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All-day						Tech Policy Workshop: increasing surveillance, spread of disinformation, predictive policing, magnification of unjust bias @ McLaren Conference Center Tech Policy Workshop: increasing surveillance, spread of disinformation, predictive policing, magnification of unjust bias @ McLaren Conference Center Nov 16 all-day Tickets apply now for financial aid Register The USF Center for Applied Data Ethics will be hosting a Tech Policy Workshop the weekend of Nov 16 to 17. Systemic problems, such as increasing surveillance, spread of disinformation, concerning uses of predictive policing, and the magnification of unjust bias, all require systemic solutions. We invite anyone working in the tech industry or in public policy, and to community members concerned about the impact of misuses of tech on society to attend. By hosting a Tech Policy Workshop, we hope to facilitate collaborations between those in tech and in policy, … 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 Sunday Morning At the Marxist Library – Open Mic, Black Lives Matter, Women and War @ Niebyl Proctor Library Sunday Morning At the Marxist Library – Open Mic, Black Lives Matter, Women and War @ Niebyl Proctor Library Nov 10 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Sun, Nov 10, 2019 Open Mic/Political Karaoke What’s bugging you, politics-wise? Here’s your chance to talk about any and every thing from the PG&E Power Shutdown to Brexit, from Nancy Pelosi to Greta Thunberg, maybe even the riots in Chile. Sign up for 5 minute slots! Sun, Nov 17, 2019 Black Lives Matter, All Lives Matter. Representatives of the Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality and State Repression have been invited to discuss their position on this matter. Awaiting better blurb.. Sun, Nov 24, 2019 Women and War Women have a long association … Continued 12:00 pm Free Oakland Up Fundraiser Plant Sale Free Oakland Up Fundraiser Plant Sale Nov 10 @ 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: The fight for a Green New Deal @ Omni Commons DSA General Meeting: The fight for a Green New Deal @ Omni Commons Nov 10 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets This month’s general meeting will focus on the Green New Deal: what could it mean for the Bay Area and how do we win it? We’ll hear from a panel of union members and representatives from local grassroots organizations, followed by a questions and comments session. We need volunteers! From setup to sign-in to mic-running, volunteering for our meetings is lively, easy, and low-commitment. Volunteer here: https://forms.gle/EEhhQ1GPhqFxiPvq9. Use this form, too, if you have child supervision or accessibility needs, including the need for an ASL interpreter. Member-submitted resolutions will be accepted … Continued 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Nov 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 4:00 pm World Without Walls – World Without Cages @ Islamic Cultural Center of Nor CA World Without Walls – World Without Cages @ Islamic Cultural Center of Nor CA Nov 10 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets It’s time to put a stop to all the ways children are impacted by walls, criminalization, and state violence. Every child deserves a life of safety and freedom. Join us at a family-friendly event to learn more about the shared experience of youth across the world from Palestine to the US, and to share action steps and strategies for change. We will have artwork, performances, interfaith prayer and youth voices. 67324 5:00 pm Green Sunday: Energy Crises/PG&E @ Niebyl Proctor Library Green Sunday: Energy Crises/PG&E @ Niebyl Proctor Library Nov 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Just what has changed with energy, why, and how does it affect you? Why will your monthly energy bill increase? What are alternative ways of providing energy, other than from PG&E, and how do various California cities source their energy? The Green Party of Alameda County warmly invites you to participate in this dialogue for an engaged community response! (Info on our speakers will follow). 67337 7:30 pm Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly @ Finnish Hall Indivisible Berkeley General Assembly @ Finnish Hall Nov 10 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Doors open at 7. We start promptly at 7:30. Questions? Email info@indivisibleberkeley.org.67298	7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Nov 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 Spokescouncil for Housing Justice @ ACCE Spokescouncil for Housing Justice @ ACCE Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets ACCE Action Oakland is calling for a Bay Area-wide spokescouncil to plan and coordinate actions for a Week of Action for Housing Justice – November 17th – 23rd. The housing crisis has never been this bad – at least in our lifetimes. Low-income communities of color are being hit the hardest. People are literally dying on our streets, because they cannot afford housing. We are calling on everyone who is being impacted in any way by the artificially-created housing scarcity in Oakland – whether you are