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All-day				Film Screening: The Boys Who Said No Film Screening: The Boys Who Said No Oct 8 all-day Tickets During unsettling times, it helps to remember how we survived past struggles. The Boys Who Said NO! focuses on the nonviolent warriors who actively opposed the military draft during the Vietnam War and whose brave actions would eventually lead to the end of both the draft in the United States and the long-standing, devastating war. Offering a thorough and fascinating (recent) history lesson, Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Judith Ehrlich (The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, MVFF32) highlights several heroes of the anti-war movement—from iconic figures like Martin Luther … Continued	Film Screening: The Boys Who Said No Film Screening: The Boys Who Said No Oct 9 all-day Tickets During unsettling times, it helps to remember how we survived past struggles. The Boys Who Said NO! focuses on the nonviolent warriors who actively opposed the military draft during the Vietnam War and whose brave actions would eventually lead to the end of both the draft in the United States and the long-standing, devastating war. Offering a thorough and fascinating (recent) history lesson, Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Judith Ehrlich (The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers, MVFF32) highlights several heroes of the anti-war movement—from iconic figures like Martin Luther … Continued
12:00 am 1:00 am 2:00 am 3:00 am 4:00 am 5:00 am 6:00 am 7:00 am 8:00 am 9:00 am 10:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 1:00 pm 2:00 pm 3:00 pm 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 6:00 pm 7:00 pm 8:00 pm 9:00 pm 10:00 pm 11:00 pm 9:00 am West Oakland Free Covid Testing @ West Oakland BART (Sat), 31st & MLK (Sun) West Oakland Free Covid Testing @ West Oakland BART (Sat), 31st & MLK (Sun) Oct 4 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/Keith_Carson/status/131208555603831193668207 10:30 am Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library @ Online Sunday Morning at the Marxist Library @ Online Oct 4 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Our Sunday morning programs are scheduled pretty much on a “first come, first served” basis and confirmed at our planning sessions. The opinions expressed are those of the speakers only and do not represent a group consensus on the issues by the members of ICSS. Our general practice is to allot at least half of the time to comradely discussion of the issues so that we include as many voices as practical . Check here close to the date each week for subject matter and Zoom info if not below: https://icssmarx.org/icss-sched-latest.html … Continued 1:00 pm Shield Trainings for Black Lives Matter @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater Shield Trainings for Black Lives Matter @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater Oct 4 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets 68186 1:00 pm Sunflower Alliance Zoom Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Sunflower Alliance Zoom Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Oct 4 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 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 and ban new fossil fuel development in the county. Plus we’ll catch up on campaigns against coal exports in Richmond and Oakland, just transition, regional climate planning, and more — and check in with each other. We need your participation and your voice! RSVP to action@sunflower-alliance.org to get the link68094 2:00 pm SMC Tenants Council Car Rally – Oakland SMC Tenants Council Car Rally – Oakland Oct 4 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/smc_tenants/status/131152544142176665668199 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 4 @ 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	11:30 am Protest Against McConnell-led Senate w/ Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign @ please RSVP for meet-up location Protest Against McConnell-led Senate w/ Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign @ please RSVP for meet-up location Oct 5 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Tickets San Francisco Protest Against McConnell-led Senate w/ Bay Area Poor People’s Campaign HOST: Bay Area Steering Committee of CA Poor People’s Campaign WHAT: Bay Area Car Caravan or On-Foot Socially Distanced Protest to Stop the Senate’s Sins WHERE: San Francisco (exact address to be announced–RSVP) RSVP to join the car caravan here: https://actionnetwork.org/events/california-poor-peoples-campaign-bay-area-car-caravan-to-end-the-senates-sins FACEBOOK POST: https://www.facebook.com/events/747404996115817/ ______________________________________________________________ During the COVID-19 pandemic which is the greatest public health crisis in a century, the Mitch McConnell-led US Senate has refused to take up a full and comprehensive relief package to aid struggling Americans. What’s … Continued 1:00 pm Reopen Oscar Grant’s Case @ Fruitvale BART Reopen Oscar Grant’s Case @ Fruitvale BART Oct 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets PRESS CONFERENCE: In the wake of renewed international attention to the murders of Black men, woman, children, and most notably the recent tortuous killing of George Floyd — who was killed beneath the knee