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Contrary to the big plans of becoming a leader in … Continued 2:00 pm Alternatives to Policing 3: Deep Culture @ First Congregational Church of Oakland Alternatives to Policing 3: Deep Culture @ First Congregational Church of Oakland May 19 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets In this third in our series of workshops to create alternatives to relying on policing, we’ll work together to identify elements of white supremacy culture, police and law enforcement culture. Then we’ll engage with just transition culture. We’ll examine the cultures of our own organizations and map them toward a just transition. We’ll imagine together some steps in that journey. ABOUT THE TRAINER We are thrilled to welcome Patricia St. Onge (Haudenosaunee and Quebecois, adopted Lakota) to lead us in this work. Patricia is the founder of Seven Generations Consulting … Continued 4:30 pm Free Films, Food, + Forum: Black Diaspora @ Omni Commons Free Films, Food, + Forum: Black Diaspora @ Omni Commons May 19 @ 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Liberated Lens invites you to a screening of short films across the Black Diaspora with a post-screening discussion with Aldane Walters & Marna Paintsil Anning. This event is free and food will be provided! Doors open at 4:30 pm on Sunday, May 19th at Omni Commons. This event is wheel chair accessible. For more information go to LiberatedLens.org or contact (510) 863-4331.66496	7:00 pm Equity Indicators and the People’s Budget: Week 1 – Housing @ ACCE Equity Indicators and the People’s Budget: Week 1 – Housing @ ACCE May 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets A 6-week series to help us develop a deeper analysis and to call attention to the kinds of changes needed in the City’s budget and policies. 4/15 – Housing 4/22 – Economy 4/29 – Education 5/6 – Public Health 5/13 – Neighborhood Life 5/20 – Public Safety The first week’s workshop on the Housing Indicators is the first of a 6-week series to help us develop a deeper analysis and to call attention to the kinds of changes needed in the City’s budget and policies. Join us for this deeper … Continued	4:30 pm Audit the Sheriff – Rally and Press Conference @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheatre Audit the Sheriff – Rally and Press Conference @ Oscar Grant Plaza amphitheatre May 21 @ 4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Tuesday May 21: Turn out for a rally and press conference followed by public comment. We need you to help us push #AuditAhern forward. The abuses committed by ACSO are unacceptable. We will not be silent. We will not be complacent. pic.twitter.com/WpsviplSC6— Ella Baker Center (@ellabakercenter) May 16, 2019 66572 5:30 pm CloseThe Loopholes in Oakland Rent Control @ Oakland City Hall Council Chambers, CloseThe Loopholes in Oakland Rent Control @ Oakland City Hall Council Chambers, May 21 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets We don’t have to wait to repeal Costa Hawkins to fight displacement and stabilize the homes of thousands of tenants in Oakland NOW. Oakland City Council has the power to remove rent-control exemptions on thousands of currently owner-occupied duplex and triplex units in Oakland and protect the futures of families in thousands more. It’s time we demand they take action to stop displacement and rent gouging. Closing the rent stabilization loophole for owner-occupied 2-3 unit buildings would immediately: • Protect an estimated 5,100 tenants already living owner-occupied duplexes or triplex … Continued 6:30 pm Tell the City Council: Coal Outta Richmond @ Richmond City Hall Tell the City Council: Coal Outta Richmond @ Richmond City Hall May 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets We need to tell the Richmond City Council to phase out coal operations at every meeting of the council. A couple of people speaking at each meeting can be effective in keeping council members aware of the urgency of this issue and the popular support for the ordinance phasing out coal, presently with the city attorney’s office. In addition, it publicizes the issue to those who watch the televised (and archived) meeting or read the on-line minutes. The opportunity to speak up about coal is during the Open Forum. This time … Continued 7:00 pm Socialist Night School Film Night: The Battle of Chile @ East Bay Community Space Socialist Night School Film Night: The Battle of Chile @ East Bay Community Space May 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Socialist Night School takes a post-convention breather on May 21 for our first film night, the second session in our three-part series on imperialism and internationalism. We’ll be holding a special screening of Part I of Patricio Guzman’s The Battle of Chile, the legendary documentary about the social revolution that brought Salvador Allende to power in Chile in the 1970s and its violent repression. Here’s your chance to see what the Village Voice called “the major political film of our times.” We will also have LaCroix and snacks! See the … Continued	8:00 am Lawsuit Trial Date: Berkeley’s Homeless v City of Berkeley @ Federal Courthouse, Courtroom 12, 19th floor Lawsuit Trial Date: Berkeley’s Homeless v City of Berkeley @ Federal Courthouse, Courtroom 12, 19th floor May 22 @ 8:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets A trial will be held to determine whether the City of Berkeley persecuted First They Came for the Homeless, aka The Poor Tour, a group of politicized homeless individuals, for their political activities. Jury selection commences on the 20th.66470 7:00 pm LIBERATE THE CAGED VOICES @ Octopus Literary Salon LIBERATE THE CAGED VOICES @ Octopus Literary Salon May 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets California Prison Focus presents “Liberate the Caged Voices”, to foster engagement between the community and those living behind bars through music, letters, and poetry. 