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Volunteer breakfast. 7 AM – 9 AM: Prepare bag lunches and hygiene kits 9 AM – 9:30 AM: Program … Continued 10:00 am Interfaith Prayers for Healing @ Bahai Center Interfaith Prayers for Healing @ Bahai Center Feb 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to healing. The Bahá’í community of Oakland is organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing. Come share prayers, quotes, poems, and favorite passages from your scriptures with us. Simple breakfast will be served. Doors open: 10:00 AM Refreshments served: 10:00-10:30 AM Prayers: 10:30-11:30 AM Discussion and socializing: 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM “Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance … Continued 12:45 pm Artist Reception with Edythe Boone/Film Screening @ Fellowship Hall Artist Reception with Edythe Boone/Film Screening @ Fellowship Hall Feb 10 @ 12:45 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Meet living treasure Edythe Boone and enjoy the new installation of her works in Fellowship Hall. This bold muralist, activist, and educator tackles poverty, racism, and inequality—with a paintbrush. She makes murals with all who share her yearning for community. (Note that the reception takes place after the regular 2nd Sunday potluck, which starts around noon.) As a special treat, we’ll be screening the fascinating, award-winning documentary by Marlene “Mo” Morris, “A New Color: The Art of Being Edythe Boone.”65617 1:00 pm U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Rally @ Lake Merritt Columns U.S. Hands Off Venezuela Rally @ Lake Merritt Columns Feb 10 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets Rally to demand U.S. Hands Off Venezuela in support of the elected Maduro Bolivarian government at The Lake Merritt Columns/Pergola/ThePillars, 599 El Embarcadero, Oakland We demand: No U.S. Coup! – No troops – No sanctions – Return Venezuelan money to the legitimate Maduro government – No proxy interventions (i.e. through Colombia or Brazil) Recognize the elected Maduro Bolivarian government No recognition of the self-imposed, rogue Guaidò “government”. We invite other organizations to endorse. Please message with your endorsement, and we’ll add you to the listed endorsers. Causes 65581 3:00 pm Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign Steering Committee Meeting @ Citizen Engagement Lab Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign Steering Committee Meeting @ Citizen Engagement Lab Feb 10 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets The Poor People’s Campaign, A National Call for Moral Revival (PPC) focuses on fighting the four pillars of evil: poverty, systemic racism, the war economy and environmental devastation, and on shifting the moral narrative. PPC supporters in the Bay Area have come together to form the Bay Area PPC Steering Committee and hope you can join this effort and share this information with others who may be interested. In the PPC, people directly impacted by the 4 pillars of evil are central in our work. We look forward to your … Continued 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Feb 10 @ 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 3:00 pm Prep Meeting for March to Oily Wells for Fossil Fuel Freedom Prep Meeting for March to Oily Wells for Fossil Fuel Freedom Feb 10 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Join 350 Silicon Valley in a San Francisco meeting to prepare for its two-day, 34-mile March for Fossil Fuel Freedom, starting in Palo Alto and ending with direct action against Oily Wells (Fargo), one of the biggest funders of fossil fuel. Get march updates, and join Action Teams to plan entertainment and meals for our “Stagecoach Stops”; work on march and rally logistics; begin implementing outreach and publicity strategy; and more. Partners, please plan to send a representative – all hands on deck! Note that this meeting will be in a … Continued 5:00 pm Green Sunday: The Teachers Strike and the Defense of Public Education in Oakland @ Niebyl Proctor Library Green Sunday: The Teachers Strike and the Defense of Public Education in Oakland @ Niebyl Proctor Library Feb 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Our forum this month will focus on the likely teachers strike in Oakland and the battle against school closures and charters linked to a privatization agenda locally and nationally. This comes on the wake of a very successful strike by teachers in Los Angeles and an educator upsurge spreading elsewhere. Our presenters will be Mike Hutchinson, long time education activist, school board candidate, and leader of OPEN (Oakland Public Education Network) and Becca Rozo-Marsh, a leader of the Oakland Education Association and co-chair of that union’s community outreach committee. Mike … Continued 5:00 pm Liberated Lens film night: free screening of Roma & discussion @ Omni Commons Liberated Lens film night: free screening of Roma & discussion @ Omni Commons Feb 10 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets One of the biggest film awards contenders (including the upcoming Oscars) this year is likely to be Roma, the latest film from Gravity and Children of Men director Alfonso Cuarón, but it’s nothing like either of those two films. Instead, the filmmaker has crafted a family drama that many critics are calling a masterpiece. The film is inspired by Cuarón’s life and portrays a year in the life of a middle-class family’s maid in the political turmoil of Mexico City in 1970s. The film was praised by most critics and … Continued 7:30 pm Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly @ Finnish Hall Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly @ Finnish Hall Feb 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets John Lindsay-Poland will be addressing the Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors Task Force Recommendations for reconstituting Urban shield. Doors open at 7. We start promptly at 7:30. Questions? Email info@indivisibleberkeley.org.65603	5:30 pm Public Bank East Bay General Membership Meeting @ East Bay for Everyone Public Bank East Bay General Membership Meeting @ East Bay for Everyone Feb 11 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Next Organizers’ Meeting: Come Get Involved in the Effort to Create a Regional Public Bank! Working Group Meetings: Some of our working groups meet between organizers’ meetings, and others just confer by phone and email. You can plug into any one of these: Outreach to Organizations Outreach to Individuals Digital Outreach Advocacy (working with politicians) Governance California Public Banking Alliance Operations Just send us a note and we’ll help you get connected to the work you want to do. The Advocacy Working Group meets with public officials, government staff and other stakeholders … Continued 6:00 pm Community Study Session on Tasers: San Mateo County Board of Supes Community Study Session on Tasers: San Mateo County Board of Supes Feb 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Long overdue, the SMC Supes have decided to have a COMMUNITY Study Session on the use of Tasers, by county Law enforcement. In 2018 Law enforcement tased 3 persons to death. Public Comment is part of this session, and we need all people to come and speak up about use of the murdering weapons which are used as an extension of excessive force by law enforcement. Justice4Chinedu, and members of the community at large, have been speaking out at BoS meetings since his death on 3 Oct 2018, requesting the … Continued 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Feb 11 @ 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 7:00 pm Radio Free Vermont @ East Bay Book Sellers Radio Free Vermont @ East Bay Book Sellers Feb 11 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets East Bay Booksellers invites you to The Diesel Readers Book Group’s discussion of Radio Free Vermont byBill McKibben, on Monday February 11th at 7pm. As the host of Radio Free Vermont–“underground, underpowered, and underfoot”–seventy-two-year-old Vern Barclay is currently broadcasting from an “undisclosed and double-secret location.” With the help of a young computer prodigy named Perry Alterson, Vern uses his radio show to advocate for a simple yet radical idea: an independent Vermont, one where the state secedes from the United States and operates under a free local economy. But for now, he and his radio … Continued 7:30 pm Who Feeds the World @ first Congregational Church of Berkeley Who Feeds the World @ first Congregational Church of Berkeley Feb 11 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Vandana Shiva and Vijaya Nagarajan Vandana Shiva is an Indian scholar, environmental activist, food sovereignty advocate, and alter-globalization author. Currently based in Delhi, she has authored more than twenty books, including Who Really Feeds the World? Water Wars, and Biopiracy. She is one of the leaders and board members of the International Forum on Globalization (along with Jerry Mander, Edward Goldsmith, Ralph Nader, Jeremy Rifkin) and a figure of the global solidarity movement known as the alter-globalization movement. She has argued for the wisdom of many traditional practices, as evidenced by her interview in the … Continued	12:00 pm The Schools Oakland Deserves @ Laney College The Schools Oakland Deserves @ Laney College Feb 12 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets 65593 6:00 pm Food Politics 2019: “Food Policy in the Trump Era” with Marion Nestle @ Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center, UC Berkeley Food Politics 2019: “Food Policy in the Trump Era” with Marion Nestle @ Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center, UC Berkeley Feb 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Tickets required RSVP: https://bit.ly/2SLZupJ * Location change: Sibley Auditorium, Bechtel Engineering Center, UC Berkeley * Please join us for a special lecture series with celebrated author and scholar Marion Nestle. Food Politics 2019: Food Policy in the Trump Era What’s happening under the Trump administration to policies aimed at solving problems of undernutrition, obesity, and the effects