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The concert takes place at People’s Park and live streaming happens at the Berkeley People’s Park Facebook page.68085 6:00 pm The Oakland Greens present “The People’s Education System” @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' The Oakland Greens present “The People’s Education System” @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Aug 23 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets It seems that we have the opportunity to organize an entirely new education system. One where the people have a real voice. The Oakland Greens present “The People’s Education System”. Tired of the status quo TELLING you how your children should be taught rather than educated? We want your ideas. We will invite parents, candidates, educators, artist, nutritionists, and others, to discuss a radical alternative to educate residents to create a community that is for all. Join us Sunday August 23, 2020 6 PM to 8:30 PM for a ZOOM … Continued			6:30 pm Intro to DSA @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Intro to DSA @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Aug 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Democratic Socialist politicians like Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rashida Tlaib are raising the expectations of millions of people across the United States and bringing them into a political awakening. The membership of DSA, the largest socialist organization in the United States, is rapidly growing by the thousands. Millions of everyday people are calling for Medicare for All, a Green New Deal, universal rent control, and more. But what is democratic socialism? What does it mean to be a member of DSA? And how do socialists look at the crises … Continued	5:00 pm 2020 Virtual March on Washington @ Online 2020 Virtual March on Washington @ Online Aug 27 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets 2020 VIRTUAL MARCH ON WASHINGTON Organizer: NAACP Come join the 2020 Virtual March on Washington for racial justice which seeks to channel the soaring energy from America’s national moment of reckoning and calls for reforms of the systems, structures, policies, and attitudes that enable police brutality, racial discrimination, and interpersonal racism. Dates & Times: THE CALL: Thursday, August 27, 5 PM – 7 PM PT (8 PM – 10 PM ET) THE MARCH: Friday, August 28, 8 AM – noon PT (11 AM – 3 PM ET) THE CHARGE: Friday, … Continued 5:30 pm Oakland Police Commission @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Oakland Police Commission @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Aug 27 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets • To observe the meeting by video conference, please click on this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87198066230 at the noticed meeting time. Selected agenda items: Update from Interim Police Chief Crowd Management After Action Report from Public Demonstrations OPD will provide a report on a crowd management that occurred during the recent public demonstrations and any updates to policy that will be made. Reimagining Public Safety Task Force Creation Pawlik Report from Federal Monitor Use of Force Ad Hoc Committee Public Engagement 68124 6:00 pm Challenging Power: Democracy and Accountability in a Fractured World @ Online Challenging Power: Democracy and Accountability in a Fractured World @ Online Aug 27 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Discussing Cynthia Kaufman’s new book “Challenging Power: Democracy and Accountability in a Fractured World” published by Bloomsbury Books Arguing that we only have democracy when systems of power are held to account, Kaufman examines the real work being done to challenge the operations of power that underlie four unruly social problems: climate change, sweatshop labor, police abuse, and economic deprivation. In Challenging Power, Kaufman pairs each of these issues with an operation of power — the large scale influence of multinational corporations; the power of governments; the authority of financial … Continued	9:00 am A Bay Area Free of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure @ Online A Bay Area Free of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure @ Online Aug 28 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets Join the Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force for the second interactive webinar in their Virtual Summit Series: For an Environmentally Just and Regenerative Future. More than 200 people attended the first Virtual Summit, which focused on Sustainable and Healthy Cities. Videos from that webinar will be posted to the website linked below. The August 28 summit will examine approaches for creating a Bay Area free of fossil fuel infrastructure. Workshops on these topics include: • Decommissioning California refineries • Local community action under AB 617, a process for heavily impacted … Continued	11:00 am Know Your Rights Training – Filming the Cops @ Online Know Your Rights Training – Filming the Cops @ Online Aug 29 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets You have a constitutional right to film the police as they perform their duties in public- but how?! About this Event This interactive training is meant as an introduction to your constitutional rights as they pertain to policing and strategies for filming and documenting the police, and is ideal for those looking to assert their rights on the streets! This is also meant to give you tools so you can better advocate for your rights and the rights of others. Sliding Scale donations start at $0. The way that you … Continued

Week of August 23

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.