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All-day						Digital Poor People’s Assembly/Moral March on Washington Digital Poor People’s Assembly/Moral March on Washington Jun 20 all-day Tickets Join the largest digital and social media gathering of poor and low-wealth people, moral and religious leaders, advocates, and people of conscience in this nation’s history. A global pandemic is exposing even more the already existing crisis of systemic racism, poverty, ecological devastation, the war economy and militarism, and the distorted moral narrative of religious nationalism. On June 20, the 140 million poor and low-wealth people across this nation will be heard! The Poor People’s Campaign is organizing this important digital event. They write: The increasing urgency of a broad movement … Continued
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Contrary to what is being campaigned from the mainstream institutions, it will be shown that the capitalist economy already fallen into the jaws of death … Continued 10:30 am Interfaith Prayers for Healing @ Online via Zoom Interfaith Prayers for Healing @ Online via Zoom Jun 14 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am Tickets Monthly interfaith prayer meeting, held on second Sundays, dedicated to healing. The Bahá’í community of Oakland is organizing this gathering for the community to connect, share prayers, writings and poems from all spiritual traditions, reflect and recharge and build coalitions interested in healing. “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. … Continued 12:30 pm Sunflower Alliance Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Sunflower Alliance Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Jun 14 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets We’re looking forward to getting together with you for a regular meeting. We’ll discuss the latest developments in our fight to keep new oil and gas wells out of eastern Contra Costa County! Plus we’ll catch up on other campaigns and check in with each other. We need your participation and your voice! Check here for connection info a few days before the meeting.67943 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Jun 14 @ 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: Racism and George Floyd @ Online Green Sunday: Racism and George Floyd @ Online Jun 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Green Sunday (6/14): Police Racism and George Floyd: Our Past and Our Future What makes a “good cop” go bad, and what can we do about it? We present two speakers to provide an analysis of police racism and police violence as it relates to the recent wave of #blacklivesmatter protests following the death of George Floyd at the hands (and knee) of Minneapolis police. There will be a discussion of the different systems of police racism and ideas for how to address this seemingly intransigent problem both broadly and locally. … Continued		1:30 pm Demand that City Council Defund OPD! – Oakland City Council @ Online Demand that City Council Defund OPD! – Oakland City Council @ Online Jun 16 @ 1:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Join us at the City Council meeting on Zoom to demand that they Defund OPD’s general fund budget by 50% ($150 million). City Council now takes public comment on all agenda items at the beginning of the meeting. Please log in or call in at 1:30 PM to place yourself in the queue to speak. The City Clerk will call your name or phone number when it’s your turn to speak. You will need to unmute yourself to speak when you are called. At the beginning of your comment, please … 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 Jun 17 @ 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	5:00 pm Justice and PPE for McDonald’s Workers Art Build @ McDonalds Justice and PPE for McDonald’s Workers Art Build @ McDonalds Jun 18 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets McDonald’s workers are striking after 11 workers and 4 family members tested positive for Covid 19. Owner, Michael Smith is refusing their demands for PPE, quarantine pay, closure for deep cleaning and has refused to even meet with them. Come make art to send a message to him and the community. EVERYBODY’S GOT A RIGHT TO LIVE! Please wear a mask, maintain 6 ft distance and stay home if you have fever/cough or other symptoms. While you’re here, RSVP for the June 20 Poor People’s Campaign Mass Assembly and Moral … Continued 6:30 pm Oakland Police Commission – OPD Budget Recommendations Special Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Oakland Police Commission – OPD Budget Recommendations Special Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Jun 18 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets IV. Hearing on the Oakland Police Department Budget and Action on Recommendations to City Council Pursuant to Charter provision 604 (B), the Commission will hold a public hearing on the Oakland Police Department budget. The Commission may also discuss the proposed Commission and CPRA mid-cycle budgets that are included in the City’s comprehensive budget. After