of Officer Derek Chauvin, using the same technique that was used on Oscar Grant minutes before he was shot to death by BART Officer Johannes Mehserle — the family of Oscar Grant and the community that supports them demand that the District Attorney of Alameda County, Nancy O’Malley, reopen the case of the murder of Oscar … Continued 3:00 pm Oakland Encampment Management Policy Teach-In @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oakland Encampment Management Policy Teach-In @ Oscar Grant Plaza Oct 5 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets 68221 3:00 pm People’s Park Gardeners tour @ People's Park People’s Park Gardeners tour @ People's Park Oct 5 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tickets Come to People’s Park. Enjoy the garden tour. Find out what you can do to prepare for the rain in the garden. We might even do some gardening. Also methodology regarding response to park closure in the future. Food Not Bombs feeds around 3 so we will start after people have eaten. Seed: amaranth, mugwort, nettles and collard, help yourself, [use the buddy system!] I usually work until dark or dusk. Bring gloves and a small garden trowel. Bring water. 68215 7:00 pm Green New Deal for Transit Campaign Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Green New Deal for Transit Campaign Meeting @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Oct 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join DSA members to win power for: Free Public Transit Greatly expanded service, accessibility, and schedule Protection of union workers and expansion of union jobs Social equity to overcome transportation discrimination Conversion of Public Transit to Zero Emissions vehicles RSVP for Zoom link68202 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Oct 5 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Because of the COVID pandemic we will be meeting virtually via Zoom on the first Monday of the month. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82809764186?pwd=eWtjcXlsKzU1QkdSdk5xOUxseFl0Zz09 Meeting ID: 828 0976 4186 If you wish to get the password please subscribe to the Oscar Grant Committee mailing list by sending an email to: oscargrantcommittee-subscribe@lists.riseup.net The Oscar Grant Committee Against Police Brutality & State Repression (OGC) is a grassroots democratic organization that was formed as a conscious united front for justice against police brutality. The OGC is involved in the struggle for police accountability and is committed to … Continued	11:30 am Protecting the 2020 Elections in the Age of Facebook @ Online Protecting the 2020 Elections in the Age of Facebook @ Online Oct 6 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Tickets Register here Please join us for a special webcast about protecting election integrity, voting rights, and democracy in the age of Facebook. Our guests will discuss what they see as the most perilous threats to democracy that are being promulgated on Facebook and what can be done about them—through government regulation, legal efforts, changes to company policies, and pro-democracy activism. – Ángel Díaz is counsel in the Liberty & National Security Program of the Brennan Center for Justice. His work focuses on the intersection of technology with civil rights and … Continued 2:00 pm Film Screening: Arc of Justice @ Online Film Screening: Arc of Justice @ Online Oct 6 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Register for this event. Join AC Library’s Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) team for a screening of Arc of Justice: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of a Beloved Community on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 from 2-4pm. This short documentary is about the community land trust, New Communities, Inc., in Albany, Georgia. NCI was created in 1969 by leaders of the Civil Rights Movement to help secure economic independence for African American families. The screening begins at 2:10pm, followed by the Q&A from 2:35pm to 3:35pm. The Q&A will feature guests Mark Lipman, filmmaker, Gus Newport, … Continued 6:00 pm Night Out for Safety and Liberation – Oakland Digital Event @ Online Night Out for Safety and Liberation – Oakland Digital Event @ Online Oct 6 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Register at: bit.ly/nosl20oakland Join Oakland activists and artists for performances streaming live on Zoom and Facebook lifting up what #SafetyIs means and how #WeKeepUsSafe. Performers include: Kymi Jasmine Fuego TJ Sykes 68193 6:30 pm Oakland Police Commission @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Oakland Police Commission @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Oct 6 @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Agenda Zoom link Notable agenda items: Update from Interim Police Chief OPD Presentation on Race and Equity Use of Force Ad Hoc Committee Presentation of Department General Order (DGO) K-3 Use of Force Report from Special Concurrent Meeting of the Oakland City Council, Community Policing Advisory Board (CPAB), Public Safety and Services Oversight Commission (SSOC), and Police Commission on September 29, 2020 Update on Special Order (SO) 9205 Banning Carotid Restraint and All Forms of Asphyxia 68209		6:30 pm Oakland Police Commission @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Oakland Police Commission @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Oct 