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Includes informal brunch reception Panel members: … Continued 10:30 am Kurds in the Eye of the Storm @ Niebyl Proctor Library Kurds in the Eye of the Storm @ Niebyl Proctor Library May 20 @ 10:30 am – 2:30 pm Tickets Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Kurds in the Eye of the Storm The Kurdish people — divided among Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran — have found themselves on the frontlines of the fight against ISIS in the aftermath of still more intense wars that had raged around them in all four countries for decades. While being battered by the storm, emerging out of its eye are some pioneering social experiments and some surprising alliances. Sharat G. Lin, who has visited all of these countries, is a political economist, expert … Continued 1:00 pm Sunflower Alliance Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Sunflower Alliance Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center May 20 @ 1:00 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.64656 2:00 pm DSA West Oakland Block Party for Housing Justice @ Bobby Hutton (Defemery) Park DSA West Oakland Block Party for Housing Justice @ Bobby Hutton (Defemery) Park May 20 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Are you excited about housing justice, connecting with neighbors, and building real people-power in West Oakland? Bring a dish or non-alcoholic beverage or just your lovely selves, and of course be sure to bring your ideas for future directions for organizing for housing justice, Medicare for All, and other DSA projects in West Oakland! Accessibility: The park is wheelchair-accessible. 64662 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza May 20 @ 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 7:00 pm Liberated Lens general meeting @ Omni Commons Liberated Lens general meeting @ Omni Commons May 20 @ 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	11:00 am Rally for Safety, Justice, & Democracy! @ Oscar Grant Plaza Rally for Safety, Justice, & Democracy! @ Oscar Grant Plaza May 21 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets May 21st is the last day to register to vote for the June 5th primary election in California! Please join us for a special rally to share information and resources! Learn about Proposed New Laws that will affect you! Get information on Education and Employment, meet local Employers. Come together as a Community!! Ella Baker Center for Human Rights \| www.ellabakercenter.org \| 510.428.3939 REGISTER TO VOTE! MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!! May 21st is the LAST DAY TO REGISTER to vote for the June 5th primary election in California! Please join … Continued 2:00 pm Linking Systemic Racism and Poverty: Poor People’ Week 2 @ State Capitol Linking Systemic Racism and Poverty: Poor People’ Week 2 @ State Capitol May 21 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets LINKING SYSTEMIC RACISM AND POVERTY: Voting Rights, Immigration, Xenophobia, Islamophobia, and the Mistreatment of Indigenous Communities This is the second of six weeks of nonviolent moral fusion direct action across the country to show our elected leaders we will no longer allow attention violence to keep poor and disenfranchised people down. Join us at the Capitol in Sacramento, CA at 2:00 p.m. for a Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival rally and demonstration. The second week’s theme is “LINKING SYSTEMIC RACISM AND POVERTY: Voting Rights, Immigration, Xenophobia, … Continued 6:00 pm Occupy Forum Excursion: Film: Evolution of Organic by Mark Kitchell @ Roxy Theater Occupy Forum Excursion: Film: Evolution of Organic by Mark Kitchell @ Roxy Theater May 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Film: Evolution of Organic by Mark Kitchell (get tickets in advance or be put on guest list!) The San Francisco showing of Mark’s new film: Evolution of Organic will be at the Roxie this coming Monday, May 21st from 6 pm-9 pm. Rainbow Grocery is sponsoring the event. Appearing will be Bu Nygrens of Veritable Vegetable, Kim Kaput of Rainbow Grocery, and John Wick of the Marin Carbon Project. We recommend buying tickets in advance at ticketing.us.veezi.com or just go to the Roxie website. From filmmaker Mark Kitchell (Berkeley in the Sixties, A … Continued 7:00 pm FILM SCREENING: WILDER THAN WILD: FIRE, FORESTS AND THE FUTURE @ David Brower Center FILM SCREENING: WILDER THAN WILD: FIRE, FORESTS AND THE FUTURE @ David Brower Center May 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Wilder than Wild is an hour-long documentary film about wildfires and climate change. This Bay Area premiere will be followed by a panel and Q&A with Berkeley City Councilmember Kate Harrison, UC Berkeley fire scientist Scott Stephens, Berkeley firefighter Mike Shuken, and filmmakers Kevin White and Stephen Most. Registration required. For more information and to register, visit their website. Visit Event Website64660 7:00 pm TENANT AND NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, Public Meeting. @ Omni Commons TENANT AND NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS, Public Meeting. @ Omni Commons May 21 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Tenant and Neighborhood Councils (TANC) is a member-run housing organization built out of the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America. We encourage all tenants of private landlords, unhoused people, and public housing residents, to join us in organizing councils. Existing avenues for combating rising rents, slumlord behavior, and evictions are channeled through non-profit organizations. These types of organizations, while a critical resource for tenants, do not necessarily challenge the larger structural dilemma that we face—the subjugation of housing under capitalism. Effectively challenging well-heeled landlords, developers, and state managers depends on … Continued	5:30 pm Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice Mass