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All-day	Poor People’s Campaign: Right to Health and Healthy Planet @ Capitol Steps Poor People’s Campaign: Right to Health and Healthy Planet @ Capitol Steps Jun 4 all-day Tickets oin the Poor People’s Campaign in week four of its series of national actions to spark a radical revolution of values. Californians will meet in Sacramento to participate in a national day of nonviolent direct action for health care and against ecological devastation. You don’t have to risk arrest to join this action. The Poor People’s Campaign is working for a Radical Revolution of Values, continuing the work Martin Luther King started in launching the Poor People’s Campaign 50 years ago. The campaign was intended to turn his dream, our dream, … Continued
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Don’t let that Happen! • The Spirit of Democracy Lives on in People’s Park. • The natural beauty … Continued 1:00 pm Sunflower Alliance Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Sunflower Alliance Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Jun 3 @ 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 Intro to DSA (San Francisco) @ Alley Cat Books Intro to DSA (San Francisco) @ Alley Cat Books Jun 3 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Interested in local politics? Have you heard about the Democratic Socialists and wanted to find out more? Are you looking for a way to be involved in your community? Come learn about the Democratic Socialists of America, San Francisco. Hear about our projects, our ballot measure, and ways that you can get involved. A better world is possible!64762 4:00 pm Haiti Report Back – A Benefit for Community Radio in Haiti @ La Pena Cultural Center Haiti Report Back – A Benefit for Community Radio in Haiti @ La Pena Cultural Center Jun 3 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets with Margaret Prescod, Pierre Labossiere, Devonte Jackson, Walter Riley, Leslie Mullin. A report back of a recent delegation to Haiti with activists from Haiti Action Committee, BAJI-Oakland, and Global Women’s Strike. Come hear about the unbreakable resistance of the people of Haiti, who persevere in the face of US-orchestrated coups, stolen elections, violent repression and natural disasters worsened by corporate greed and government corruption. Eyewitness accounts of the first graduation ceremony at the University of the Aristide Foundation [UniFA]; community education through radio; local food production; and grassroots mobilizations against … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jun 3 @ 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	6:45 pm Occupy Forum: Historical Context, United States Decline, and the Corporate-Owned Media Occupy Forum: Historical Context, United States Decline, and the Corporate-Owned Media Jun 4 @ 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! Historical Context, United States Decline, and the Corporate-Owned Media We will examine the United States’ attempts to prevent its Global Hegemonic decline and the implications of that effort by situating United States foreign policy within “Historical Context.” The United States’ post-war Global Hegemony is rapidly declining partly because of its geo-political overreach as well as the rise of “Contender States” that are challenging that hegemony. However, the corporate-owned … Continued 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Jun 4 @ 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		6:30 pm Nancy Schimmel: Author of Occupella @ Laurel Book Store Nancy Schimmel: Author of Occupella @ Laurel Book Store Jun 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Meet local author Nancy Schimmel, who will discuss her work and read from her book, Occupella: Singing in the Lifeboats. About the Book: An account of the first year of Occupella, an activist song-leading group that grew out of song circles at Occupy Oakland and Occupy Berkeley formed by five professional singer-songwriters in 2011. Occupella is still busy leading songs at rallies, marches and meetings.. About the Author: Nancy Schimmel is a veteran of the sixties peace movement and the women’s movement. her songs have been sung by Pete Seeger, Sally Rogers, … Continued 7:30 pm Food Not Bombs Monthly Meeting @ Longhaul Food Not Bombs Monthly Meeting @ Longhaul Jun 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets For 22 years East Bay Food Not Bombs has been providing free food to the public in People’s Park and various locations in Oakland, AND bringing food to protests and encampments. Our message: you’re not poor and homeless because you suck, it’s because a sick society prioritizes war and greed over basic human needs. Free soup for the Revolution!64684	5:00 pm Oakland Privacy Advisory Committee @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1, Oscar Grant Plaza Oakland Privacy Advisory Committee @ Oakland City Hall, Hearing Room 1, Oscar Grant Plaza Jun 7 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets The Privacy Advisory Commission provides advice to the City of Oakland on best practices to protect Oaklanders’ privacy rights in connection with the City’s purchase and use of surveillance equipment and other technology that collects or stores our data. Agenda: 4. 5:15pm: Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – Oakland Department of Transportation/Vendor use of UAV/Drones. Review and take possible action on use policy and anticipated impact report. 5. 5:25pm: Illegal Dumping Project – a) staff update on project and District Attorney direct monitoring of video; b) discuss Surveillance Equipment Ordinance compliance next steps. 6. 