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Dr. Hing’s expertise includes Immigration Law and Policy, Migration … Continued 10:00 am Antidotes to White Fragility Workshop @ Sierra Club Antidotes to White Fragility Workshop @ Sierra Club Sep 15 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets What skills, tools and approaches are useful in encouraging white people to sustain balanced engagement with anti-racism/racial justice education and work? How can we cultivate resilience (as opposed to white fragility) in ourselves, our communities, and our movements? White Fragility is defined by Robin DiAngelo as “A state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include the outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation … Continued 10:30 am Gloria Steinem was a CIA Agent. @ Niebyl Proctor Library Gloria Steinem was a CIA Agent. @ Niebyl Proctor Library Sep 15 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library Gloria Steinem was a CIA Agent. She proudly admits it, so does the CIA. After a brief introduction from ICSS member Eugene Ruyle, we will have an open discussion of two readings: 1. The feminist was a spook, By Markos Kounalakis https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-gloria-steinem-cia-20151025-story.html 2. The Mighty Wurlitzer: How the CIA Played America https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol52no2/intelligence-in-recent-public-literature-1.html FREE – but hat will be passed for donations to ICSS About Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library A weekly discussion series inspired by our respect for the work of Karl Marx and … Continued 11:00 am Climate Justice – Non-Violent Direct Training @ Omni Commons Climate Justice – Non-Violent Direct Training @ Omni Commons Sep 15 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets ACTIVATING THE ENTIRE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA for the Global Climate Strike September 20-27, 2019 & beyond WHAT IS NVDA? NVDA stands for Non-Violent Direct Action. Examples of nonviolent direct action (also known as nonviolence, nonviolent resistance, or civil resistance) can include sit-ins, strikes, workplace occupations, or street blockades.66983 2:00 pm Alternatives to Policing 5: Verbal De-Escalation @ First Congregational Church of Oakland Alternatives to Policing 5: Verbal De-Escalation @ First Congregational Church of Oakland Sep 15 @ 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Community security and safety strategies are a critical component to building alternatives to policing and the prison industrial complex. This training will offer folks a chance to learn about the history of community security and safety, dig into some practical verbal de-escalation skills, with an emphasis on intervening in emotional crisis, and practice scenarios they might face in their day to day. Let’s build the alternatives we so desperately need together! Please wear comfortable clothing you can move in! We ask for a sliding scale donation of any amount to … Continued 2:00 pm Berkeley Police Review Commission Charter Amendment People’s Campaign @ Sports Basement Berkeley Police Review Commission Charter Amendment People’s Campaign @ Sports Basement Sep 15 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets special large meeting to launch a broad community campaign to get a charter amendment for a stronger police review commission in Berkeley on the 2020 ballot. Phase 1 of our ongoing campaign: -Recruit more people, from different sectors of the community, to get involved with this issue. -Educate the public about the need for a stronger police review function in Berkeley, especially given the continuing racial disparities in policing. -Build public pressure on the Mayor & City Council to put the charter amendment (Arreguin/Harrison version, which is currently under consideration) … Continued 2:00 pm Extinction Rebellion @ Dolores Park Extinction Rebellion @ Dolores Park Sep 15 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets General Meeting Our September General Meeting will be an informal gathering to greet new and ongoing rebels and help them plug in to upcoming events. We’ll be on the south side of the park – look for the Extinction Rebellion banner. Come on down! Ready to Swarm? After the general meeting, hang around for Swarming Training – as we go over what swarming is, how it works, how to be a police liaison and a lookout, and how to de-escalate tense situations. We’ll be doing plenty of practice and role … Continued 2:00 pm Reforming the Berkeley Police Commission @ Sports Basement Reforming the Berkeley Police Commission @ Sports Basement Sep 15 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets The 2018 Charter Amendment for a strengthened police commission is back for 2020. Please join a short-term “push,” over the next two months, to get the amendment on the ballot. Community members will meet for an hour on Sunday afternoon September 15 to get organized for action. This push will not require you to go door-to-door or get signatures on petitions. It will not require raising money. All that is necessary is for you to talk to people you already know, in your organization, congregation, union, club, or family and … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Sep 15 @ 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 4:00 pm Santa Rita Jail Support @ Lake Merritt BART Santa Rita Jail Support @ Lake Merritt BART Sep 15 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join APTP in offering hot food, drinks, snacks, and solidarity to releasees and visitors at Santa Rita Jail! Let us know you’ll be there by sending us a text at (510) 686-3284. Prisons function to repress, warehouse and extract labor from primarily those of us who are Black or