66569 7:00 pm Review of Berkeley Police surveillance policies @ South Berkeley Senior Center Review of Berkeley Police surveillance policies @ South Berkeley Senior Center May 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets This police review commission meeting will feature a discussion on the Berkeley Police Department’s surveillance policies regarding the following: +Body Worn Cameras +Automatic License Plate Readers +GPS Trackers +More? There will also be a discussion on data collection and analysis from police stops. Public comment will be at the very start of the meeting, with additional time at the very end of the meeting. Heads Up… local Blue Lives Matters activist Christine Schwartz will be at the meeting filming public speakers for the purposes of harassment. She has habitually been … Continued	6:00 pm Movie Night at Reem’s @ Reem's Bakery Movie Night at Reem’s @ Reem's Bakery May 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Movie Nights at Reem’s The Arab Film and Media Institute and Reem’s are partnering to bring some of our favorite Arab films to Oakland. Screenings are free + the amazing team at Reem’s will be serving the full menu throughout the evening. And that’s not all! There will be movie snacks (including za’atar popcorn!), April 11: Refugee Stories Far from a one-size-fits-all marking of “experience” so often depicted on Western media outlets when it comes to the plight of the refugee, this program of 5 powerful short documentaries spotlight the … Continued 6:00 pm Wellstone Club: “Alameda County Politics, Urgent and Overlooked: Sheriff Ahern, Public Safety, Sanctuary, Housing @ Humanist Hall Wellstone Club: “Alameda County Politics, Urgent and Overlooked: Sheriff Ahern, Public Safety, Sanctuary, Housing @ Humanist Hall May 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Speakers Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, District 3 Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, District 5 Brian Hofer, Chair of Oakland Privacy Commission potluck at 6PM – meeting at 6:45PM Please Bring Something to Share 66452 6:30 pm Beer and Roses DSA Labor Social @ Blind Tiger Beer and Roses DSA Labor Social @ Blind Tiger May 23 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join East Bay DSA’s Labor Committee for their regular Beer and Roses Social! Hang out with other members who are interested in the labor movement, hear about what’s happening in the East Bay DSA Labor Committee, and learn how you can get involved! 65416	12:00 pm Free Chelsea Manning Oakland Weekly Friday Vigil Free Chelsea Manning Oakland Weekly Friday Vigil May 24 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets TILL SHE IS FREE OR MARYTRED YEAH IT/S VERY SERIOUS BASTA !!! FREE CHELSEA MANNING WEEKLY VIGIL optional after meeting/party rain cancels.66601 4:00 pm The Housed for the Unhoused @ Oscar Grant Plaza The Housed for the Unhoused @ Oscar Grant Plaza May 24 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Housed folks: show up this Friday w/ POOR Magazine in solidarity with your unhoused neighbors who are getting swept & criminalized all over the Bay. This brutality won't end until housed & unhoused folks stand together. 1pm SF City Hall4pm Oakland City Hall#StopTheSweeps pic.twitter.com/OyyWlaewQ8— DSA San Francisco (@DSA_SF) May 22, 2019 66609 7:00 pm Memorial for Homeless Berkeley Resident William Caldeira, aka ‘300’ Memorial for Homeless Berkeley Resident William Caldeira, aka ‘300’ May 24 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets 66610	12:00 pm AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY @ Tassafaronga Center AFRICAN LIBERATION DAY @ Tassafaronga Center May 25 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets The All African People’s Revolutionary Party and Eastside Arts Alliance invite you to African Liberation Day, featuring solidarity statements from the Haiti Action Committee, performance by Mistah Fab, food and more! 66607 1:00 pm Reception & Book Talk: Ghosts of Gold Mountain @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center Reception & Book Talk: Ghosts of Gold Mountain @ Oakland Asian Cultural Center May 25 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Book talk and signing with Gordon H. Chang for Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Story of the Chinese who Built the Transcontinental Railroad. GHOSTS OF GOLD MOUNTAIN: The Epic Story of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, on sale May 7, 2019) by award-winning scholar Gordon H. Chang is a groundbreaking account that draws on unprecedented research to recover the Chinese railroad workers’ stories and celebrate their role in remaking America. An invaluable correction of a great historical injustice, GHOSTS OF GOLD MOUNTAIN returns these … Continued 3:00 pm KPFA Movie Matinee: Mi Familia @ New Parkway Theater KPFA Movie Matinee: Mi Familia @ New Parkway Theater May 25 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets “When I was born here, this was Mexico, and where I die, this is still Mexico.” El Californio, from Mi Familia. A second-generation Mexican immigrant narrates his family history, beginning with the journey of his father, Jose, across Mexico to Los Angeles where he meets Maria, and starts a family. Each subsequent generation contends with political and social hardships, ranging from illegal deportations in the 1940s to racial tensions and gang fights in the ’60s and ’70s. Yet through it all, or perhaps because of it, the family remains strong. Join … 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.