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This workshop offers those who are new to racial justice work an opportunity to reflect … Continued 2:00 pm Alternatives to Policing: Deep Culture @ First Congregational Church of Oakland Alternatives to Policing: Deep Culture @ First Congregational Church of Oakland Mar 15 @ 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets This workshop is part of a series of workshops in which we are developing the skills to reduce reliance on policing that is often harmful to our community members. In this workshop, we’ll work together to identify elements of white supremacy culture and police and law enforcement culture. Then we’ll engage with just transition culture. Finally, we’ll examine the cultures of our own organizations and map them toward a just transition, imagining together some steps in that journey. ABOUT THE PRESENTER Patricia St. Onge is the founder and a Partner … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Mar 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 6:30 pm Panel on Carbon Trading and Carbon Offsets @ Northbrae Church Panel on Carbon Trading and Carbon Offsets @ Northbrae Church Mar 15 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Carbon Trading? Carbon Offsets? Net Zero? In the prophetic words of Chief Seattle, “How can one sell the air?” Join Idle No More and friends to find out why many Indigenous people and frontline communities say these are false solutions to the climate crisis. Speakers are: Casey Camp-Horinek Daniel Ilario Gary Graham Hughes Pennie Opal Plant Sponsored by Idle No More SF Bay and Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty. RSVP on Facebook.67801	6:00 pm Townhall on Homelessness in Oakland @ NOW JUST ONLINE!! Beebe Memorial Church Townhall on Homelessness in Oakland @ NOW JUST ONLINE!! Beebe Memorial Church Mar 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Hey #Oakland the Town Hall on homelessness that was supposed to be at BeeBe Memorial is now an online one hosted by Mayor Schaaf on March 16th, 6-8 pm. Spread the word! #oakmtg https://t.co/kCw1gQ9BUh— TDL (@tdlove5) March 11, 2020 67812 6:30 pm Citizens’ Climate Lobby @ South Berkeley Senior Center Citizens’ Climate Lobby @ South Berkeley Senior Center Mar 16 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets New people should arrive at 6:30 for an orientation. Meeting will start at 7:00. We’ll be giving updates on other recent activities and we’ll be setting aside time for small group meetings. That will provide some working time for teams, but also offers an opportunity for newcomers to sample the range of projects and activities we’re involved in (letter writing, lobbying, and more). Sign up for notices at http://citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/CA_Alameda_County/67722		6:00 pm SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY – Film Screening @ Dimond Library SHE’S BEAUTIFUL WHEN SHE’S ANGRY – Film Screening @ Dimond Library Mar 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The Dimond Branch Library invites you to “She’s beautiful when she’s angry” a documentary about the birth of the Women’s Liberation Movement in the 1960’s. Snacks and a brief discussion will follow the film. 67813 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Against the Surveillance State @ Omni Commons Oakland Privacy: Against the Surveillance State @ Omni Commons Mar 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 spy drones, facial recognition, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” — 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 … Continued 6:45 pm Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Restore Oakland Intro to SURJ Meeting @ Restore Oakland Mar 18 @ 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.67804	7:00 pm Omni General Assembly @ Omni Commons Omni General Assembly @ Omni Commons Mar 19 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Come by our open Delegates Meetings every Thursday evening at 7pm! 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.67526		12:00 pm Socialism 101: An Introduction to Socialism @ Berkeley City College room 34 Socialism 101: An Introduction to Socialism @ Berkeley City College room 34 Mar 21 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Monthly reading and discussion series for those interested in a better understanding of a socialist perspective. Suggested readings for this topic (readings are recommended but optional): 1) The Future is Socialism by Speak Out now {link} https://speakoutsocialists.org/the-future-is-socialism-2/ 2) What it Will Take; Beyond Capitalism (Chapter 21) by Carol Dansereau {pdf download} https://speakoutsocialists.org/wp-content/uploads/what-it-will-take_dansereau_ch21.pdf 3)What Socialist America Will Look Like (1953) by James Cannon {link} https://www.marxists.org/archive/cannon/works/1953/socialistamer.htm 4) Introduction to Marxism; The Coming of the Classless Society (Chapter 15) by Ernest Mandel {pdf download} https://speakoutsocialists.org/wp-content/uploads/intro-to-marxism_mandel-ch15.pdf 5) Socialism on Trial (selections) by James Cannon … Continued 1:00 pm Town Hall of OPD Use of Force @ St. Louis Bertrand's Church Town Hall of OPD Use of Force @ St. Louis Bertrand's Church Mar 21 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets The Police Commission is considering changes to the Oakland Police Department’s use of force policy. This is an opportunity to let the Commissioners know your thoughts and experiences to help them make the right decisions!67755 4:30 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Capital and Its Discontents. – New Book! @ Omni Commons Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Capital and Its Discontents. – New Book! @ Omni Commons Mar 21 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Strike Debt Bay Area proudly hosts a non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut Economics, Limits, and Banking on the People. This month we will be reading the four essays in the 2nd section of the book Capital and Its Discontents. (Chapters 6,7,8 & 9). In an era of profound economic and ecological crisis, this collection unravels the dynamic contradictions at the heart of capitalism and points possible ways forward to a liberatory future. Through a series of incisive conversations with … Continued 6:30 pm What’s in Your Water? Exposing The Pentagon: Hidden Polluter of Water @ BFUU What’s in Your Water? Exposing The Pentagon: Hidden Polluter of Water @ BFUU Mar 21 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Californian’s face a drinking water crisis. Pat Elder’s 20 city California Military Poisons Tour calls attention to the military’s role in contaminating land and water on bases and in nearby communities with PFAS “forever chemicals” linked to chronic and life-threatening illnesses. Former residents of California’s George Air Force Base will tell of the toxic legacy across generations of exposure while serving there. We’ll discuss what California is doing about this crisis and Next Steps for Action. Help us build a movement for human rights, environmental and health justice, and peace for present … Continued 8:30 pm Online: Interfaith Prayers for Healing and Protection @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Online: Interfaith Prayers for Healing and Protection @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Mar 21 @ 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Let’s get together and share prayers, quotes, and poems for spiritual nourishment. Everyone and all traditions are welcome. Information to connect via zoom is below. You can download the free app at: https://zoom.us “Thy name is my healing, O my God, and remembrance of Thee is my remedy. Nearness to Thee is my hope, and love for Thee is my companion. Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. Thou, verily, art the All-Bountiful, the All-Knowing, the All-Wise.” ~ … Continued

Week of March 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.