poor. We believe that solidarity is a weapon of resistance, and that we must respond to the basic needs of our community while also confronting state terror. In honor of Dujuan Armstrong Jr. who entered Santa Rita Jail for a weekend … Continued	11:00 am Close The Camps – Free Our Children. Day of Action. @ Various locations as the day goes on. Beginning at: Close The Camps – Free Our Children. Day of Action. @ Various locations as the day goes on. Beginning at: Sep 16 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm Tickets Close the Camps – Free Our Children Schedule of Actions 11:00 AM RALLY at 24th & Mission Street 12:00 Noon MARCH to City Hall 1:00 PM RALLY at City Hall 3:00 PM Protest at ICE 3:00 PM Delegation to present DEMANDS to Congresswoman Pelosi 3:00 PM Delegation to present DEMANDS to Senator Feinstein 6:00 PM Mexican Independence Day Celebration & Rally at 24th & Mission Street WHO ARE WE? – Close the Camps – Free Our Children is a Bay Area grassroots coalition drawn together by outrage at the horrific … Continued 6:00 pm Public Bank of the East Bay Public Bank of the East Bay Sep 16 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets We’ll be holding our regular meeting of the Public Bank East Bay organizational group. We have moved the meeting to regular third Mondays, to make it more predictable and allow some new people to attend. We would LOVE to see you there. Lots to discuss! We had a very successful kick-off meeting for our interim bank board, which happened to be the same day the bill passed the state assembly. We have fundraising leads, and we think that the legislation being complete may open fundraising doors. The business plan … Continued 7:00 pm BALPA: Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance @ Omni Commons BALPA: Bay Area Landless People’s Alliance @ Omni Commons Sep 16 @ 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	10:30 am Ben Carson in SF: Hands Off Our Housing! Ben Carson in SF: Hands Off Our Housing! Sep 17 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am Tickets UD Director Ben Carson is coming to SF tomorrow. We will be there to demand more funding for affordable housing and to END the criminalization of homelessness! Join us! Text/call Sam Lew, Policy Director, for more info: 415-272-802267114 6:30 pm Author Talk: “Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance,” @ The Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics Author Talk: “Shut It Down: Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance,” @ The Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics Sep 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Author Lisa Fithian on New Book: “Shut It Down Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance” Doors open at 6:30pm. Event begins at 7pm. Our dear friend and long time direct action organizer Lisa Fithian has released a new book, called “Shut It Down Stories from a Fierce, Loving Resistance,” and we’re excited to host her in the Bay Area. Details on the book: For decades, Lisa Fithian’s work as an advocate for civil disobedience and nonviolent direct action has put her on the frontlines of change. Described by Mother Jones … Continued 6:30 pm DSA: Green New Deal Campaign Meeting @ Sports Basement DSA: Green New Deal Campaign Meeting @ Sports Basement Sep 17 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Care about climate change? Want a Green New Deal? Join us! Learn more about how to participate in the September 20 Climate Strike and week of action! 67051 7:00 pm Socialist Night School: The Last General Strike @ East Bay Community Space Socialist Night School: The Last General Strike @ East Bay Community Space Sep 17 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets A general strike is a strike action that includes a large part of the total labor force in a city, region, or country. General strikes are characterized by the participation of workers in a multitude of workplaces, and tend to involve entire communities. The idea of the general strike is powerful precisely because a massive and persistent withdrawal of labor can bring a capitalist city or even an entire economy to a halt. The last general strike in the United States occurred here in the East Bay in 1946. One … Continued	12:00 am What White People Don’t See: Applying the Lens of Privilege @ Movement Strategy Center What White People Don’t See: Applying the Lens of Privilege @ Movement Strategy Center Sep 18 @ 12:00 am – 1:00 am Tickets You believe in making a difference, but when it comes to racial justice, are your actions aligned with your beliefs? The work begins with looking in the mirror. Without intentional learning and reflection, white people may uphold beliefs and systems that perpetuate injustice. Join us for an intimate and interactive workshop in which we will unpack how whiteness has shaped our lives and discuss how white people who care can take action for racial justice. This workshop offers those who are new to racial justice work an opportunity to reflect … Continued 7:00 am Youth Climate Strike Bannering @ Pedestrian Bridge Youth Climate Strike Bannering @ Pedestrian Bridge Sep 18 @ 7:00 am – 8:30 am Tickets Join this event 67079 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Omni Commons Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Omni Commons Sep 18 @ 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 and nationwide. We fight against “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” spy drones, facial recognition, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones, to list just a few invasions of our privacy by all levels of Government, and attempts to hide what government officials, employees and agencies are doing. We draft and push for privacy legislation for City Councils, at the County level, and