unhoused, housing-insecure, rent-burdened, or … Continued	9:00 am Ninth Circuit To Hear Argument on Oakland Coal Ban @ James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse Courtroom 2, 3rd Floor Room 330 Ninth Circuit To Hear Argument on Oakland Coal Ban @ James R. Browning U.S. Courthouse Courtroom 2, 3rd Floor Room 330 Nov 12 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets Ninth Circuit To Hear Argument on Oakland Coal Ban On November 12, a panel of three Ninth Circuit judges will hear oral argument on the appeal by the City of Oakland, Sierra Club, and San Francisco Baykeeper, from Judge Vince Chhabria’s decision striking down Oakland’s ban on siting of a coal terminal on City-owned waterfront near the Bay Bridge toll plaza. After a three-day trial last year, Judge Chhabria ruled that the City violated its contract with the developers who sought to build a coal export terminal when the City … Continued 9:00 am No Coal in Oakland: Court Hearing @ US Courthouse, Room 330 No Coal in Oakland: Court Hearing @ US Courthouse, Room 330 Nov 12 @ 9:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets Turn out to support the campaign to keep coal out of Oakland! A panel of three federal judges will hold a hearing November 12 to consider the City of Oakland’s appeal of an earlier court decision. That decision sided with the developers who sued the city for banning their proposed coal export terminal. The Sierra Club and Baykeeper have joined the city in appealing the decision. The hearing will be open to the public. Everybody who wants to keep coal out of Oakland, the Bay Area, and the world is encouraged to … Continued 7:00 pm Justice For Some @ Berkeley City College Justice For Some @ Berkeley City College Nov 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, Department of Africana Studies. She is a frequent commentator on CBS News, CNN, Fox News, NPR, and Democracy Now! — and is widely published in the national media and academic journals. Noura will be discussing her new book, Justice For Some: Law and the Question of Palestine, in conversation with Lara Kiswani from the Arab Resource & Organizing Center.67252 7:00 pm Noura Erakat “Justice for Some: Law & the Question of Palestine” @ Berkeley City College Noura Erakat “Justice for Some: Law & the Question of Palestine” @ Berkeley City College Nov 12 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Tuesday, November 12th Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University, Department of Africana Studies. She is a frequent commentator on CBS News, CNN, Fox News, NPR, and Democracy Now! — and is widely published in the national media and academic journals. Noura will be discussing her new book, Justice For Some: Law and the Question of Palestine, in conversation with Lara Kiswani from the Arab Resource & Organizing Center. More info about Noura Erakat can be found HERE. Facebook Tickets 67168	4:30 pm Rally & mobilize against police violence at OUSD board meetings Rally & mobilize against police violence at OUSD board meetings Nov 13 @ 4:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets At the Wednesday October 23rd school board meeting the School Board and Superintendent used OUSDPD and OPD to attack the community, deny access to the meeting, and prevent public comments. We are mobilizing to rally before the next school board meeting to send a clear to the School Board and Superintendent. We will not let them use the police to attack our community. We will not let them illegally deny access to their meetings and illegally cancel public comments. We will not let them close our schools. We will not … Continued 5:45 pm Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Movement Strategy Center Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Movement Strategy Center Nov 13 @ 5:45 pm – 8:00 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. There will be a greeter in the lobby until 7:15, but please arrive by 6:45 to check-in and get settled so … Continued 6:00 pm Climate Crisis: What Can You Do @ Taylor Memorial Church Climate Crisis: What Can You Do @ Taylor Memorial Church Nov 13 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets League of Women Voters Oakland in collaboration with other community partners is hosting a “Community Round-table on: Climate Crisis in Oakland: What We Can Do”. Environmental health is already a significant issue to families as evidenced by high asthma rates in both East and West Oakland. What do we understand about carbon tax or reforestation? What of plastic bags and plastic straws? What can we really do about it? In response, we have assembled a group of respected resource experts with varying perspectives to help us begin the conversation and … Continued 6:30 pm UnCommon Law’s 4th Annual UnCommon Heroes Event @ Impact Hub UnCommon Law’s 4th Annual UnCommon Heroes Event @ Impact Hub Nov 13 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets UnCommon Law’s 4th Annual UnCommon Heroes Event is a welcome home for those returning from prison as well as a celebration of Heroes among us. This year, UnCommon Law is thrilled to announce our 2019 Honorees: Taina Vargas-Edmond, Founder and Executive Director of Initiate Justice as well as David Cowan of the Prison University Project and Director of Bonafide. Join us for a reception, dinner, and conversations with our 2019 honorees as we celebrate our fourth annual UnCommon Heroes event! UnCommon Law is also excited to announce this year’s Heroes emcee: Choy Pangthong! Anouthinh … Continued 7:00 pm Wood Street Community Cookout @ Wood St. Homeless Encampments Wood Street Community Cookout @ Wood St. Homeless Encampments Nov 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets We’re having another Wood Street community cookout on Wednesday 11/13 at 7 pm. I hope housed Oakland residents come out to learn more about how they can support their unhoused neighbors. Bring food if you can, if you can’t, no big deal. It’ll be fun. Meet at 24th and Wood.