5:30pm: … Continued 6:30 pm People’s Assembly on Keeping Art in Oakland @ OneFam Cafe People’s Assembly on Keeping Art in Oakland @ OneFam Cafe Jun 7 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets We are holding the event at OneFam Cafe to additionally highlight the tragic story being repeated too often across the City: Black people being pushed out of Oakland. Tony Coleman has been fighting to hold onto his 7th street spot. So we’ll show him some love and hear how we can support before diving into the evening’s topic. This campaign is committed to building our platform in partnership with the community. We don’t want to reinvent the wheel. We want to uplift the amazing progressive grassroots work that is already … Continued 7:30 pm Inside Iran: The Real History & Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran @ Hillside Club Inside Iran: The Real History & Politics of the Islamic Republic of Iran @ Hillside Club Jun 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets KPFA Radio 94.1FM & Project Censored present Advance Tickets at: Books Inc/Berkeley, Pegasus (3 sites), Moe’s, Walden Pond Bookstore, Mrs. Dalloway’s. East Bay Books Wheelchair access Medea Benjamin, one of America’s best-known and most effective activists,co-founder of Code Pink and Global Exchange, is the author of Drone Warfare and Kingdom of the Unjust: Behind the U.S—Saudi Connection. In 2012 she was awarded the U.S. Peace Memorial Foundation’s Peace Prize, and in 2014 the Gandhi Peace Award. Now Medea has written the first general-audience progressive book on Iran’s history and politics, recounting Iran’s history from … Continued	5:00 pm Lawsuit Victory Party: US Postal Service v City of Berkeley @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office steps Lawsuit Victory Party: US Postal Service v City of Berkeley @ Downtown Berkeley Post Office steps Jun 8 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets There will be an informal get-together to celebrate: – The awesome lawsuit victory in United State Postal Service v. City of Berkeley, validating Berkeley’s Historic District Zoning Overlay Ordinance! – The long and so-far successful struggle to keep Berkeley’s historic and culturally important downtown Post Office preserved and operating! We will gather on JUNE 8TH, 2018 at (where else?) THE SIDEWALK AND STEPS OF THE DOWNTOWN BERKELEY POST OFFICE, at 5:00 PM. The principal gastronomic experience will be provided, while you’all are encouraged to bring your very own dishes, desserts … Continued	12:00 pm West Oakland Holistic Community Clinic & Cafe @ Qilombo West Oakland Holistic Community Clinic & Cafe @ Qilombo Jun 9 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets The West Oakland Community clinic offers donation based holistic healing modalities monthly, on the second Saturday. We are committed to creating a safe space and affordable (even free) massage therapy and other therapies and services to those most marginalized in the community. This month we will have: Massage Therapy of various styles Energy work Cranialsacral Australian Osteopathy Narcan Kit training and Harm reduction (4 Pm- pick up kits anytime) We always have a free VEGAN hot Meal. There are other various donations at times- e.g traditional chinese medicine supplements. You … Continued 1:00 pm Meet and Greet Oakland’s Police Commissioners @ St. Elizabeth's Meet and Greet Oakland’s Police Commissioners @ St. Elizabeth's Jun 9 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Mark your calendar and register on Eventbrite! pic.twitter.com/cBuCfwEVVk— Coalition for Police Accountability (@oakcopoversight) May 23, 2018 64735 2:00 pm Immigrant Solidarity Rapid Response Training @ RSVP for location (see text) Immigrant Solidarity Rapid Response Training @ RSVP for location (see text) Jun 9 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets June 9, 2018: 2-5pm RSVP for location https://www.surjbayarea.org/events/immigrant-solidarity-rapid-response-training Join the Immigrant Liberation Movement and the Alameda County Immigration Legal and Education Partnership for a special solidarity training for immigrant freedom and justice in the East Bay. The need to unify in support of migrants and their families is greater than any time in recent memory. Participants will train in documenting and monitoring ICE activity in real time, learn how to accompany immigrant families impacted by ICE raids and other ways to strengthen existing local immigrant defense and rapid response capacity. … Continued 2:00 pm Save 7th Street Culture — BBQ Block Party for OneFam Save 7th Street Culture — BBQ Block Party for OneFam Jun 9 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Free Food – Live Bands & Performances OneFam and Bikes 4 Life have a rich history, but they are facing eviction unless we unite to defend it. OneFam, located in West Oakland, is a community-based organization that utilizes a series of for-profit social enterprise businesses to support its non-profit mission. OneFam started years ago with Bikes 4 Life. It has since grown to include the other units on the property: the 7th Street Rev Cafe, and other land subleased for gardening projects. The goals of OneFam are as follows: — … Continued 4:00 pm Red State Teacher Rebellion: What Can California Learn? @ Oakland Tech Red State Teacher Rebellion: What Can California Learn? @ Oakland Tech Jun 9 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets This spring, teachers and other school workers in predominantly right-to-work “red” states organized together and struck for more education funding in confrontations with their state governments. They won unprecedented gains. What can we – in a “blue” state with collective bargaining rights like California – learn from their experiences? What challenges lie ahead? Join us for this critical discussion with key leaders and activists from West Virginia, Kentucky, and Arizona. Speakers: Rebecca Garelli – Middle School Math and Science Educator; Arizona Educators United Lead Organizer Tia Edison – Elementary School … Continued 5:00 pm Lise Pearlman: Author of Call Me Phaedra @ Laurel Book Store Lise Pearlman: Author of Call Me Phaedra @ Laurel Book Store Jun 9 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Meet Local Author Lise Pearlman, who will discuss her work and read from her newest book. About the Book: Call Me Phaedra: The Life and Times of Movement Lawyer Fay Stender provides an inside view of activism during the McCarthy Era, the Civil Rights Movement, Free Speech Era, the rise of black power, and the Women’s Rights Movement. It chronicles the extraordinary life and career of Fay Stender, focused particularly on her work as a rare female criminal defense lawyer and ground-breaking prisoners’ rights advocate. The book focuses on Stender’s achievements … Continued

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.