advocates all over the world look to California for cutting edge climate policy and action. The battles that we fight at the local level have a much larger impact than we imagine. But many of us don’t know how to get our voices heard. We need a road map. At this Climate Convening, you will learn effective ways to influence local government and … Continued 7:00 pm Anti-War March Planning Meeting @ Niebyl Proctor Library Anti-War March Planning Meeting @ Niebyl Proctor Library Feb 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Groups are forming to stage the first nation-wide anti-war protests in years. Save the date – April 15 for a march and rally in Oakland. If you are interested in helping, you can attend the next organizing meeting. There are so many wars with US involvement that we become numb. “In 2013, the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) – one of thee nine organizational units that make up the Unified Combatant Command – had special operations forces (SOFs) in 134 countries, where they were either involved in combat, special missions, … Continued	6:00 pm Omni General Assembly Omni General Assembly Mar 1 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Come by our open Orientations every First and Third Thursday of the month at 6pm! We’ll introduce you to the variety of ways you can get involved at the Omni, whether through joining a working group or a collective—or starting one of your one. Write our Communications Working Group with questions: comms@omnicommons.org 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 … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Green Party @ It's Your Move Games Oakland Green Party @ It's Your Move Games Mar 1 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets The Oakland Green Party will hold its monthly meeting in Oakland’s Temescal District. All are welcome to attend. Please join our movement to recruit candidates to run for local offices, especially for City Council and School Board seats in Districts #2, #4, and #6 and connect with those working on Saied Karamooz’s campaign for Oakland Mayor. The Oakland Greens are a local subgroup of the Green Party of Alameda County that is committed to a just and sustainable Oakland. Our principles are aligned with the ten key values of the … Continued 6:30 pm Protect Our Oak Woodlands & Water Future @ BFUU Protect Our Oak Woodlands & Water Future @ BFUU Mar 1 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Transition Berkeley presents: Protect Our Oak Woodlands & Water Future Did you know that Napa has the highest concentration of oak woodlands of any county in California? And that the Napa River is the second largest fresh water source emptying into San Francisco Bay? Meet the two dynamic authors of a June 5th initiative to protect these treasures Mike Hackett and Jim Wilson. Watch their film that tells the story of the Napa Valley watershed and the initiative they created to protect it – the Napa County Watershed and Oak Woodland … Continued	2:00 pm Picket Line at ICE: STOP DEPORTATIONS and harassment of immigrants and refugees. @ ICE San Francisco Picket Line at ICE: STOP DEPORTATIONS and harassment of immigrants and refugees. @ ICE San Francisco Mar 2 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Join the picket line with SEIU Service Employees Union EVERY FRIDAY. STOP DEPORTATIONS and harassment of immigrants and refugees. Also… SF Labor Council Calls for a Clean Dream Act Now, No Compromises; Urges Labor Movement to Take Action! [Resolution Adopted Unanimously by the Feb. 12, 2018, Delegates Assembly of the San Francisco Labor Council] � For a Clean Dream Act Now and a Path to Citizenship for all Undocumented Youth! � Not One More Deportatioon! � No Funding for the Wall of Shame! � No More Funding for Immigration Enforcement! … Continued 7:00 pm Film Showing: A Better Life @ Revolution Books Film Showing: A Better Life @ Revolution Books Mar 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets A Better Life, (2011) directed by Chris Weitz, makes “invisible people” visible. Carlos Galindo, an undocumented immigrant, works hard, all day long in the hot sun as a gardener in Los Angeles. His son, Luis is stuck in a prison-like school. The relationship between the father and son is tense and their worlds far apart. But when Carlos’s new truck, his ticket to steady and better work, is stolen, Luis hits the streets with him, determined to track it down and to get it back. Damian Bechir, who plays Carlos, … Continued	10:00 am Knock Every Door for Medicare for All: San Francisco @ Palega Park Knock Every Door for Medicare for All: San Francisco @ Palega Park Mar 3 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets Join CNA as we go door to door to talk to residents about SB 562, the bill that would establish a single payer, Medicare-for-All health care system in California. We’re turning up the heat on Assemblymembers who are critical to the passage of SB 562 to make sure they hear from their constituents. Join us on Saturday March 3 at 10am in Assemblymember David Chiu’s district in San Francisco to talk to our neighbors about what Medicare-for-All could do for their lives and ask for their support. Thanks for joining … Continued 1:00 pm Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting @ ACCE Oakland Justice Coalition General Meeting @ ACCE Mar 3 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets General Meeting: 2018 Endorsement Process Join us SATURDAY as we set our endorsement process in place for the 2018 election cycle. Agenda: Orientation Proposal for endorsement process (click below to review the materials the Steering Committee has approved) Proposed Process and Questions for the Interview Create endorsement timeline Moment with the Candidates Discuss tiered endorsement What capacity does OJC have? What is the range of “offerings” OJC can make to any given candidate (from “full package: fundraising, volunteers, phone banking, door knocking, etc.) Presentation, Discussion, and Endorsement vote on Costa … Continued 2:00 pm Women, War, Peace, and Socialism @ Starry Plough Women, War, Peace, and Socialism @ Starry Plough Mar 3 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Suds, Snacks, & Socialism at the Starry Plough The Peace and Freedom Party presents Women, War, Peace, and Socialism International Women’s Day has become a corporate-led exercise in identity politics, but this wasn’t always the case. International Working Women’s Day was started by socialist women with a working class agenda. After a brief presentation on the origins of IWD, we will turn to our speakers, Cindy Sheehan, PFP candidate for Vice President (2012) and Ann Garrison, KPFA reporter and antiwar activist, to discuss the role of women in resisting war, … Continued

Week of February 25

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.