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And the same is true for the general population in jail, who are also unfairly criminalized and detained for lengthy periods before trial. • HEAR samba … Continued 12:30 pm #METOO WORLD-WIDE AND ACROSS SOCIETIES, FROM HOLLYWOOD TO PRISONS IN THE U.S. @ Niebyl Proctor Library #METOO WORLD-WIDE AND ACROSS SOCIETIES, FROM HOLLYWOOD TO PRISONS IN THE U.S. @ Niebyl Proctor Library Apr 8 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY, 2018: #METOO WORLD-WIDE AND ACROSS SOCIETIES, FROM HOLLYWOOD TO PRISONS IN THE U.S. Whether in Iran demonstrating against the compulsion to wear head scarves, or in Poland threatening the regime posed to pass the most draconian abortion law, or in the U.S. leading the largest opposition to Trump and Trumpism, women’s sustained actions strive to bring about a new world. Every aspect of women’s struggle is reflected and deepened in the experiences and ideas of women prisoners. Does Marx’s view that … Continued 1:00 pm APRIL 22nd MEETING IS CANCELLED: Sunflower Alliance Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center APRIL 22nd MEETING IS CANCELLED: Sunflower Alliance Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Apr 8 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets April 22nd Meeting is CANCELLED: 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.64526 2:30 pm Bystander Intervention Training @ St. Alban's Parish Hall Bystander Intervention Training @ St. Alban's Parish Hall Apr 8 @ 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Or Zarua and St. Albans are partnering to host a “Bystander Training” put on by the Council on American Islamic Relations. Many Muslims and allies have been asking about the role bystanders can play in protecting targets of hate crimes since the election. The tragedy in Portland, where two heroes were killed while protecting two women who were being attacked, really brought that question to the forefront again. The bystander effect is a psychological phenomenon that often prevents people from intervening on behalf of victims of harassment, assault, or other … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Apr 8 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets NOTE: During the Plague Year of 2020 GA will be held every week or two on Zoom. To find out the exact time a date get on the Occupy Oakland email list my sending an email to: occupyoakland-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Occupy Oakland General Assembly meets every Sunday at 4 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 … Continued 5:00 pm Green Sunday: A Fight for Our Future, with Veronika Fimbres @ Niebyl Proctor Library Green Sunday: A Fight for Our Future, with Veronika Fimbres @ Niebyl Proctor Library Apr 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Ms. Veronika Fimbres (She/Her) is an award winning LGBT living legend and trans pioneer. Fimbres is the first trans officer in the San Francisco city and county history. Serving as Commissioner of Veterans Affairs for over fourteen years, Fimbres implemented policy changes including contract compliances as well as gender inclusive language and non-binary options on for demographic forms to the city, state, and nation at-large. Fimbres staffed for Former Speaker of the California State Assembly Willie Lewis Brown Jr. during his Campaign. As Brown’s Lavender Co-Chair and Precinct Captain, Fimbres worked … Continued 6:30 pm Indivisible Berkeley monthly General Assembly – all welcome @ Finnish Hall Indivisible Berkeley monthly General Assembly – all welcome @ Finnish Hall Apr 8 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Science and Environment Team will host the April 8 General Assembly. The Team has invited speakers from the Union of Concerned Scientists and other organizations to discuss timely issues and ways to take constructive action. Please join us to learn how you can support science and the environment in this challenging time. RSVP in the “tickets” link. There will also be a training that evening in the Finnish Hall Cafe (same address, downstairs, enter from the parking lot to the right of the building) on ‘How to Stay in … Continued	8:30 am No Tar Sands in SF Bay No Tar Sands in SF Bay Apr 9 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Protect the Water – Join Idle No More SF Bay to say NO TAR SANDS IN OUR BAY! The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has issued a permit to the Phillips 66 Refinery for the Refinery Expansion Project. This is the first part of a project leading toward the refinery processing more Alberta tar sands and allowing an additional 93+ oil tankers a year filled with tar sands into the Bay (also called oil sands or dilbit). Please sign this petition: https://www.stand.earth/action/phillips-66-wants-more-tar-sands-tankers-our-bay Come early to ensure that you get a … Continued 6:00 pm MAY DAY 2018 Organizing Committee @ ILWU, Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room 2nd floor behind Hiring Hall MAY DAY 2018 Organizing Committee @ ILWU, Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room 2nd floor behind Hiring Hall Apr 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Greetings Brothers and Sisters, The rank and file LWU Local 10 May Day Committee invites you to a meeting to organize the 2018 May Day march and rally. ILWU Local 10 MAY DAY 2018 Organizing Committee Meeting This Monday 4/9 ! We are planning for a Tuesday May 1 march and rallies gathering at noon at the Oakland Matson Terminal (near the end of the Adeline viaduct) and marching to Oscar Grant Plaza to join the 3pm Oakland Sin Fronteras rallies and march. We look forward to seeing you Monday. … Continued 6:45 pm Occupy Forum Planning Meeting Occupy Forum Planning Meeting Apr 9 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets This will be a planning meeting for the next OccupyForum which will meet Monday, April 23rd 2018. We’ll also discuss OccupyForum altogether and how to proceed from here! I sure hope you can make it64555 7:00 pm Forum on Student Debt and Public Banking @ Richmond Public Library Forum on Student Debt and Public Banking @ Richmond Public Library Apr 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland and Strike Debt Bay Area are excited to announce the Student Debt Forum happening on Monday, April 9. Student Debt Community Forum: Facebook. How can a public bank help relieve the burden of student debt that so many of us are struggling with? Come hear the progressive candidate for CA lieutenant governor, Gayle McLaughlin, discuss this question. All are invited to attend this free event and take part in the conversation. 64377 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Apr 9 @ 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	10:00 am Notice to Appear – Peoples’ Tribunal. The People v Sheriff Ahern @ County Sheriff's Oakland Offices Notice to Appear – Peoples’ Tribunal. The People v Sheriff Ahern @ County Sheriff's Oakland Offices Apr 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets California Sanctuary Campaign Media Advisory Oakand, CA: An alliance of coalitions including ACILEP, Detention Watch Network, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, Freedom for Immigrants (formerly CIVIC) and many more organizations representing immigrants, those seeking asylum and groups opposed to mass incarceration will deliver a Notice To Appear [Orden del Pueblo] at the May 5th Peoples’ Tribunal [Tribunal Popular] at the West County Detention Facility in Richmond, CA. Reverend Dr. Maria Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa of the Starr King Unitarian Universalist Church in Hayward will deliver the summons, saying, “We demand that … Continued 6:00 pm Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee – Surveillance Regulation Ordinance @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1, Oscar Grant Plaza Oakland City Council Public Safety Committee – Surveillance Regulation Ordinance @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1, Oscar Grant Plaza Apr 10 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Oakland Privacy’s, the ACLU’s and the EFF’s surveillance equipment regulation ordinance comes to City Council for the (hopefully) final go-round to be made into City law. ============== Subject: Surveillance And Community Safety Ordinance From: Office Of The City Administrator Recommendation: Adopt An Ordinance Adding Chapter 9.64 To The Oakland Municipal Code Establishing Rules For The City’s Acquisition And Use Of Surveillance Equipment 1. View Report, 2. View Report 3/30/2018 64557 7:00 pm VICTORIES FROM INSIDE OUT: DISMANTLING THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX @ First Congregational Church of Oakland VICTORIES FROM INSIDE OUT: DISMANTLING THE PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX @ First Congregational Church of Oakland Apr 10 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Taina Vargas-Edmond, Executive Director of Initiate Justice, and Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children/All of Us or None, will be in conversation with Tim Wise at this live taping of his national podcast. Taina Vargas-Edmond, Executive Director of Initiate Justice and Dorsey Nunn, Executive Director of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children/All of Us or None, two leaders in the forefront of policy and advocacy work on behalf of incarcerated Californians, the formally-incarcerated, and their families, will be in conversation with anti-racism author and educator … Continued	10:00 am Demand DA O’Malley Charge Mateu with Murder of Sahleem Tindle @ Outsidfe the Rene Davidson Courthouse Demand DA O’Malley Charge Mateu with Murder of Sahleem Tindle @ Outsidfe the Rene Davidson Courthouse Apr 11 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets We’ve all seen the video! How is it that BART police officer Joseph Mateu has not already been charged with the murder of Sahleem Tindle, after he shot the 28 year old in the back three times? Join us to demand that Nancy O’Malley do her job and charge and prosecute Mateu for murder. O’Malley has yet to prosecute