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All-day		End Forced Arbitraton – Lobby Day in Sacramento End Forced Arbitraton – Lobby Day in Sacramento Aug 7 all-day Tickets Let’s make change! On Tuesday August 7th, join us restaurant workers from around California in Sacramento, for a push to end forced arbitration as a condition of employment! Forced arbitration means that any complaint against an employer must be resolved through a private mediator (often hired by the employer) rather than through the public court system system! Employees must waive their right to sue, to participate in a class action lawsuit, or to appeal! Workers should not have to waive their rights to find work! On August 7th, we will … 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 12:30 pm Pants off for the Planet @ Golden Gate Park - RSVP for exact location Pants off for the Planet @ Golden Gate Park - RSVP for exact location Aug 5 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Strip down to your underwear along with thousands of friends gathering to protest the climate impact of the fashion industry. This event in Golden Gate Park will call on San Francisco’s Levi Strauss corporation to be an industry leader and transition the factories in its supply chain to renewable energy. Stand.earth is hosting this event, which it hopes will get into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest gathering of people in their underwear. They write: “While we love fashion and looking stylish, the clothes we wear are … Continued 2:00 pm Sweep Out the Fascists: A Festival of Resilience @ Ohlone Playground and Greenway to MLK Park Sweep Out the Fascists: A Festival of Resilience @ Ohlone Playground and Greenway to MLK Park Aug 5 @ 2:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Sweep Out the Fascists: A Festival of Resilience Endorsed by: SURJ Bay Area SURJ S.F. National Lawyer Guild S.F. Bay Area Chapter Solidarity Against Fascism East Bay (SAFEBay) John Brown Anti-Klan Committee Bay Area Queer Antifascist Network International Jewish Anti-Zionist Network Critical Resistance Oakland International Socialist Organization East Bay DSA Socialist Feminist Caucus Last August (2017), groups of white supremacists, aided by police and politicians, attempted to take over Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Park in order to build a base in the Bay. A crowd of thousands—including students, unionists, … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Aug 5 @ 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 Aug 5 @ 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 basement, unless … Continued	8:00 am March for Nuclear Abolition & Global Survival @ Livermore Labs March for Nuclear Abolition & Global Survival @ Livermore Labs Aug 6 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Rally, march, and the opportunity to peaceably risk arrest to commemorate the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the place where new nuclear weapons are being created today. 8 AM rally. Speakers include keynote Daniel Ellsberg, the whistleblower who released “The Pentagon Papers.” Formerly an analyst at RAND Corp. and a consultant to the Defense Dept., specializing in the command and control of nuclear weapons, war plans and crisis decision-making. Ellsberg recently wrote The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner. Also speaking will be Rev. Nobuaki Hanaoka … Continued 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Aug 6 @ 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 7:00 pm Tenant and Neighborhood Councils -Monthly General Meeting @ Omni Commons Tenant and Neighborhood Councils -Monthly General Meeting @ Omni Commons Aug 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets We are a group of Bay Area tenants who are fed up with rising rents, evictions, and harassment at the hands of landlords. We are fed up with our neighbors having no option but to live unsheltered and at constant risk of police harassment. We want to stop landlords, developers, and cops from looting our communities. Capitalism is what connects all of these housing issues. Profit has been prioritized over our quality of life. There is only one way to push against a system that exploits our need for housing: … Continued	9:30 am Demand Alameda County Sheriff Accountability Mobilization @ County Building, across the street from the Courthouse Demand Alameda County Sheriff Accountability Mobilization @ County Building, across the street from the Courthouse Aug 7 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Because since 2004 the Alameda County jail population has decreased by half, yet the sheriff’s budget has since increased by 105%. Because in the past 5 years 33 people have died while in jail custody. Because in June, two men died in the span of just three days, both while in custody in the Santa Rita Jail. August 7th is the last board meeting before the County Supervisors go on recess — let’s show up to demand that our elected officials do their job and hold the Sheriff accountable by … Continued 11:00 am Bay Area National Prison Strike Call to Action / Mobilization @ San Quentin State Prison Bay Area National Prison Strike Call to Action / Mobilization @ San Quentin State Prison Aug 7 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets The Bay Area National Prison Strike Solidarity Committee, stands in solidarity with the people who have declared a Nationwide Prison Strike beginning on August 21st (This date commemorates the assassination of Black Panther Party, Field Marshall, and prison activist, George Jackson, by San Quentin prison guards) and extending to September 9th, 2018. The