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Thy mercy to me is my healing and my succor in both this world and the world to come. … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza May 10 @ 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 5:00 pm Green Sunday: Workers’ Organizing in the Age of the Pandemic @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' See connection info at bottom Green Sunday: Workers’ Organizing in the Age of the Pandemic @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' See connection info at bottom May 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Green Sunday: Workers’ Organizing in the Age of the Pandemic Even as we are embroiled in both a health and economic crisis, workers face not only massive layoffs, but a range of issues around safety and protective equipment, cuts in pay/resources, and loss of housing and adequate food supply. Yet workers throughout the nation, both in unions and outside, are resisting not only around basic needs, but expanding demands around control of work conditions and joining collective labor organizations. We will present two labor activists who will discuss local and … Continued	10:30 am SUPPORT RIDESHARE DRIVERS AND EMERGENCY PAID SICK DAYS IN OAKLAND @ Fruitvale Station Shopping Center SUPPORT RIDESHARE DRIVERS AND EMERGENCY PAID SICK DAYS IN OAKLAND @ Fruitvale Station Shopping Center May 11 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets _ Car Rally to #ProtectOaklandWorkers: Calling on City Council to Pass Emergency Paid Sick Days and Right to Return to Work Policies Gather in front of Xfinity & Popeyes End at Eastmont Mall (by Burger King) by 12:30 pm Why: Half the Oakland City Council failed to show up for workers [2] this week to pass an emergency paid sick days law that would have protected workers and the community during this pandemic. We are joining EBASE and other community partners for an action, riding through the Fruitvale and East … Continued 6:00 pm Public Bank of the East Bay @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Public Bank of the East Bay @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' May 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets We seem to be settling on meeting every two weeks, so after the May 11 meeting, the next one will probably be May 25 (unless we change that because of the Memorial Day Holiday). Email us for the Zoom link if you want to join, and also let us know if you’d like to plan an earlier conversation to bring you up to speed. Things May Be Happening Fast The COVID-19 pandemic and the resultant economic chaos cannot possibly be configured as good in any way. At the same time, the government … Continued 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room May 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	1:30 pm Stop the Sheriff from Stealing $250+M – Tell the Board of Supervisors ‘No Mas’ @ Online Stop the Sheriff from Stealing $250+M – Tell the Board of Supervisors ‘No Mas’ @ Online May 12 @ 1:30 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets The Alameda County Board of Supervisors, at its upcoming meeting on May 12th, will consider a request from Alameda County Sheriff Gregory J. Ahern for an additional $255 million or more over the next three years for the stated purpose of increasing staffing at the Alameda County Santa Rita Jail in Dublin despite the continuing decrease in the jail population. This is precisely the wrong way to spend County money, especially during the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Rather than giving the Sheriff more money for fewer prisoners, the Board … Continued	10:00 am COVID-19: Tracking, data privacy, and getting the numbers right: @ Webcast COVID-19: Tracking, data privacy, and getting the numbers right: @ Webcast May 13 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am Tickets As plans for re-opening businesses, communities, and schools emerge, mechanisms to track the SARS-COV-2 virus become increasingly critical to consider. In this conversation led by Nobel Laureate Saul Perlmutter, Director of the Berkeley Institute for Data Science and Professor of Physics, Berkeley faculty will present their recent research findings and data on COVID-19 infection and death rates. They will discuss how they are using data to better understand how many people are infected and actually dying from COVID-19, whether infections and deaths are going up or down, and how much … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' - SEE BELOW Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' - SEE BELOW May 13 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to obtain Zoom meeting access info. 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 … Continued 6:45 pm DSA Green New Deal Committee Monthly Meeting (Virtual) @ Online DSA Green New Deal Committee Monthly Meeting (Virtual) @ Online May 13 @ 6:45 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Our Green New Deal Committee meets on the second Wednesday each month. We will discuss eco-socialist issues, upcoming events and actions, committee priorities, and campaigns. All are welcome! Please note that due to COVID-19, that this committee meeting will be conducted via Zoom video call. Please RSVP: https://www.eastbaydsa.org/events/1274/2020-05-13-green-new-deal-committee-monthly-meeting-virtual/ to receive the URL to the meeting.67853	5:30 pm Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' May 14 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Agenda 2. Open Forum/Public Comment 4. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – Forensic Logic Impact Report and proposed Use Policy -review and take possible action. 5. Surveillance Equipment Ordinance – OPD – UAS (Drone) Impact Report and proposed Use Policy – review and take possible action PUBLIC PARTICIPATION The Privacy Advisory Commission encourages public participation in the online board meetings. The public may observe and/or participate in this meeting in several ways. OBSERVE: • To observe the meeting by video conference, please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88574901972 at the noticed … Continued	5:00 pm AROC: Friday Night Forums @ Online or by phone AROC: Friday Night Forums @ Online or by phone May 15 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets FRIDAY NIGHT FORUMS: INTERNATIONAL LESSONS ON ORGANIZING Join us this Friday, on May Day, International Workers Day, at 5pm PST/8pm EST. Rachel Herzing will be in conversation with Kali Akuno (Cooperation Jackson), Zenei Cortez (National Nurses United) and Vijay Prashad (Tricontinental). Fridays at 5pm PST/8pm EST May 1: Organizing Workers Register May 8: Sanctions on Iran Register May 15: Palestine & the Blockade on Gaza Register May 22: China and US Relations Register May 29: Abolition & the COVID-19 Crisis Register RECORDINGS OF PREVIOUS FORUMS April 17: Venezuela and Sanctions … Continued	1:00 pm DSA East Bay General Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' DSA East Bay General Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' May 16 @ 1:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets It’s time to elect a new East Bay DSA Steering Committee! Join us for our May General Meeting and Steering Committee Candidate Forum via online conferencing (link TBA). During the first hour, we’ll hear updates from our committees and learn about ways to plug in to DSA. The second half of the meeting will be dedicated to our Steering Committee Candidate Forum. You’ll get to hear candidates talk about their vision for our chapter’s future and answer moderated questions from assembled members. All Steering Committee members are elected for a … Continued 4:00 pm COVID-19: Global Pandemic & Climate Disruption With Mike Davis @ Online COVID-19: Global Pandemic & Climate Disruption With Mike Davis @ Online May 16 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets he COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the nature of the capitalist system for all to see. It has revealed the vulnerability of the poorest people in society. It has shown clearly who is essential to our health and well being, and who is not. As the pandemic impacts societies across the globe, it gives us a glimpse of what massive climate disruption could also bring. The choice in front of us is clear – we have to organize our forces to save ourselves and life on our planet. Join us for … Continued 4:30 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century (New Book) @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century (New Book) @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' May 16 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets EMAIL STRIKE.DEBT.BAY.AREA@GMAIL.COM FOR CONNECTION INFO. 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, Banking on the People, and Capital and Its Discontents. We will be reading the first half (Chapters 1-3) of How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century (Amazon, Abe Books, Verso) for the April 18th meeting and the rest of the book for the May 16th meeting. What is wrong with capitalism, and how can we change it? Capitalism … Continued 6:30 pm Indivisible Berkeley General Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Indivisible Berkeley General Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' May 16 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets We start promptly at 6:30 – note the new time! “Doors open” at 6 for socializing and tech troubleshooting. If you have never used Zoom before, we recommend you try connecting at 6 so if there is an issue one of our tech gurus can help you out before the meeting begins. We will be using the Zoom video conferencing system for this meeting. You can download the software to your computer, laptop, smartphone or tablet by visiting https://zoom.us/download. For very detailed instructions, visit the IB Zoom Tips & Tricks page. The link to … Continued

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.