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Our Regional Conference is an opportunity for newcomers and experienced CCL members to gather to learn, practice skills, inspire each other, and strategize in moving our country toward climate solutions. Rising temperatures, prolonged wildfire seasons, drought, … Continued 10:00 am CRCAA 5 Methods Workshop CRCAA 5 Methods Workshop Jan 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets CRC Allies & Accomplices (CRCAA) is calling on white folks to join us to talk about how to effectively fight against the persistent re-establishment of white supremacy by incorporating the 5 methods in your life, work, and organizing. This event is part of APTP’s #96Hours of action to #ReclaimMLKOak. We know that white supremacy is the status quo, and that if we do not actively combat it, white supremacy will persistently re-establish itself – no matter where we are. We believe that to effectively combat white supremacy, white people must … Continued 10:30 am Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library: Talk and Discussion Series @ Niebyl Proctor Library Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library: Talk and Discussion Series @ Niebyl Proctor Library Jan 19 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Sun, Jan 19, 2020: 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Group Reading: Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence. In honor of Dr. King’s birthday, we will discuss what many believe is the greatest speech by America’s greatest spiritual leader, a speech that cost him his life. It is not widely recognized that Dr. King was an open socialist who stated that: “There must be a better distribution of wealth, and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism.” Reading the speech will take about an hour, leaving time for open discussion. … Continued 11:45 am Movie Showing: The Power To Heal. (Healthcare for All) @ first Congregational Church of Berkeley Movie Showing: The Power To Heal. (Healthcare for All) @ first Congregational Church of Berkeley Jan 19 @ 11:45 am – 1:00 pm Tickets 1st Church Berkeley and Health Care for All – Contra Costa County 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.67611 12:30 pm Sunflower Alliance @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Sunflower Alliance @ Bobby Bowens Progressive Center Jan 19 @ 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Please join us for our regular Sunday meeting of the Sunflower Alliance. We welcome newcomers, old friends, and regulars to hear updates on current campaigns and discuss future plans. We need your participation and your voice! Come early to hang out and share a potluck lunch. 67542 2:00 pm Alternatives to Policing: How Not to Call the Cops Ever @ first Congregational Church of Oakland Alternatives to Policing: How Not to Call the Cops Ever @ first Congregational Church of Oakland Jan 19 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets This month we will learn from a community of people who have practiced not calling the police for more than 20 years while living through their own collective traumas, colonization, gentrification, family violence, eviction, incarceration, displacement, betrayal and attempted takedown. Here is a description from POOR Magazine/Homefulness: “This workshop will include teaching on poor and traumatized peoples accountability, how to REdefine a western wite supremacist notion of security, and how to hold each other through trauma and into a true definition of interdependent safety. Walking this walk among a poor … Continued 2:00 pm Extinction Rebellion: AWAKEN & GENERAL MEETING @ South Berkeley Senior Center Extinction Rebellion: AWAKEN & GENERAL MEETING @ South Berkeley Senior Center Jan 19 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets This is a time to gather people from different areas/groups who, on the face of it, may seem to be part of disparate movements and causes and join together to “awaken” and “unify” to a common purpose. We will work to create a deep social change to make a better way to live together in symbiosis on this little blue planet. A people’s assembly is one of the goals of what we will be working towards. 