of food production on the environment? Introduction by Michael Pollan, John S. and James L. Knight Professor of Journalism. This is the first lecture in a series of three special events: February 12, 2019: https://bit.ly/2ANX9nh Food Politics 2019: Nutrition … Continued 6:00 pm Medicare for All @ Women's Building Medicare for All @ Women's Building Feb 12 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets #MedicareForAll is supported by the people, but we cannot get it passed without @SpeakerPelosi’s support.Join us on Tuesday, 2/12 from 6pm-8pm at the Women’s Building (3543 18th Street) as we team up with the Nurse’s Union to call on Pelosi to embrace Medicare for All! pic.twitter.com/2lug001X4K— SF Berniecrats-Our Revolution (@sfberniecrats) January 21, 2019 65525 6:00 pm Medicare For All Barnstorm @ Women's Building Medicare For All Barnstorm @ Women's Building Feb 12 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets 65482	8:00 am Protect Refugees: Cambodian Deportation Defense Rally @ ICE San Francisco Protect Refugees: Cambodian Deportation Defense Rally @ ICE San Francisco Feb 13 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets We need your help! The Cambodian American community is under attack by ICE. ICE is scheduling check-ins for Cambodian Americans with deportation orders on March 13th at the San Francisco ICE building. WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY FROM DEPORTATION. We are hosting a rally in support of impacted folks and their families who have check-ins that day. We need folks to: – Support folks with check-ins by showing up and letting them know there is a community that supports, loves, and will fight for them – Support impacted folks’ … Continued 8:30 am Court Support for Anti-Fascists @ Sacramento Court House, Dept 63 Court Support for Anti-Fascists @ Sacramento Court House, Dept 63 Feb 13 @ 8:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets The charges are as follows: Felarca: felony assault with great bodily injury, misdemeanor riot and misdemeanor inciting riot Williams: felony assault with a deadly weapon, misdemeanor riot Paz: misdemeanor assault, misdemeanor riot This is a gross miscarriage of justice. The prosecutor’s case at the evidentiary hearing relied heavily on unauthenticated video and a single witness, the CHP officer, Ayres. His testimony made crystal clear the selective nature and bias of his “investigation” into the protest on June 26, 2016. He was loathe to even characterize the Traditionalist Workers Party as … Continued 5:00 pm Cooperation Jackson Fundraiser @ Law Offices of Siegel, Yee, Brunner and Mehta, Suite 500 Cooperation Jackson Fundraiser @ Law Offices of Siegel, Yee, Brunner and Mehta, Suite 500 Feb 13 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets We will be joined by Cooperation Jackson Co-Founder and Executive Director, Kali Akuno. The program will feature a presentation about the innovative work of Cooperation Jackson, and will focus in particular on their two primary initiatives for 2019: Revitalizing a former Grocery Plaza and exhibiting their first digitally fabricated homes on their Ewing Street Eco-Village Pilot Project. For those who don’t know, Cooperation Jackson is an emerging network of worker cooperatives and supporting solidarity economy institutions and practices based in Jackson, Mississippi. For more information on Cooperation Jackson visit www.CooperationJackson.org. … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Omni Commons Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Omni Commons Feb 13 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for surveillance regulation around the Bay. We fight against “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” spy drones, facial recognition, police body cameras and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones, to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government. We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate in op-eds and in the streets. We stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter and believe no … Continued 7:00 pm A new hope for tech activism @ Eli's Mile High Club A new hope for tech activism @ Eli's Mile High Club Feb 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen a huge upsurge in activism within the technology community. From the walkouts at Google to labor organizing at Amazon, tech workers are starting to see a connection between their work and social issues. Engineer, activist, and entrepreneur Leigh Honeywell has been at the forefront of tech activism for many years. We’ll be talking to her about the new tech activism, and the politics of a life lived online. Honeywell founded two hackerspaces (HackLabTO in Toronto, and the Seattle Attic Community Workshop in Seattle), created the … Continued 7:00 pm No Coal In Richmond @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center No Coal In Richmond @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Feb 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Coal outta Richmond! Mile-long coal trains of 100 open railcars run through Richmond’s