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I am also very knowledgeable about the struggles in other Middle East countries, particularly the Arab World and I am … Continued 5:00 pm Big and Bold Strategies and Proposals for Systemic Transformation @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Big and Bold Strategies and Proposals for Systemic Transformation @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Feb 14 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Green Sunday – Green Party of Alameda County If we are ever to have a government that actually responds to the needs of the majority of people in this country, we are going to need much more than a change of administration and Congress. We need a fundamental change of consciousness. We also need fundamental and systemic changes to our systems. The values and beliefs on which our country was founded – imperialism, racism, patriarchy, and capitalism – and our current systems are killing us and the life-support system of … Continued 6:00 pm Movie Night: Pussy Riot A Punk Prayer @ Online Movie Night: Pussy Riot A Punk Prayer @ Online Feb 14 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Join us on Sunday, February 14th at 6pm to watch Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer together on Zoom! Here is the Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84443394573 After we watch the film people may stick around to discuss the film together! Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer is about three young women who face seven years in a Russian prison for a satirical performance in a Moscow cathedral. But who is really on trial in a case that has gripped the nation and the world beyond, three young artists or the society they live in? … Continued	12:00 pm Reaping What We Sow: A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Alice Walker @ Online Reaping What We Sow: A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner Alice Walker @ Online Feb 15 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Reaping What We Sow: A Conversation with Pulitzer Prize Winner, Alice Walker Hosted by: –African American Studies & African Diaspora Studies Department at UC Berkeley –Center for Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity at Stanford University RSVP here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf2PyNcHEBxXC5CQr7uCK2NK-A4MWrz-olu8qAyVycqwk5sWA/viewform OR Livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI6xlrCnAO8&feature=youtu.be More info: https://africam.berkeley.edu/events/reaping-what-we-sow-a-conversation-with-pulitzer-prize-winner-alice-walker/ The Spring 2021 Critical Conversations series is organized around two themes: celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Barbara T. Christian, an architect of Black feminist criticism, a founding member of our Department and a gifted writer and teacher; and exploring the concept of “abolition democracy,” thinking … Continued	5:00 pm Stop the Money Pipeline! Campaign Launch Rally Against Climate Destruction @ Online Stop the Money Pipeline! Campaign Launch Rally Against Climate Destruction @ Online Feb 16 @ 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Join Stop the Money Pipeline’s launch event for our rapid response campaign to #DefundLine3. The banks that are funding Line 3 are funding climate destruction – we’re taking action to stop them. Find out how you can get involved, from supporting the frontlines to pressuring the financial institutions into dropping Line 3. Check your email for confirmation once you complete your registration. RSVP: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_DdbSiV2ZS-Gk0WsbziQTcA68671 6:00 pm ashid Khalidi & Nora Barrows-Friedman: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine @ Online ashid Khalidi & Nora Barrows-Friedman: The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine @ Online Feb 16 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents a unique Zoom Event: RASHID KHALIDI & Nora Barrows-Friedman THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR ON PALESTINE A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 ……………………………………………………………………………… A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history “A riveting and original work, the first to explore the war against the Palestinians on the basis of deep immersion in their struggle—a work enriched by solid scholarship, vivid personal experience, and … Continued 6:30 pm Testify & Push Back against Dangerous Chevron Pollution @ Online Testify & Push Back against Dangerous Chevron Pollution @ Online Feb 16 @ 6:30 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Chevron’s recent spill of 600 gallons of an oil and gas mixture into SF Bay and the Pt. Richmond shoreline, and the continuing need for stronger air pollution controls at its Richmond refinery, will be taken up at the Richmond City Council meeting this Tuesday night. Public comment is hugely important: please come out and testify. Chevron oil spill response is on the agenda as Item J-2. The city has asked representatives from Chevron, the Coast Guard, SF Baykeeper, California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, and the Office of Spill Recovery and Response to report on … Continued	6:00 pm Revolutionary Love and the Panther Legacy @ Online Revolutionary Love and the Panther Legacy @ Online Feb 17 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/nikkivpraze/status/1361784163947278336 During this special event, Carroll Fife will interview Fredrika Newton (widow of Huey P. Newton and co-founder of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation), Mama Akua Njeri (widow of Chairman Fred Hampton, Sr.), and Chairman Fred Hampton, Jr. (son of Chairman Fred Hampton, Sr.). Ticket prices are sliding-scale (no one turned away for lack of funds), and 100% of the proceeds go to the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation. ACCESS This event will take place as a Zoom webinar. Automated captioning will be provided. 