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All-day Tiny House for Homeless Youth Community Project Tiny House for Homeless Youth Community Project Sep 8 all-day Tickets In January 2016, youth at YSA initiated a community organizing campaign to build a Youth Tiny House Village in the San Francisco East Bay. They are working in partnership with non-profit developer Housing Consortium of the East Bay and the local interfaith community to complete a multi-face, community-led Village that is designed by the young people it will benefit. The Village will feature: – 14 secure 8′ x 10′ Tiny Houses with lofted beds, windows, skylight, storage, electricity, furnishings – On-site, clean communal bathrooms and showers – A kitchen yurt … Continued	Soil Not Oil Conference @ Grey Area Theater Soil Not Oil Conference @ Grey Area Theater Sep 9 all-day Tickets Attend the fifth annual Soil Not Oil International Conference to learn about practical steps to achieve environmental justice and steward a path towards a thriving planet. The conference will cover topics such as carbon sequestration, regenerative agriculture, soil ecology, and biodiversity. Students, educators, activists, farmers, scientists, investors, policy makers, healthcare providers, urban planners, and environmental changemakers are invited to participate. Keynote speakers: Bobby Kennedy Jr., president of Waterkeeper Alliance Jonathan Latham, executive director of the Bioscience Research Project Elizabeth Kaiser, owner of Singing Frogs Farm Anne Bilke, biologist and science communicator R … Continued	Soil Not Oil Conference @ Grey Area Theater Soil Not Oil Conference @ Grey Area Theater Sep 10 all-day Tickets Attend the fifth annual Soil Not Oil International Conference to learn about practical steps to achieve environmental justice and steward a path towards a thriving planet. The conference will cover topics such as carbon sequestration, regenerative agriculture, soil ecology, and biodiversity. Students, educators, activists, farmers, scientists, investors, policy makers, healthcare providers, urban planners, and environmental changemakers are invited to participate. Keynote speakers: Bobby Kennedy Jr., president of Waterkeeper Alliance Jonathan Latham, executive director of the Bioscience Research Project Elizabeth Kaiser, owner of Singing Frogs Farm Anne Bilke, biologist and science communicator R … 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 10:30 am Rising to the Climate Emergency: What Can we Count On? @ Unitarian Universalist Hall Rising to the Climate Emergency: What Can we Count On? @ Unitarian Universalist Hall Sep 8 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets When you think of the upcoming Global Climate Strike (Sept. 20-27), who is leading the demonstrations? Young people, right? They’re increasingly taking the lead for climate related actions through organizations such as Sunrise. “The dark hour in America cannot last,” proclaims this new youth-centered activist group. But marching beside the young people is spirit if not always in body will be revered elders in the ecology movement such as Joanna Macy, the author of 13 books and a veteran of six decades of political activism. In fact, Macy and Sunrise … Continued 12:00 pm 45th St commUNITY Meal, Clean-Up, Care Kits 45th St commUNITY Meal, Clean-Up, Care Kits Sep 8 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Hosted by North Oakland Restorative Justice Council We invite you to our next edition of our 45th St Brunches & Brooms, a neighborhood cleanup, community meal, and hygiene/winter gear kit distribution centering at the highway underpass off of 45th Street and MLK. In partnership with our neighbors who live there, we would like to gather to share some food and help with cleaning up the dumping under the 45th overpass. Donate at Facebook Giving: https://www.facebook.com/donate/361009014828047/ GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/45th-st-community-cleanup-meal-care-kit Help us assembles hot meals and care kits for 250 unhoused neighbors, that … Continued 12:00 pm Free Oakland Up Fundraiser Plant Sale Free Oakland Up Fundraiser Plant Sale Sep 8 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Save the date for the next Plant Sale fundraiser! The official Ambassador Greeters, Lulu and Deuce, will be there to gladly accept your lovin’. Free Oakland UP An alternative retail space focused on the economy, the environment and building community by offering FREE art and everyday items. One free item per person per day. For a fair monetary donation you may choose more. More treasures!! Gallery:offering monthly solo or group exhibitions featuring experimental, interactive projects focused on alternative economies, cultivating socially activated art, sustainability and building community through art … Continued 1:00 pm DSA General Meeting @ Omni Commons DSA General Meeting @ Omni Commons Sep 8 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets All-Member Meeting: Socialists & the Labor Movement This month’s all-member meeting will be focused on the role of socialists in the labor movement. We’ll talk about the history of labor movement, how members are engaging with their unions, and how DSA can support and strengthen union activity. We need volunteers! From setup to sign-in to