67625 3:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jan 19 @ 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	10:00 am Poetry, Prayers And Protest: Stand Against Gentrification @ Oakland City Church Poetry, Prayers And Protest: Stand Against Gentrification @ Oakland City Church Jan 20 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets On Dr. Martin Luther King Day, come stand with members of the grassroots struggle for survival in the collapsing Bay Area Housing Market. Hear the poetry, the prayers and passionate testimonies of the struggle. No stars. No power brokers. No agendas. Just the people standing in the midst of struggle. A community lunch will follow. This event is FREE! Please bring family and friends. SHARE WITH THE UNHOUSED AND THOSE DEEP IN THE STRUGGLE!67567 12:00 pm 6th Annual Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy Rally and March @ Oscar Grant Plaza 6th Annual Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy Rally and March @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jan 20 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Save the date! Gather your friends and family. Reach out to your schools, unions, churches and other organizations. We’re organizing for the 5th Annual Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy Rally and March. Check the Facebook page for updates as we firm up plans. Message or email us if you’d like to get involved in the planning: aptpinfo@gmail.com67479 6:00 pm Locksmithing Lab @ Omni Commons Locksmithing Lab @ Omni Commons Jan 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Homes Not Jails is hosting a Locksmithing Lab. Learn how to pick. Learn about locks. Every 1st and 3rd Monday Omni commons Basement67568	3:30 pm Rally! The Unhoused Across CA Reclaim Their Voice! @ Sacramento City Hall Rally! The Unhoused Across CA Reclaim Their Voice! @ Sacramento City Hall Jan 21 @ 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets RALLY AND UNDISCLOSED ACTION! The time it long over due for those in poverty to be heard. Unhoused,advocates, and allies will be coming in from across CA. we will have a rally and an undisclosed action. On Nov 4 2019 we had to disrupt a meeting with 350 statewide representatives. Our main demand was that we be at the table in these forums panels and homeless policy workshops. We have been approached by less then a handful of reps. We wrote a statement with 21 demands. We also mentioned we … Continued 7:00 pm DSA Night School: The State of Capitalism in 2020 @ East Bay Community Space DSA Night School: The State of Capitalism in 2020 @ East Bay Community Space Jan 21 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets It should be no surprise to say that the current state is one of crisis. Around the world we are seeing a rise in popular disapproval of the existing system from both the left and the right. And yet, it seems to be that right-wing authoritarians keep coming into power while left-wing movements can’t seem to take root in the halls of government. In order to grasp why this is happening, it’s necessary to understand how the political State relates to society. We will be trying to tackle some big questions: … Continued	1:30 pm the ALAMEDA County Probate Reform Movement @ South Berkeley Senior Center the ALAMEDA County Probate Reform Movement @ South Berkeley Senior Center Jan 22 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Gray Panthers Berkeley East Bay hosts speakers from the ALAMEDA County Probate Reform Movement to\ discuss the outsized role of the courts in forcing the sale of homes owned by Black families & seniors of all races through the hidden system of “legally” appointed Trustees, Guardians, and Receivers. (Think Mr. Leonard Powell) Learn more about the national and Berkeley context in Councilmember Ben Bartlett’s op-ed in Berkeleyside and actions for legal and policy change. All welcome, free, wheelchair accessible, refreshments and social time after. 67630 7:30 pm MERGE LEFT: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America @ KEHILLA SYNAGOGUE MERGE LEFT: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America @ KEHILLA SYNAGOGUE Jan 22 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets IAN HANEY LÓPEZ MERGE LEFT: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and Saving America With Saru Jayaraman “With great clarity and thoughtfulness, Ian Haney López shows why the path to a truly just society lies in a multi-racial coalition of poor, working and middle-class Americans…Powerful, urgent, and timely.” ––Robert B. Reich “In Dog Whistle Politics” López explained how coded racism in politics tears us apart. He shows us how we can come together again in his new book, Merge Left.” —Van Jones Ian Haney teaches in the … Continued	12:00 am Poor People’s Campaign Film: Sneak Preview @ Redstone Bldg Poor People’s Campaign Film: Sneak Preview @ Redstone Bldg Jan 23 @ 12:00 am – 8:30 pm Tickets In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s radical legacy, please join the Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign for a screening of a 45-minute sneak preview of We Cried Power, a documentary about the current Poor People’s Campaign. Martin Luther King Jr launched the first Poor People’s Campaign with a march on Washington in 1967. Following the screening, hear from active members of the Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign about their goal of raising