a single killer cop. It’s time to break that unjust record! The family asks that people wear white for this action. Sahleem Tindle was murdered by BART Police Officer Joseph Mateu … Continued 6:00 pm Free Name and Gender Change Workshop @ East Bay Community Law Center Free Name and Gender Change Workshop @ East Bay Community Law Center Apr 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets THIS WEDNESDAY: FREE Name and Gender Change workshop at EBCLC’s Adeline office, right next to Ashby Bart! And because of funding from Trans Lifeline – Microgrants, we can provide fee waivers to folks who need them! Please share widely- this will be our last Name and Gender Change Workshop until this summer.64559 6:00 pm Our Housing Crisis – A Call to Action @ Pro Arts Our Housing Crisis – A Call to Action @ Pro Arts Apr 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets We have the power to make sure that everyone has a safe and stable home. Come to this CDP Community Conversation event to find out how to get involved and meet groups already working in our community. Join a discussion about how to take immediate action and create long-term solutions. Featured speakers include representatives from: Causa Justa Just Cause, The Village in Oakland #feedthepeople, Oakland Warehouse Coalition, Safer DIY Spaces, EveryOne Home, and our City Council representative, Rebecca Kaplan. Venue is wheelchair accessible, Located a short walk from Downtown Oakland 12th Street BART station. Doors will … Continued 6:30 pm URBAN VILLAGES & SHARING CITIES: A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION @ Oakstop URBAN VILLAGES & SHARING CITIES: A COMMUNITY DISCUSSION @ Oakstop Apr 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join Shareable for an interactive “World Cafe” style discussion to collaboratively dig into questions about the current state of Urban Villages here in the Bay Area, where we would like be, and what we need to do to get there together. This event will also serve as the official Bay Area release of our new book, “Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons.” We’ll have plenty of copies on hand that will be available for 20% off! Want to read more about urban villages to prepare for the discussion? Shareable has you covered. … Continued 7:00 pm No Coal in Richmond @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center No Coal in Richmond @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Apr 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets What exactly can be done about the Levin-Richmond coal terminal on the Richmond waterfront? Join the ongoing community discussion about how to remove this blight from our midst. Why do we have huge, uncovered piles of dirty, dusty coal sitting right next to our Bay—and contaminating several of our neighborhoods? Why is the Richmond terminal one of the last three ports left in the state to export this dirty fossil fuel when California doesn’t even use coal power? Why does the Bay Area, a region renowned for its environmental leadership, … Continued 7:15 pm Filmmaker screening of “The Long Shadow” – a racial justice movie @ Grand Lake Theater Filmmaker screening of “The Long Shadow” – a racial justice movie @ Grand Lake Theater Apr 11 @ 7:15 pm – 9:15 pm Tickets Resistance Action East Bay and KPFA Radio Bring Uplifting Documentary “The Long Shadow” to Oakland The Long Shadow is a wonderful new feature-length documentary on the origins and legacy of slavery. Filmmaker and investigative journalist Frances Causey, a daughter of the South, set out to explore her personal family history of slaveholding. Join this special one-time screening of a film that explores the origins and legacy of Slavery, White Supremacy and the political role of the South.The Long Shadow is a gripping new feature-length documentary on the origins and legacy … Continued	12:00 pm HARD WORK IS NOT ENOUGH: GENDER AND RACIAL INEQUALITY IN AN URBAN WORKSPACE @ Warren Room, 295 Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley HARD WORK IS NOT ENOUGH: GENDER AND RACIAL INEQUALITY IN AN URBAN WORKSPACE @ Warren Room, 295 Boalt Hall, UC Berkeley Apr 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Hard Work Is Not Enough: Gender and Racial Inequality in an Urban Workspace Institute for the Study of Societal Issues KATRINELL DAVIS Associate Professor of Sociology, Florida State University with CATHERINE FISK Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law, UC Berkeley, asrespondent Sponsored by Center for Research on Social Change, UC Berkeley Co-sponsored by Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Center for the Study of Law & Society, Division of Equity and Inclusion, and Sociology Department, UC Berkeley ABSTRACT In this talk, I discuss African American women’s experiences as bus … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Police Commission Meeting @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza Oakland Police Commission Meeting @ Oakland City Hall, Oscar Grant Plaza Apr 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The