8 @ 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm Tickets Find agendas and minutes here.68263	12:00 pm Fridays for the Future – Climate Change Protest @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley Fridays for the Future – Climate Change Protest @ Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley Oct 9 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Global Day of Climate Action. Demonstrations and manifestations will take place all across the globe, adjusted according to Covid-19 circumstances. Weekly protests to follow.68179	10:00 am Berkeley Copwatch Presents “Know Your Rights: Defend the Unhoused” @ Online Berkeley Copwatch Presents “Know Your Rights: Defend the Unhoused” @ Online Oct 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Train with us online on 10/10- Show up in person on 10/13! Solidarity and Unity with unhoused residents of Berkeley! About this Event The City of Berkeley plans to evict over 100 people on Tuesday, Oct. 13th from the Seabreeze homeless encampment at University and the I-80. There is no plan for the welfare of these citizens, only a desire on behalf of some City Officials to appear “tough on homelessness” during election season. In the middle of a global health crisis and a civil rights uprising, our most vulnerable residents … Continued 10:00 am Direct Action Training Series @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Direct Action Training Series @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Oct 10 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Register Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSda2Tklr3_VSvoOPUIzVnMfRQy1vf19V80gw0Jnhw82z4uJVA/viewform Hosted by East Bay DSA, DSA San Francisco, and Sunrise Bay Area Do you want to learn how to plan and implement direct actions? Do you want to develop direct action strategies in our organization? Do you want to prepare for the November election results? Comrades, we learn to organize through many means. Political education to sharpen our analysis, canvassing to practice skillful communication, art builds to creatively spread propaganda. We must also learn strategic direct action. These past few months, we have seen a national uprising … Continued 11:00 am “Landless Not Voiceless” an exhibition @ Pro Arts Gallery & Commons “Landless Not Voiceless” an exhibition @ Pro Arts Gallery & Commons Oct 10 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Tickets Pro Arts Gallery & COMMONS is proud to present Landless Not Voiceless, an exhibition curated by the newly found, Oakland-based, Cardboard & Concrete Unhoused Artist Collective. Landless Not Voiceless will open at Pro Arts Gallery & COMMONS on Saturday, October 10th, 2020 (Indigenous People’s Day) with public reception, talks, and mural street art action by the Poor People’s campaign. Artists will begin painting the mural at 11 a.m. The exhibition will feature the works of unhoused artists, members of the Cardboard & Concrete Unhoused Artists Collective — from Oakland and … Continued 1:00 pm Trash this Policy! @ Oscar Grant Plaza Amphitheater Trash this Policy! @ Oscar Grant Plaza Amphitheater Oct 10 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm Tickets The United Front Against Displacement is calling for a protest against the city of Oakland’s encampment management policy. The policy creates no new housing opportunities for homeless Oaklanders and only further propagates their criminalization and displacement. The city has done next to nothing to address the various sanitation issues that people have experienced long before the start of the pandemic. This policy only seeks to exasperate the dire conditions homeless people are experiencing on a daily basis. We Demand *An end to current encampment sweeps, deep cleanings, and closures without … Continued 3:00 pm Mutual Aid Mask Build and Distribution @ Empowerment Park Mutual Aid Mask Build and Distribution @ Empowerment Park Oct 10 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Red-skies and smoke are hard on everyone, but as with most of the impacts of capitalism, create additional burdens on our poor and unhoused neighbors. Join us for a mutual aid mask build at Empowerment park in Oakland, across from 465 Bellevue Ave. No experience necessary. Please bring PPE! We will be close to the nearby road and can accommodate any accessibility needs. Please email the committee Co-Chairs at green-new-deal@eastbaydsa.org with any accessibility questions or concerns.68204 4:30 pm Recognizing Prison Resistance : From George Jackson to Attica to the Agreement to End Hostilities Recognizing Prison Resistance : From George Jackson to Attica to the Agreement to End Hostilities Oct 10 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets We will meet at 4:30pm at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal at 101 E Sir Francis Drake Blvd, Larkspur, CA, 94939. At 5pm we will walk up to the West Gate of San Quentin, where we will hold the demonstration. Hosted by No Justice Under Capitalism and Anti Police-Terror Project Join us at San Quentin on the anniversary of the Agreement to End Hostilities! We will be recognizing prison resistance from George Jackson to the Attica Uprising, from the Pelican Bay Hunger Solidarity Strikes to the Agreement to End Hostilities, an agreement put together … Continued

Week of October 4

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.