— Zack Haber (@ZZZZZZZZZZZack) November 12, 2019 67348	9:00 am Conflict Circle Training – Tier 2, Restorative Justice @ RJOY Office Conflict Circle Training – Tier 2, Restorative Justice @ RJOY Office Nov 14 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets Training Overview This is an intermediate to advance level restorative justice circle training focused on gaining proficiency in facilitating Conflict Circles. At minimum, all participants must have already completed an Introductory RJ training and/or have equivalent experience in facilitating Community Building Circles. Participants in this 2-day training will review RJ theory, practice, data and protocols for facilitating community-building Circles; and be introduced to, learn protocols for, and gain skills in facilitating conflict Circles. The 2-day training will emphasize interactivity, relationship-building, and skills-building. Much of the second day will be devoted to simulated exercises to … Continued 6:30 pm Beer & Roses Labor Social @ Kingfish Pub & Cafe Beer & Roses Labor Social @ Kingfish Pub & Cafe Nov 14 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join the 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 EBDSA Labor Committee & learn how you can get involved. Venue is wheelchair accessible 67336 6:30 pm Oakland Police Commission – Draft Ordinance on Military Police Equipment @ Oakland City Hall Oakland Police Commission – Draft Ordinance on Military Police Equipment @ Oakland City Hall Nov 14 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Agenda Items of Note: IV. Draft Ordinance on Military Police Equipment The Coalition for Police Accountability will present a draft ordinance for review. OPD will also present their response to the draft ordinance. IX. Subpoenas Regarding OBOA Allegations of Racial Discrimination The Commission will discuss and possibly take action on whether or not to serve subpoenas relating to the Oakland Black Officers Association’s allegations of racial discrimination. X. Report on Policing of Oakland’s Unhoused Communities The Commission will discuss the report which was prepared on behalf of the Coalition … Continued 6:30 pm Support the Anti Police-Militarization Ordinance @ Oakland City Hall Support the Anti Police-Militarization Ordinance @ Oakland City Hall Nov 14 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets The Oakland Police Commission will consider the proposed ordinance on militarized equipment. Please come to the first part of this meeting to show support for this ordinance and make a short public comment. BAY Peace organizers will also present video testimony of youth violated by police military equipment. Oakland PD has submitted a response to the proposed ordinance falsely claiming that it currently requests listed equipment through the Police Commission, City Council and Council’s Public Safety Committee. OPD says that the ordinance would remove these three bodies from their part … Continued 7:00 pm Is It the End of Our Local Independent Community Radio Station KPFA? @ Community Media Center of Marin Is It the End of Our Local Independent Community Radio Station KPFA? @ Community Media Center of Marin Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Come to a Discussion about How to Keep KPFA Going Equity, social justice and access for every community voice may soon end at KPFA and its sister stations in Pacifica’s national radio network. After years of turmoil, an internal selection process – proposed as “new bylaws” – may hand power over to a self-selected few on the Pacifica network board. Please join us as Tracy Rosenberg, Executive Director of Media Alliance, and Peter Franck, former Pacifica president, discuss the future of Pacifica in a panel discussion. Radio host Peter B. … Continued 7:00 pm KPFA: Is It the End of Our Local Independent Community Radio Station? @ Community Media Center of Marin (CMCM) KPFA: Is It the End of Our Local Independent Community Radio Station? @ Community Media Center of Marin (CMCM) Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets KPFA: Is It the End of Our Local Independent Community Radio Station? Come to a Discussion about How to Keep It Going Thursday, November 14, 2019, 7pm Community Media Center of Marin (CMCM) 819 A Street San Rafael, California Equity, social justice and access for every community voice may soon end at KPFA and its sister stations in Pacifica’s national radio network. After years of turmoil, an internal