Commission will be considering amendments to the proposed enabling ordinance and will be reviewing the complaints of officer misconduct that are being investigated by CPRA (Community Police Review Agency). Commissioners will also review the staffing of CPRA and the new case management software that is being implemented. Read the agenda here 64584 7:00 pm Here I Stand – Film Screening @ Fellowship Hall Here I Stand – Film Screening @ Fellowship Hall Apr 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets American Masters/Paul Robeson: Here I Stand presents the life and achievements of an extraordinary man. Athlete, singer, and scholar, Robeson was also a charismatic champion of the rights of the poor working man, the disenfranchised, and people of color. His story is one of the great dramas of the 20th century–spanning an international canvas of social upheaval and ideological controversy. Directed by St. Clair Bourne, narrated by Ossie Davis. 117 minutes. Sponsored by the BFUU SJC.64494	6:00 pm FILM SCREENING: A PLASTIC OCEAN @ Animal Rights Center FILM SCREENING: A PLASTIC OCEAN @ Animal Rights Center Apr 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Along with being endorsed by the United Nations, this film showcases the true strain that we put on our planet’s oceans and native sea life through our production and use of plastic. After, we will discuss extending our compassion to the fullest extent possible and how not to arbitrarily decide where to draw the line when it comes to the suffering of our nonhuman friends. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zrn4-FfbXw Itinerary 6:00-6:15 Gather Zero Waste food and seats 6:15-7:45 A Plastic Ocean documentary 7:45- 8:15 Zero Waste presentation/discussion Light food and snacks provided. We … Continued 7:00 pm Movie: Resistance at Tule Lake (with Satsuki Ina who was born at Tule Lake) @ Revolution Books Movie: Resistance at Tule Lake (with Satsuki Ina who was born at Tule Lake) @ Revolution Books Apr 13 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Special Guest: Satsuki Ina, who was born at Tule Lake Segregation Camp During World War II President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. 120,000 men, women and children, living on the West Coast were rounded up and sent to “relocation camps.” They had committed no crime other than being Japanese and Japanese American. Tule Lake was the largest of these 10 concentration camps, a maximum security facility reserved for those the U.S. government considered disloyal. Resistance at Tule Lake tells the long-suppressed story of 12,000 Japanese Americans who dared to protest … Continued 7:00 pm Whose Money? Our Money! – Radio Program on KPFA @ KPFA Radio 94.1 FM Whose Money? Our Money! – Radio Program on KPFA @ KPFA Radio 94.1 FM Apr 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Whose Money? Our Money! Everybody talks about money, but nobody knows what to do about it. For the Full Circle show on KPFA closest to tax day, Paul Pryde of Our Money and Debbie Notkin of Friends of the Public Bank of Oakland reach into our wallets and look at what money is, who has it, who needs it, and how we could think about money in completely different ways. 64563	11:00 am March for Science Bay Area @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater March for Science Bay Area @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater Apr 14 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets Join millions of people around the world in the second annual March for Science! In 2017, more than one million people around the world gathered to defend science for the common good and its role in policy and society. Since then, science has continued to face increasing threats at the federal, state, and local levels. In 2017, over 70,000 people took to the streets across multiple Bay Area marches. This year, the Bay Area will come together again to demand evidence-based policy and practice, robustly funded and well-communicated science for … Continued 3:00 pm A POETIC BENEFIT for the HAITI EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND @ SAINT JOHN's PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH A POETIC BENEFIT for the HAITI EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND @ SAINT JOHN's PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Apr 14 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets A POETIC BENEFIT for the HAITI EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND with RAFAEL JESUS GONZÁLEZ (Poet Laureate of Berkeley) AVOTCJA with BILL CROSSMAN (Piano) & CAROLYN SCARR also A Report back by PIERRE LABOSSIERE & DELEGATION (who just returned from Haiti) Wheelchair Accessible Come celebrate National Poetry month for a good cause! A benefit for the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund featuring: Avotcja with Bill Crossman, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez (Poet Laureate of Berkeley), and Carolyn Scarr followed by open Mic www.Avotcja.org64593

Week of April 8

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.