Meeting Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice Mass Meeting May 22 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Join APEN, CEJA, Idle No More SF Bay, Jobs With Justice, North Bay Organizing Project, PODER, SEIU 1021, 350.org and over 50 other organizations at a meeting on May 22. We are organizing to plan a bold, visionary action during Jerry Brown’s “Global Climate Action Summit.” We demand real climate leadership that protects vulnerable communities, workers, and future generations: keep fossil fuels in the ground; develop a just, equitable, resilient 100% renewable energy economy that rapidly expands economic opportunity; create family sustaining jobs: Rise for Climate Jobs & Justice March on Saturday … Continued 7:00 pm Action for unjustly jailed Egyptian photojournalist, Shawkan @ McClaren Center, UCSF, Rm 252 Action for unjustly jailed Egyptian photojournalist, Shawkan @ McClaren Center, UCSF, Rm 252 May 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Please join Amnesty International SF Group 30 & The Department of International & Multicultural Education at the University of San Francisco For an evening of discussion and short films about Shawkan, photojournalism, jailed journalists, and issues of press freedom. Featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Kim Komenich in conversation with award-winning Egyptian photojournalist and filmmaker Khaled Sayed. With a special selection of Shawkan’s photographs exhibited. Background: Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abou Zeid, known as “Shawkan” was recently honored with the prestigious 2018 UNESCO Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize on World Press Freedom Day. Shawkan … Continued 7:00 pm Caring for our Community – A Forum on how we can respond to the needs of those who are Houseless @ The Way Church Caring for our Community – A Forum on how we can respond to the needs of those who are Houseless @ The Way Church May 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Panelists: After introducing themselves, panelists will be asked to answer a series of three questions: 1) What are the struggles of people who are homelessness in Berkeley? 2) What are immediate things that can be done by the Community and the City to address the needs of people who are homeless? 3) What are some long-term actions that can make a difference? 4) What are the challenges and obstacles? Big Mama, First They Came for the Homeless Encampment Mike Zint, First They Came for the Homeless – confirmed Representative, Youth … Continued 7:30 pm SudoMesh: Save the Internet @ Omni Commons SudoMesh: Save the Internet @ Omni Commons May 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Hello we are here to Save the Internet! Join us every Tuesday in the Omni Commons mezzanine to help build a community-owned and -operated wireless mesh network in the East Bay! Every Tuesday night, we meet to discuss on-going projects, technical bugs, community and media outreach, finances and budgeting, and upcoming events, such as node mounts, office hours, and workshops. Newcomers are encouraged to come on the last Tuesdays of the month for general orientation, but are welcome at any meeting. A wireless mesh network is a network where each computer acts … Continued		8:00 am Cities vs. Oil Companies Hearing Cities vs. Oil Companies Hearing May 24 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Oakland and San Francisco are suing five oil companies for damage from sea level rise and other climate change impacts. Now the oil companies are asking federal Judge William Alsup to dismiss the suit. Come show your support for holding oil companies accountable when Judge Alsup hears arguments on this motion. BACKGROUND City of Oakland v. BP PLC et al, #3;17-CV;06011, is a public nuisance case brought by the City of Oakland against BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Exxon and Shell, consolidated now with a companion lawsuit filed by the City and County … Continued	10:00 am Open Discussion and Workshop on Copwatching @ Oscar Grant Plaza Open Discussion and Workshop on Copwatching @ Oscar Grant Plaza May 25 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets hey oakland folks, we're going to be filming an open discussion and workshop on copwatching at OGP on Friday at 10am – 12pmits been a long while since @WeCopwatch has operated in the Bay. even longer since i participated in the project. Breakfast (Bagels and coffee?) on us.— Harun ⚑☪⚑ (@ArsalaiH) May 24, 2018 64736 5:00 pm Asylum Seekers Fundraiser: Moria Art Exhibit @ Omni Commons Asylum Seekers Fundraiser: Moria Art Exhibit @ Omni Commons May 25 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets This fundraiser is a traveling art show raising money to fund the Asylum Seekers: Moria documentary while spreading awareness of the inhumanity surrounding the refugee crisis in Europe. This show will feature artists from all over the world with work focussed around asylum seekers. Pieces of the documentary will be played with Q&A following by the documentarians Anne Di Grazia and Irene Hollebrandse who recently got back to the US after shooting the documentary in one of the worst refugee camps in Greece: Moria. Each art work will be part … Continued 6:00 pm Film: The Organizer. A Documentary About ACORN, its Growth and Demise. @ New Parkway Theater Film: The Organizer. A Documentary About ACORN, its Growth and Demise. @ New Parkway Theater May 25 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Special Community Showing with Wade Rathke, Founder and Chief Organizer of ACORN. The ORGANIZER is a film about people who have dedicated their lives to the hidden, usually message and always controversial job of building power for the powerless. It’s also a very human story about organizational tension, personal tragedy, betrayal and ultimately resilience. The film is about how ACORN as a political force the poor, marginalized and forgotten was built.64448

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.