selection process – proposed as “new bylaws” – may hand power over to a self-selected few on the … Continued 7:00 pm Single Payer Debate @ UC Berkeley, Wheeler Auditorium Single Payer Debate @ UC Berkeley, Wheeler Auditorium Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets A substantial debate on single payer: The pro side will be represented by a professor from the UC school of Public Health. The con side will be represented by Sally Pipes from the Pacific Research Institute. She used to work for the Fraser Institute in Vancouver, Canada.67351 7:00 pm Spokescouncil for Housing Justice @ ACCE Spokescouncil for Housing Justice @ ACCE Nov 14 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets ACCE Action Oakland is calling for a Bay Area-wide spokescouncil to plan and coordinate actions for a Week of Action for Housing Justice – November 17th – 23rd. The housing crisis has never been this bad – at least in our lifetimes. Low-income communities of color are being hit the hardest. People are literally dying on our streets, because they cannot afford housing. We are calling on everyone who is being impacted in any way by the artificially-created housing scarcity in Oakland – whether you are unhoused, housing-insecure, rent-burdened, or … Continued	9:00 am Conflict Circle Training – Tier 2, Restorative Justice @ RJOY Office Conflict Circle Training – Tier 2, Restorative Justice @ RJOY Office Nov 15 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets Training Overview This is an intermediate to advance level restorative justice circle training focused on gaining proficiency in facilitating Conflict Circles. At minimum, all participants must have already completed an Introductory RJ training and/or have equivalent experience in facilitating Community Building Circles. Participants in this 2-day training will review RJ theory, practice, data and protocols for facilitating community-building Circles; and be introduced to, learn protocols for, and gain skills in facilitating conflict Circles. The 2-day training will emphasize interactivity, relationship-building, and skills-building. Much of the second day will be devoted to simulated exercises to … Continued 5:30 pm SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN SAVE CHELSEA & JULIAN Nov 15 @ 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 Be Water: Hong Kong & Catalonia @ Tamarack Be Water: Hong Kong & Catalonia @ Tamarack Nov 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Tamarack and Commune Magazine invite you to a video presentation by the Vitalist International: BE WATER : WORLD Lessons from the freedom movements in Hong Kong and Catalonia Magic and Technology In the Revolution of Our Times Umbrellas, laser pointers, and cardboard boxes, black blocks using encrypted platforms to vote live on escape routes and designers quitting their day jobs to make Pepe memes full time: The movement in Hong Kong is a signal fire showing us the future of resistance in an increasingly digital world. From low tech solutions … Continued	12:00 pm Citizen Journalism @ Omni Commons Citizen Journalism @ Omni Commons Nov 16 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets s the week of actions around houselesness is approaching (November 16th-24th) Liberated Lens will conduct a Citizen Journalism training where you can learn how to do on the street media, simple streaming, vlogging, phone security etc. Bring your cell phone or any recording device you intend on using. Part II that will happen on November 24th will cover simple editing and post production tools.67335 4:30 pm Economics Book Group: “Banking on the People.” Hosted by Strike Debt Bay Area. @ Omni Commons Economics Book Group: “Banking on the People.” Hosted by Strike Debt Bay Area. @ Omni Commons Nov 16 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Beginning on August 10th, the Strike Debt Bay Area Economics Book Group began discussing Banking on the People: Democratizing Money in the Digital Age. We tackled the introduction and first chapter, available through the ‘Look Inside’ feature on Amazon, for the August 10th meeting. For our September 7th meeting, we will be discussing the rest of the first section, Chapters 2-6. For our October 12th meeting, we will be discussing Chapters 7-9, the first part of the second section. For our November 16th meeting, we will be discussing Chapters 10 – … Continued 5:00 pm The End of Policing @ Niebyl Proctor Library The End of Policing @ Niebyl Proctor Library Nov 16 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets You are cordially invited – please bring friends! The End of Policing A conversation with Alex Vitale Sponsors – Northern California Communist Party, Harry Bridges Club, CPUSA and People’s World/Mundo Popular Alex Vitale is Professor of Sociology and Coordinator of the Policing and Social Justice Project at Brooklyn College and a Visiting Professor at London Southbank University. He has spent the last 25 years writing about policing and consults both police departments and human rights organizations internationally. He also serves on the New York State Advisory Committee of the US … Continued

Week of November 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.