residential neighborhoods and are unloaded at the Levin-Richmond Terminal, only a few blocks from homes, schools, and workplaces. As we transition to a fossil-free future, the coal industry is maintaining its profits by increasing exports. Coal-burning power plants in China, Korea and Japan make West Coast ports such as Richmond prime targets for coal exports. These power plants have been cited as being a main reason for the increase in the carbon that is accelerating our climate … Continued 7:00 pm You Say You Want A Revolution: Student Struggles of the 60’s and 70’s for a Better World @ The Green Arcade You Say You Want A Revolution: Student Struggles of the 60’s and 70’s for a Better World @ The Green Arcade Feb 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets When Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and The Progressive Labor Party (PL) splintered in June 1969, a majority of the delegates supported the program of its Worker-Student Alliance caucus. These candid accounts by WSA activists bring to life their struggles to end the Vietnam War and achieve social justice-and evaluate both WSA’s successes and its failure to achieve its promise. The contributors in this book were mostly members of WSA, whose formation was initiated by the Maoist Progressive Labor Party. Here they recount and evaluate their participation in the … Continued	8:00 am Homeless Eviction Support Needed! @ Lake Merritt North Shore by the columns Homeless Eviction Support Needed! @ Lake Merritt North Shore by the columns Feb 14 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets EVICTION SUPPORT NEEDED Thu & Fri starting 8amAll Lake Merritt camps getting booted. Bring coffee, bkfst, trashbags, lunch. Starting at columns @Lakeshore— Anti Police-Terror (@APTPaction) February 13, 2019 65638 9:00 am Make Sure the BART Board Approves Oscar Grant Way! @ BART Boardroom, 20th Street Mall, Third Floor Make Sure the BART Board Approves Oscar Grant Way! @ BART Boardroom, 20th Street Mall, Third Floor Feb 14 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Join us this Thursday at the BART Board mtg and next week to celebrate the people that made #ReclaimMLKOak possible . Last month the Oakland City Council unanimously approved a resolution to name an unnamed street near Fruitvale Station as Oscar Grant Way. Join us and Oscar Grant’s family this Thursday at the BART Board of Directors meeting to make sure they approve the motion! Dear APTP supporters, Huge THANK YOU to everyone that came out last month to support the 5th Annual People’s March to Reclaim King’s Legacy! It … Continued 10:00 am Alameda County Fire seeks drone policy @ Alameda County Administration Building, 5th Floor Alameda County Fire seeks drone policy @ Alameda County Administration Building, 5th Floor Feb 14 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets ALAMEDA COUNTY Board of Supervisors Public Protection Committee meeting ENTIRE AGENDA HERE -FIRE DRONES- Several years back, Alameda County residents , because of privacy concerns, opposed a plan by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department to use “small unmanned aerial systems” AKA drones to fight crime. Ultimately the drones were purchased and a policy for its use was crafted by residents and law enforcement. Now, the Alameda County Fire Department wants its own policy to use drones to fight fires. The early stages of a policy comes before the Alameda … Continued 10:00 am Community-Based Solutions to the Housing Crisis @ The California Endowment Conference Center Community-Based Solutions to the Housing Crisis @ The California Endowment Conference Center Feb 14 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Can’t Build Our Way Out We invite our allies, the media, government staff, and funders to hear from local community groups working to house low-income people and people of color—who have experienced consecutive waves of housing crises—and built lasting solutions in the process. We will host a moderated panel to amplify the voices and accomplishments of Serve the People San Jose, The Village, and others. Panelists will discuss the importance and potential of public land, community land trusts, and permanently affordable housing structures. The event is free, but please register … Continued 12:00 pm Big Banks: Break up with Private Prisons or we’ll Break up with You Big Banks: Break up with Private Prisons or we’ll Break up with You Feb 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets This Valentine’s Day, we’re turning up the pressure on Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase in San Francisco. Will you join us? Click here to RSVP. What: Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase: Break up with private prisons or we’ll break up with you (Rally and petition delivery) Sixty percent of the immigrants the Trump administration locked up are being held in private prisons built by companies like CoreCivic and GEO Group. Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase finance billions of dollars of their debt. All these banks need to do is stop … Continued 12:00 pm Dear Wells & CHASE, Show Your Love! Muestra Tu Amor! Dear Wells & CHASE, Show Your Love! Muestra Tu Amor! Feb 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets On Valentine’s Day, join Mujeres Unidas y Activas, La Colectiva de Mujeres, MomsRising, Bay Resistance, Candide Group, Hand in Hand, the national FamiliesBelongTogether Coalition and others to ask WellsFargo and JPMorgan Chase To Break Up with Private Prisons and Immigration Detention Centers! While professing respect for human rights, Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase continue to fund GEO Group and CoreCivic; the biggest operators of private prisons and immigrant detention centers. Let’s tell Jamie Dimon (Chase) and Timothy Sloan (Wells) that we’re not afraid to align our money with our values. … Continued	8:00 am Homeless Eviction Support Needed! @ Lake Merritt North Shore by the columns Homeless Eviction Support Needed! @ Lake Merritt North Shore by the columns Feb 15 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets EVICTION SUPPORT NEEDED Thu & Fri starting 8amAll Lake Merritt camps getting booted. Bring coffee, bkfst, trashbags, lunch. Starting at columns @Lakeshore— Anti Police-Terror (@APTPaction) February 13, 2019 65638 6:00 pm Faces of Houselessness: It Could Happen To Anyone @ Berkeley Animal Rights Center Faces of Houselessness: It Could Happen To Anyone @ Berkeley Animal Rights Center Feb 15 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets A lot of people have not heard in depth details of what people who are in the circumstance of not having a house to live in, go through. Join us at the Berkeley Animal Rights Center for a personal presentation from Robin Housley about that subject exactly with a surprise guest. This surprise guest, due to a life threatening illness, lost their job while getting medical treatment and subsequently lost their place of residence. They were living without a house for nearly three years on the streets, primarily in San … Continued 6:30 pm Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance Meeting @ Omni Commons Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance Meeting @ Omni Commons Feb 15 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Please be on time, so we can start the meeting early. We’ll be discussing and planning our next direct action for the month of February, and sharing community updates.65608 7:00 pm Film The Black Panthers – Vanguard of the Revolution @ Revolution Books Film The Black Panthers – Vanguard of the Revolution @ Revolution Books Feb 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution is a 2015 documentary directed and written by Stanley Nelson Jr. The Black Panther Party burst onto the scene in the late ’60s, standing up to police brutality and murder, taking out a message of revolution, drawing forward thousands of Black youth. It was viciously attacked by the government. The director sets out to tell the story of the rise and fall of the The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense by weaving together rare archival footage, interviews with ex-Panthers and others, and music. … Continued	11:30 am Public Hearing on Policing in the Homeless Community @ Taylor Memorial Church Public Hearing on Policing in the Homeless Community @ Taylor Memorial Church Feb 16 @ 11:30 am – 4:00 pm Tickets The Oakland Police Commission is holding it’s first special public hearing. The commissioners decided to focus on homelessness. #OakMtg pic.twitter.com/QA2pZ2HhQC— Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) February 2, 2019 65586 12:00 pm Nude Valentine Parade Nude Valentine Parade Feb 16 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets In San Francisco we celebrate Valentine’s Week – the week of love and friendship – with an annual Nude Valentine Parade. Why nude? Because it’s much more interesting and fun that way, and because nudity and love go well together. But more importantly, this is a way to reduce the harm that prudishness does to our society. The parade starts in the Castro District – once famous as the nation’s center of gay love – and ends in the Haight-Ashbury District – where the Summer of Love took place in the … Continued 3:30 pm Bay Area Extinction Rebellion Opening Event: Grief and Solidarity @ Athol Plaza Bay Area Extinction Rebellion Opening Event: Grief and Solidarity @ Athol Plaza Feb 16 @ 3:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join Extinction Rebellion, an international direct action movement, on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at 3:30 pm for an opening ceremony and solidarity gathering! We begin our afternoon at Athol Plaza in Downtown Oakland with opening remarks, before starting our contemplative walk to the lake; we will then gather around the Lake Merritt Amphitheater for a ceremony and incredible lineup of speakers. In the spirit of grief, love, and compassion, we will gather to honor Earth and to affirm our commitment to rebel nonviolently against government inaction on climate change. The … Continued

Week of February 10

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.