68732	8:00 am How Not To Use Data Like A Racist @ Online How Not To Use Data Like A Racist @ Online Feb 18 @ 8:00 am – 9:00 am Tickets Online Event Location: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8zTTEhG6vAccKa74J6O1zSvxdi6kGQxIbb5BbD3HzmrzYYQ/viewform Very few people build data products because they want to promote racist or sexist ideas; however, it’s very easy to fall into these traps, particularly when we fail to question the widely held belief in the “objectivity of evidence.” A working understanding of how to incorporate equity into data products, and knowledge of practical tools that embed equity in your research and data, is essential for anyone conducting data analysis, or making decisions based on data analysis. This session, led by Heather Krause, founder of Datassist and … Continued 11:00 am Honoring Black History Month @ Online Honoring Black History Month @ Online Feb 18 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Celebrating the Music and Art of Oakland four “must see events” on Thursdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25 2021 from 11-12pm. Presentations and performances by Street Spirit, Youth Spirit Art Work and others. Hosted by St. Mary’s Center Senior Advocates for Hope and Justice. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85704068720?pwd=QXJ3T05sUURtL0JIYzk5eEpnSDJDUT09 Zoom Meeting ID 857 0496 8720 Passcode 472245 RSVP to jcastillo@stmaryscenter.org68619	9:00 am Vision for Justice Summit @ Online Vision for Justice Summit @ Online Feb 19 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets Online Event Location: https://www.visionforjusticeevents.com/ The evolution of racial and economic oppression has only been amplified in the last year, as seen through both the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent acts of sedition. As the new administration and Congress steps into power, we must hold these leaders accountable to the citizens, organizers, and communities who uplifted them in November and urge them to build a new, non-carceral paradigm for public safety that keeps all communities truly safe. Against this backdrop, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, The Leadership Conference Education Fund and Civil Rights … Continued 6:30 pm UC Berkeley Day of Remembrance of E.O. 9066 Japanese American Prison Camps WWII UC Berkeley Day of Remembrance of E.O. 9066 Japanese American Prison Camps WWII Feb 19 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets UC Berkeley NSU Day of Remembrance of EO 9066 HOST: UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union Join here (open to public): https://berkeley.zoom.us/j/2919700155#success The UC Berkeley Nikkei Student Union will be holding its annual Day of Remembrance event to honor the over 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent who were unjustly incarcerated during the Second World War. We will be featuring speakers from UC Berkeley Muslim Student Association and Nikkei Resisters. This virtual event will be held on Zoom and is open to the general public via the link. Please save the date and … Continued 8:00 pm Film Screening: Waging Change @ Online Film Screening: Waging Change @ Online Feb 19 @ 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets WAGING CHANGE, a timely new documentary about the tipped minimum wage and the pandemic’s impact on restaurant workers and the industry, directed by Peabody award-winner, Abby Ginzberg, will have its SF/Bay Area broadcast premiere on KQED on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 at 8:00 PM. WAGING CHANGE shines a unique spotlight on the challenges faced by restaurant workers trying to feed themselves and their families off tips by weaving together stories of individuals, such as Nataki Rhodes of Chicago, Andrea Velasquez of Detroit and Wardell Harvey of New Orleans with the … Continued	11:00 am Rights of Nature: Indigenous Cosmology & System Change @ Online Rights of Nature: Indigenous Cosmology & System Change @ Online Feb 20 @ 11:00 am – 1:30 pm Tickets PART 1: Rights of Nature: Indigenous Cosmology & System Change: A Training Webinar from Movement Rights Discussion facilitated by Jane Perry and Denice Dennis Please Register in advance for this training: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAscuisrT4qHdBS6-2oiALRCjr4s4mLT6vB Join the women of Movement Rights in this training webinar, which opens up with a prayer by respected Ponca elder Casey Camp-Horinek, about the Rights of Nature movement. The women give a brief history on Indigenous people maintaining respectful relationships with the sacred system of life, how harmful corporations obtained the rights to violate the health of life, water, … Continued 1:00 pm EcoSocialism: From Theory to Practice @ Online EcoSocialism: From Theory to Practice @ Online Feb 20 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets The Green Party of California invites you to join us for a discussion on EcoSocialism cohosted with the Green EcoSocialist Network (GEN).\ Register to attend HERE and share the Facebook event page. Many people are considering what it means to be an EcoSocialist these days. In this second presentation of our three-part series, we explore how we can build EcoSocialist programs in our own communities. Featuring Hip Hop Artist and Spoken Word Performer Shamako Noble, Guest speakers include Kali Akuno Cooperation Jackson, Misty Cross Moms4Housing, David Cobb Cooperation Humboldt, Mel … Continued 6:00 pm 100 Student Debt Strikers, 100 Stories @ Online 100 Student Debt Strikers, 100 Stories @ Online Feb 20 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Please join us the Debt Collective at 6pm ET for our first installment of 100 strikers, 100 stories. We’ll hear stories from 6 of our Biden Jubilee 100 student debt strikers, including why they are on strike demanding full student debt cancellation within President Biden’s first 100 days. The event will also feature Debt Collective co-founder Astra Taylor and special guests the Honorable Nina Turner (candidate for the Ohio 11th Congressional District) and Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). RSVP here!68778

Week of February 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.