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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 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		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	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	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 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	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.