mic-running, volunteering for our meetings is easy and low-commitment. Volunteer here: https://forms.gle/NzYMzXKQYVy1mFUC8 . Use this form, too, if you have child supervision or accessibility needs, including the need for an ASL interpreter. Our next voting General Meeting … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Sep 8 @ 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 5:00 pm Green Sunday: Dr. Jack Rasmus on “Trump’s Economy: Trade Wars, Tax Cuts, and Recession” @ Niebyl Proctor Library Green Sunday: Dr. Jack Rasmus on “Trump’s Economy: Trade Wars, Tax Cuts, and Recession” @ Niebyl Proctor Library Sep 8 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Global recession is underway. Manufacturing is contracting worldwide. Trade is no longer growing. Germany and Europe are on the brink, Japan is stagnating, and China is slowing. On the financial side of the global economy, stock markets are becoming unstable, bonds and gold are in a bubble, oil, commodities and currencies are deflating, financial crises are erupting in Argentina, South America, and India, and German and Italian banks are becoming fragile. In the USA business investment and construction are contracting and manufacturing has stalled. Meanwhile, corporate, household and government debt … Continued	5:30 pm “Now What”: The State of Immigration Under Trump @ Yelp HQ “Now What”: The State of Immigration Under Trump @ Yelp HQ Sep 9 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/now-what-the-state-of-immigration-under-trump-tickets-70589357669 Border walls. Travel bans. ICE raids. Separation of families. Deaths of migrant children at the border. These immigration issues have been consistently pushed to the forefront since Trump took office. In the United States, immigration has been an integral part of our history. But why has it become such a contested topic today? What is actually happening at the U.S Mexico border? How are Trump’s policies affecting migrant communities? And most importantly, what can we do to make a difference? At this panel, we will hear from community … Continued 7:00 pm BALPA: Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance @ Omni Commons BALPA: Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance @ Omni Commons Sep 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets 9/9: Will be discussing issues related to this Crackdown and our strategy for the next 3 to 6 months. 9/16: We have many, many issues to discuss, including the forthcoming visit of Donald Trump and Ben Carson.67064 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Sep 9 @ 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 Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Niebyl-Proctor Library Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Niebyl-Proctor Library Sep 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets We are delaying our normal monthly 1st Monday meeting for a week because of Labor Day. Meeting 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 stopping police brutality. In alliance with the International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU) we organized the October 23, 2010 labor and community rally for Justice for Oscar Grant. On that … Continued	7:00 pm The Testaments by Margaret Atwood – community reading/release party @ Revolution Books The Testaments by Margaret Atwood – community reading/release party @ Revolution Books Sep 10 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets The Testaments by Margaret Atwood – community reading/release party Get your copy of THE TESTAMENTS. Find out what happened to Offred of THE HANDMAID’S TALE. “Dear Readers: Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost everything! The other inspiration is the world we’ve been living in.” -Margaret Atwood The author Margaret Atwood will not be present. Price: Free For more event information: https://www.revolutionbooks.org/67054	2:00 pm FILM SCREENING: THE POLLINATORS @ UA Berkeley 7 FILM SCREENING: THE POLLINATORS @ UA Berkeley 7 Sep 11 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets One Time Showing: The Pollinators Promoted by Pat Schwinn THE POLLINATORS Year: 2019 Genre: Documentary – Environmental Producers: Sally Roy, Peter Nelson and Michael Reuter Director: Peter Nelson Thousands of semi-trailers crisscross the country in the dead of night delivering goods through the darkness to stores, warehouses and factories nationwide. But some of them carry an unsuspected and highly unusual cargo. Honey bees. Tens of billions of them are transported back and forth from one end of the United States to the other in a unique annual migration that’s indispensable … Continued 6:30 pm AN EVENING WITH FEDERAL JUDGE AND AUTHOR WILLIAM ALSUP @ David Brower Center AN EVENING WITH FEDERAL JUDGE AND AUTHOR WILLIAM ALSUP @ David Brower Center Sep 11 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Judge Alsup has been in the news, having presided over some high-profile cases, including the case preserving DACA, cases preserving Berkeley’s historic post office, cases involving Berkeley’s homeless, the dispute over the Albany Hill Cross, Waymo v. Uber, Oracle v. Google, and the prosecution of the MS-13 gang. As a judge, he cannot discuss these or other cases, but they help show his depth of experience. Please join