National Prison Strike is in response to the “riot” in the Lee Correctional Institution, a maximum security prison in South Carolina on April 15, 2018. . Seven prisoners lost their lives during an instigated melee that could … Continued 4:00 pm Demand Justice for Jessica St. Louis Demand Justice for Jessica St. Louis Aug 7 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets On July 28, 2018, Jessica St. Louis was released from Santa Rita Jail at 1:25am. She was given a BART ticket and sent on her way to walk the 1.9 miles from Santa Rita Jail to Dublin/Pleasanton BART. By 5:25am she was found at the station unresponsive and declared dead. This should never have happened. The practice of late night and early morning releases must stop! Come join us to honor Jessica’s life and demand an end to late night and early morning release.64971	7:00 pm No Coal in Richmond Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center No Coal in Richmond Meeting @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Aug 8 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The next No Coal in Richmond meeting offers many opportunities for community involvement. Volunteers are needed for canvassing, meeting with public officials (including Richmond’s new city manager), and publicizing the Levin coal terminal issue during the upcoming elections. A newly completed canvassing package contains documents that will be helpful both for canvassing and neighborhood meetings. The Planning and Policy Committee of the Contra Costa County Hazardous Materials Commission has invited a representative of the Levin-Richmond Terminal (Jim Holland, Levin’s Director of Facilities and Equipment) to give a presentation on Best … Continued	9:00 am No DAC for BART: BART Proposes Facial Recognition Surveillance Dragnet @ BART Boardroom, 20th Street Mall, Third Floor No DAC for BART: BART Proposes Facial Recognition Surveillance Dragnet @ BART Boardroom, 20th Street Mall, Third Floor Aug 9 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Enter to the left of the CVS. On Thursday, BART police will propose a system-wide security dragnet for the Bay Area’s transit system. BART police are asking the board to approve the project in concept and authorize trials at Lake Merritt and Civic Center BART stations. No privacy policy. No civil rights impact assessment. No data storage and access rules. No biased and inaccurate facial recognition for BART, We need a strong public showing on Thursday morning to tell BART that this will not stand. BART is planning to use … Continued 4:00 pm Art Build for Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice & Networking Potluck @ Please RSVP for full directions to event Art Build for Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice & Networking Potluck @ Please RSVP for full directions to event Aug 9 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Art Build for Rise for Climate, Jobs & Justice & Networking Potluck Fossil Free California is getting ready to RISE for CLIMATE, JOBS & JUSTICE at the San Francisco march on September 8 with partners and allies from around the world. The main march on September 8 in San Francisco will be the largest climate action on the West Coast in history! On August 9, please join us to make signs and banners for RISE and other actions. The art build will run from 4pm to 6pm. At 6pm, we … Continued 7:00 pm DSA: West Oakland Neighborhood Social @ Ghost Town Brewing DSA: West Oakland Neighborhood Social @ Ghost Town Brewing Aug 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Comrades! Are you excited about housing justice, connecting with neighbors, and building real people-power in West Oakland? Come have a beer, meet organizers in your neighborhood, and learn about the work East Bay DSA is doing to fight for housing justice in West Oakland!64938	8:00 am Stand with Communities, Not Corporations! Mass action Against Climate Change Profiteers @ Park 55 Hotel Stand with Communities, Not Corporations! Mass action Against Climate Change Profiteers @ Park 55 Hotel Aug 10 @ 8:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Protect Mother Earth. End Climate Capitalism. Support Community Solutions. San Francisco, CA. Sept 10th and 13th, 2018 The twin crises of capitalism and climate change are destroying the planet, burning our homes, and flooding our communities. We are witnessing unprecedented harm, from the hurricanes that ravaged Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and the Gulf Coast, to wildfires destroying communities along the west coast. At the same time, California passed climate laws (AB 398) that subsidize, and allow the world’s largest corporations to continue destroying our climate and communities with pollution and poverty … Continued	11:00 am Knock Doors for Housing Justice & Yes on Prop 10 in West Oakland Knock Doors for Housing Justice & Yes on Prop 10 in West Oakland Aug 11 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets The housing crisis in the Bay Area and beyond is a wholly preventable disaster, created and maintained by the notion that housing is a commodity and not a human right. On Saturday, August 11, join us in the campaign for the Yes on Prop 10, also called the Affordable Housing Act, a ballot initiative that that will give our cities and counties the power to adopt rent control necessary to address the state’s housing affordability crisis by repealing the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act. The Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act upholds landlord … Continued

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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.