in Sacramento. We advocate … Continued 7:00 pm APTP Monthly Membership Meeting @ EastSide Arts Alliance APTP Monthly Membership Meeting @ EastSide Arts Alliance Sep 18 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The Anti Police-Terror Project meets the third Wednesday of every month. August’s agenda will include an update on developments at Santa Rita jail and an active shooter response training. In September we’re giving updates on our Police Commission campaign and about a local campaign to audit Sheriff Ahern; showing a short film about Dujuan Armstrong, who died in police custody at Santa Rita Jail earlier this year; and giving a quick update about our newly formed Sacramento chapter. Let us know if you can join us! Join us to find out … Continued	7:00 am Youth Climate Strike Bannering @ Pedestrian Bridge Youth Climate Strike Bannering @ Pedestrian Bridge Sep 19 @ 7:00 am – 8:30 am Tickets Join this event 67079 4:30 pm Never Again! Close the Camps! @ First Unitarian, San Francisco Never Again! Close the Camps! @ First Unitarian, San Francisco Sep 19 @ 4:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets We at the First Unitarian Universalist Society are reaching out to friends and activists who are interested in calling attention to the devastating and dehumanizing actions being carried out on our southern border towards persons seeking asylum which is their legal right. Since July 31, we have been witnessing on this issue after our Sunday Service, at 12:30 pm. We now are calling for others to join us in a much larger public event. Help us spread the word. Join us, lend your talents as artists and sign makers, singers … Continued 6:00 pm From the West Bank to Oakland: End Forced Displacement! @ Oscar Grant Plaza From the West Bank to Oakland: End Forced Displacement! @ Oscar Grant Plaza Sep 19 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets 67125 6:30 pm Green New Deal Campaign Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Green New Deal Campaign Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Sep 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Care about climate change? Want a Green New Deal? Join us! Learn more about how to participate in the September 20 Climate Strike and week of action! IMPORTANT UPDATE: Because of the conflict with Night School, we will be changing this event to 9/19, and will be holding it over Zoom. 67106 7:00 pm Omni General Assembly @ Omni Commons Omni General Assembly @ Omni Commons Sep 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Come by our open Delegates Meetings! We’ll give space to brief announcements, updates from working groups, proposals up for consensus, and discussion around important issues. The schedule is created weekly at the following url: https://pad.riseup.net/p/omninom This meeting usually happens in the Ballroom, but the the location may change depending on the access needs of people attending and other events taking place in the building.66939	7:30 am Berkeley Homeless Eviction Support Needed! @ Seabreeze Deli Berkeley Homeless Eviction Support Needed! @ Seabreeze Deli Sep 20 @ 7:30 am – 11:00 am Tickets EVICTION SUPPORT NEEDED: Tomorrow morning, Friday in Berkeley. Camp across from Seabreeze Deli, University & Frontage Rd.CalTrans is coming between 7:30 & 11:30am. Come ready to assist residents and document. #WhereDoWeGoBerk— Indybay (@Indybay) September 20, 2019 67128 10:00 am Climate Strike – San Francisco @ San Francisco Federal Bldg Climate Strike – San Francisco @ San Francisco Federal Bldg Sep 20 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets We call for a youth-led climate strike march, going to different targets that are contributing to climate breakdown, leaving our mark to let these places know what we are fighting for. We will again start at the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and will connect targets in government, finance, and energy. For those that can’t join in person, we will be asking people to post on social media and tag our targets. Demands: 1.WE DEMAND A SAFE, HEALTHY AND JUST PLANET. This climate crisis threatens our ability … Continued 11:00 am Climate Strike: Upper East Bay Area: Berkeley, UC Berkeley, Richmond Climate Strike: Upper East Bay Area: Berkeley, UC Berkeley, Richmond Sep 20 @ 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets This September 20 – 27th, millions of people around the world will walk out of our workplaces and homes to join youth climate strikers on the streets to march and demand an end to the age of fossil fuels, corporate pollution, and environmental destruction. Our house is on fire — let’s act like it. We demand climate justice for everyone. Help us change the world. Strike events on Global Climate Strike Day: Friday, September 20, 2019 Berkeley Climate Action Coalition/Ecology Center Strike Friday, September 20th, 15:00 p.m. Ecology Center Store/Offices … Continued 3:00 pm Hearing On Status Of Accused Murderer of Kishana Harley @ Walnut Creek Juvenile Court Hearing On Status Of Accused Murderer of Kishana Harley @ Walnut Creek Juvenile Court Sep 20 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Hearing On Status Of Accused Murderer of Kishana Harley September 20th, 9 AM Walnut Creek Juvenile Court Walnut Creek Superior Court 640 Ygnacio Valley Rd, Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Harley was a much-loved local activist who was brutally murdered in her home. Her comrades want answers. 