California Institute for Community, Art & Nature for a reception and conversation with William Alsup about his new book, Won Over: Reflections … Continued 6:45 pm Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Movement Strategy Center Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Movement Strategy Center Sep 11 @ 6:45 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Want to get involved with SURJ Bay Area? Come learn about our current work and activities. SURJ moves white people to act for justice, with passion and accountability, as part of a multi-racial majority. You will hear about SURJ’s pathways for entering the work, including committee work, upcoming workshops, and events. We’ll answer your questions and share how you can get involved in the movement for racial justice. LOCATION AND ACCESS: The Movement Strategy Center is located at 436 14th St., Ste 500, (5th floor) at the corner of … Continued 7:00 pm Police Commission Evaluation Community Meeting – Coalition for Police Accountability @ CHORI Police Commission Evaluation Community Meeting – Coalition for Police Accountability @ CHORI Sep 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets 67039	3:00 pm Belonging in Practice: How to Be Antiracist @ UC Berkeley, 101 Zellerbach Hall Belonging in Practice: How to Be Antiracist @ UC Berkeley, 101 Zellerbach Hall Sep 12 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets This is a community event open to all. REGISTER “We know how to be racist. We know how to pretend to be not racist. Now let’s know how to be antiracist.” – Ibram X. Kendi Borealis Philanthropy, the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society and Northern California Grantmakers are excited to invite you to a special afternoon with Ibram X. Kendi, one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist voices. In his new book, How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi holds up both a magnifying glass and a mirror to examine … Continued 6:00 pm Caring For The Community film screening Caring For The Community film screening Sep 12 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join Councilwoman Cheryl Davila for an evening of film screenings and a discussion panel on solutions to homelessness. Films: 24 hours by Yesica Prado Tent City by 393 Films https://www.tentcitythemovie.com/ Homeless First by Anka Karewicz & Travis Schirmer (Liberated Lens Film Collective) https://liberatedlens.org/our-work/first-they-came-for-the-homeless-homeless-first/ 67065 6:30 pm OAKLAND POLICE COMMISSION @ Oakland City Hall OAKLAND POLICE COMMISSION @ Oakland City Hall Sep 12 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Full Agenda VIII. OPD Plan for Working with the City’s Social Media Policy IX. OPD Towing Policy Regarding Victims of Crime X. Review of CPRA Pending Cases and Completed Investigations XI. Scheduling a Public Hearing on Use of Force67060		10:30 am Film Screening: Power to Heal @ Rialto Cinema Film Screening: Power to Heal @ Rialto Cinema Sep 14 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Join us on 9/14/19 for a showing of blbfilmproductions.com Health Care for All – Contra Costa and Alameda County Chapters will show The Power to Heal: Medicare And The Civil Rights Revolution, a 56-minutes long public television documentary that tells a poignant chapter in the historic struggle to secure equal and adequate access to healthcare for all Americans. This film was shown in July at the NAACP National Convention in Detroit. After movie Q&A with: Rochelle Pardue-Okimoto, Mayor of City of El Cerrito Myrtle Braxton, Chair, Richmond Commission on Aging … Continued 3:00 pm Spokescouncil for Sept 25 Global Climate Strike Action @ Omni Commons Spokescouncil for Sept 25 Global Climate Strike Action @ Omni Commons Sep 14 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Action Spokescouncil* called for by Idle No More SF Bay, The Society of Fearless Grandmothers, Extinction Rebellion SF Bay, Diablo Rising Tide and the 1000 Grandmothers Bay Area. *For Spokescouncils, we are encouraging groups, organizations and individuals to organize affinity groups (AG) and send spokespeople who represent affinity groups or clusters of affinity groups. These will be the ‘empowered’ representatives who represent and are responsible for consulting others in their AG or cluster for input and decisions. RSVP form:https://actionnetwork.org/forms/september-14th-1st-spokescouncil-meeting-for-sept-25-action/67057 6:30 pm Pedie Perez 5th Year Memorial @ Uncle Sam's Liquors Pedie Perez 5th Year Memorial @ Uncle Sam's Liquors Sep 14 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets PEDIE PEREZ‘ 5th Year Memorial Saturday, September 14th at Dusk (~6:30 PM) @ Uncle Sam’s Liquors 3322 Cutting Blvd, Richmond, CA 94804 REMEMBERING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PEDIE’S 30TH BIRTHDAY CANDLE-LIGHTING BALLOON RELEASE refreshments Pedie was an intoxicated young man who tried to walk away from a Richmond cop who was hassling him. The police officer, Wallace Jensen, claimed that when he tried to apprehend Pedie the unarmed young man tried to grab his gun, so he stepped back and fired 3 rounds into Pedie, killing him. The surveillance video … Continued

Week of September 8

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.