conducting the hearing, the Commission will determine recommendations to the City Council regarding changes to the OPD budget, if any. Budget items were discussed on 4.23.20, 5.14.20, 5.28.20, and 6.11.20. (Attachment 4). a. Presentation of … Continued	10:00 am Juneteenth: Oakland Port Shutdown! @ Port of Oakland, SSA Terminals Juneteenth: Oakland Port Shutdown! @ Port of Oakland, SSA Terminals Jun 19 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets THE STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM CONTINUES! STOP Police Terror, Systemic Racism & STOP the Privatization of the Port of Oakland! The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Longshore Division will stop work at all 29 ports on the West Coast for eight hours to commemorate JUNETEENTH, the holiday celebrating the end of slavery. Join ILWU Locals 10, 34, 75, 91 for a day of solidarity & resistance. AN INJURY TO ONE IS AN INJURY TO ALL!67973 1:00 pm Angela Davis at OGP Angela Davis at OGP Jun 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets 67978 5:30 pm Extinction Rebellion Welcome Call Extinction Rebellion Welcome Call Jun 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Been to a “Heading for Extinction” Talk or seen us in the media? Want to get more involved? Attend a Zoom (video) Orientation Call! Note that this call is phone friendly! If you want to call in by phone, you can call in using the zoom meeting number (disclosed once you sign up). Sign up here (June 12) https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkcuuhqzMoG9Gkaji1tKcqCT_J6bDAEEqc Sign up here (June 19) https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkcuuhqzMoG9Gkaji1tKcqCT_J6bDAEEq Sign up here (June 26) https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkcuuhqzMoG9Gkaji1tKcqCT_J6bDAEEqc67956	10:00 am Defund the Sheriff – Alameda County Budget Workshop @ online Defund the Sheriff – Alameda County Budget Workshop @ online Jun 20 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am Tickets What do we mean when we say "#DefundTheSheriff?" Join us on Saturday for this intro to the Alameda County Budget. #DefundThePolice REGISTER: https://t.co/JCHKQsUETx pic.twitter.com/xktvRSC7bG— Ella Baker Center (@ellabakercenter) June 18, 2020 67980 11:00 am A Conversation with Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' A Conversation with Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Jun 20 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets East Bay DSA. Register here Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST) is one of the largest social movements in Latin America, with over 2,500 land occupations and 900 encampments that they acquired through struggle. In the midst of a global crisis of capitalism, the coronavirus pandemic has aggravated already existing economic and political crises around the world. Brazil now has the highest amount of deaths per day due to COVID-19. This is a direct result of the actions taken by the protofascist Bolsonaro regime. The MST is calling this a genocidal … Continued 12:00 pm CRCAA 5 Methods Webinar @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' CRCAA 5 Methods Webinar @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Jun 20 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Register here 67961 1:00 pm DSA East Bay General Meeting (Online) @ Online DSA East Bay General Meeting (Online) @ Online Jun 20 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets Join us for this month’s nonvoting General Meeting of East Bay DSA! Please RSVP and invite other comrades to hear updates on our campaigns and events. Agenda TBA. The meeting will be conducted via ZOOM. RSVP here and you’ll receive an email with the link.67953 2:15 pm Intro to SURJ @ Online Intro to SURJ @ Online Jun 20 @ 2:15 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Get tickets here. Want to get involved with SURJ Bay Area? Join us at our first virtual Intro to SURJ meeting and 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 engaging in the work, including Study & Action, committee work, upcoming workshops, and events. We’ll answer your questions and share how you can get involved in the movement for racial justice. ACCESS The Intro meeting will … Continued 4:00 pm Bridging the Bay for Black Lives @ Begin in Pill Hill Ngbhd Bridging the Bay for Black Lives @ Begin in Pill Hill Ngbhd Jun 20 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets The Do No Harm Coalition, APTP, Public Health Justice Collective, Health Care Workers Action Network and Health Justice Commons invite ALL health workers, healers and students in the health and caring professions to join us in a socially distanced rally & car caravan to declare racism and police violence as public health crises that cause unacceptable and disproportionate poor health for Black people and require disproportionate decisive action to address. Black people suffer the worst outcomes from COVID and from police violence due to entrenched systemic racism. We are committed to ending … Continued

Week of June 14

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.