67096 5:00 pm Recognition and Response Film Series: Big Charity @ National Nurses United headquarters Recognition and Response Film Series: Big Charity @ National Nurses United headquarters Sep 20 @ 5:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Three documentaries will screen outside on the plaza at National Nurses United headquarters. The art exhibition “Recognition: Labor Meets Art in Explorations of Social Justice and Identity,” will be open to the public during the screenings. The films feature three locations where Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) volunteers have deployed to provide direct relief and response to humanitarian, environmental, and social injustice: Post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans, Standing Rock, and rural Arizona. RNRN volunteers will introduce the films with stories of how RNs have intervened to provide direct care in support … Continued 5:30 pm SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN Sep 20 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets JOIN US TO SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN EVERY FRIDAY SAVE CHELSEA AND JULIAN FROM TORTURE AND DEATH NEWS LETTER 10/11/19 Please sign up for our emails and alerts at: https:/bayaction2freeassnge.org and watch “XY CHELSEA” go to SHOWTIME “XY CHELSEA” clk free 7 day suscription.or free @ https://archive.org/details/XYChelsea The Main Stream Media (MSM) is so full of lies, it’s got the masses confused!! There are only a few places we can get the truth.Chelsea and Julian were two of the most important WHISTLE BLOWERS to tell the truth about USA’s illegal, … Continued 7:00 pm NOT HAPPENING: Climate Emergency Action: Speak Up for Climate at El Cerrito City Council @ El Cerrito City Hall NOT HAPPENING: Climate Emergency Action: Speak Up for Climate at El Cerrito City Council @ El Cerrito City Hall Sep 20 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Climate Emergency Discussion at City Council Meeting: The El Cerrito City Council is expected to discuss a resolution to declare a climate emergency and request regional collaboration on an emergency mobilization effort to restore a safe and stable climate. Please urge your city council members to join the other 9 Bay Area cities and over 800 jurisdictions across the globe to take leadership and address climate change as the global threat that it is. Remind the Mayor and City Council members to support a strong Climate Emergency Resolution that supports: … Continued 8:00 pm PEOPLES PARK MOVIE NIGHT: Matewan @ People's Park PEOPLES PARK MOVIE NIGHT: Matewan @ People's Park Sep 20 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Matewan is an awesome film by John Sayles, based on a historic coal miners strike in West Virginia. Highly recommended! PEOPLES PARK MOVIE NIGHT a part of the people’s park potluck initiative Free Popcorn! Park movie Nights, every friday at 8pm: bring food and friends to share help build and develop this community of Resistance Protect our Green space, trees, Community, historical landmark, free speech, social justice, civil rights, gardens, music, art, style, freebox, recreation, climate, ecology, education, sports People’s park committee peoplespark.org 67127	9:00 am Elders Taking Action on Climate @ South Berkeley Senior Center Elders Taking Action on Climate @ South Berkeley Senior Center Sep 21 @ 9:00 am – 4:30 pm Tickets Join the Elders Climate Action for an informative, experiential program focused on steps we all can take to confront the climate crisis. Topics for the day include: The social and economic impacts of the fossil fuel industry and climate change in our communities. Working intergenerationally with local youth activists who will join us to share their strategies and dialogue about how we can support them Promising new technology solutions, as well as ones already available to us Elders Promote the Vote, a project targeting non-voting (!) environmentalists Ways to lower our own … Continued 9:00 am Reign, reign, go away: antidote to your inner Trump: the walking tour @ American Youth Hostel Reign, reign, go away: antidote to your inner Trump: the walking tour @ American Youth Hostel Sep 21 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Reigning in your heart is, most like, a reluctance to surrender the rent of land to community as a whole. Good socialists, otherwise ready to bash Capitalism and the current power-mongers, grow chill, dull, reticent, aloof when the nuts and bolts of transforming the rent of land into public revenue is proposed. Whether the retort is, “The poor grandmothers will be turned out of their homes” or “Land values aren’t significant” or “Marx and Engels said a tax on land values is not enough!” it’s all a dodge to avoid … Continued 1:00 pm Community Climate Rally and Environmental Action Fair @ Civic Park Community Climate Rally and Environmental Action Fair @ Civic Park Sep 21 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Join us in support of the Global Climate Strike. Learn, engage and find ways you can act in the fight against climate change. Every day you hear daunting news about the negative effects climate change is having both locally and globally and the issues may seem too big and out of reach for you to make an impact. But don’t despair, you can act and make a difference. The Global Climate Strike is happening from the 20th September to the 27th of September in countries, cities and towns all over … Continued 1:00 pm Healing Hurting Hearts @ West Oakland Youth Center Healing Hurting Hearts @ West Oakland Youth Center Sep 21 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets 66968 7:00 pm Punks with Lunch Turns 4! @ Oakland Metro Operahouse Punks with Lunch Turns 4! @ Oakland Metro Operahouse Sep 21 @ 7:00 pm – 11:45 pm Tickets We turn 4 this year and we would love for y’all to be a part of the celebrations! Cult Mind Younger Lovers Godstomper Grosero The Leave Me Alones We will have raffle prizes and vendors! And as always, we will have our usual narcan trainings and harm reduction supplies for our event!67101

Week of September 15

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.