the funds to get 150 Bay Area residents, including impacted people, to Washington, DC for the June 20th, … Continued 6:30 pm Decarceration and Public Safety @ Quezada Center Decarceration and Public Safety @ Quezada Center Jan 23 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets “Public safety” has often been used to justify increasing police presence in communities of color, prosecuting quality of life offenses, and continuing the crisis of mass incarceration. After decades of policies reinforcing increased interactions with the criminal justice system, it is clear that these policies are not working. Join the San Francisco chapter of the ACLU and its guest panelists as we explore how alternatives to policing and incarceration are ultimately more effective ways to promote public safety for all of us. Light dinner and refreshments will be provided. 67637 7:00 pm No One is Illegal – Open Borders Reading Group @ East Bay DSA Office No One is Illegal – Open Borders Reading Group @ East Bay DSA Office Jan 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets As workers, we need to understand our history and join with others to change it. What is the history of the US border? Who benefits from restrictions on immigration? Why is border enforcement getting more and more violent? Why have elite funded racist vigilantism and even the literal murder of immigrant labor organizers? Join us in reading No One Is Illegal by Justin Akers Chacon and Mike Davis, hosted by the East Bay DSA Racial Solidarity Committee. On our first meeting (this Thursday, January 23) we will discuss Part 1 of the … Continued	4:00 pm THANKS CHELSEA MANNING AND JULIAN ASSANGE FOR REVEALING BUSH’S WAR CRIMES THANKS CHELSEA MANNING AND JULIAN ASSANGE FOR REVEALING BUSH’S WAR CRIMES Jan 24 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets Weekly Friday Vigil with music, snacks, letter writing, conversation 67652 8:00 pm Invasion: Film Screening and Discussion @ Tamarack Invasion: Film Screening and Discussion @ Tamarack Jan 24 @ 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets All donations go to Unist’ot’en Camp. Pay what you can, no one turned away for lack of funds. In this era of “reconciliation”, Indigenous land is still being taken at gunpoint. INVASION is a new film about the Unist’ot’en Camp, Gidimt’en checkpoint and the larger Wet’suwet’en Nation standing up to the Canadian government and corporations who continue colonial violence against Indigenous people. The Unist’ot’en Camp has been a beacon of resistance for nearly 10 years. It is a healing space for Indigenous people and settlers alike, and an active example … Continued	12:00 pm Global Day of Protest – No War on Iran! Global Day of Protest – No War on Iran! Jan 25 @ 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets The People of the World Say: No War On Iran! The Trump administration is dragging the United States into a war with Iran that could engulf the whole region and could quickly turn into a global conflict of unpredictable scope and the gravest consequences. The people of the world need to rise up and stop it. For all who believe in peace, for all who are opposed to yet another catastrophic war, now is the time to take action. On Saturday, January 25 in cities across the globe, there will … Continued 3:00 pm Appeal for Class-War Prisoners @ Oakstop Appeal for Class-War Prisoners @ Oakstop Jan 25 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets 67639 7:00 pm Myron Clifton Novel Release + Reading: BLM-PD @ Wolfman Books Myron Clifton Novel Release + Reading: BLM-PD @ Wolfman Books Jan 25 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets In the not too distant future, the US has been taken over by white nationalists, and the institutionalized racism that has underscored the country’s entire history has once again been codified. California has seceded from the US, and a band of strong women plan to start the next civil war following the death of their friend at the hands of the police. This is BLM-PD. Amazon listing67646 7:30 pm songs of resilience @ Fellowship Hall songs of resilience @ Fellowship Hall Jan 25 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Emma’s Revolution with Annie Patterson The award winning duo Emma’s Revolution (Pat Humphries & Sandy O) are joining forces with Rise Up Singing creator Annie Patterson to sing songs of resilience in the spirit of Pete Seeger. Many people around the world have used the centennial of Pete’s birth this year as a chance to rededicate themselves to peace & justice – things Pete & Toshi Seeger spent their lives working on. As part of this Seeger celebration Annie performed a series of concerts with Pat and Sandy in New England last spring. You can buy tickets … Continued

Week of January 19

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.