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All-day	The Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop @ Online The Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop @ Online Mar 8 all-day Tickets Biometrics technology is being used in a wide range of contexts and there in this range of existing and potential uses, there are many questions about the ethical and socially good uses. Our vision for the convene a range of constituencies whose work touches on biometrics and use in the real world. Biometrics Community Researchers and scientist who is looking for new ideas to work on Identity Community Commercial Users of systems Regulators and policy makers Cybersecurity Professionals Privacy Professionals Humanitarian Groups Police Accountability Groups Citizen Watchdog Groups Students and … Continued		The Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop @ Online The Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop @ Online Mar 10 all-day Tickets Biometrics technology is being used in a wide range of contexts and there in this range of existing and potential uses, there are many questions about the ethical and socially good uses. Our vision for the convene a range of constituencies whose work touches on biometrics and use in the real world. Biometrics Community Researchers and scientist who is looking for new ideas to work on Identity Community Commercial Users of systems Regulators and policy makers Cybersecurity Professionals Privacy Professionals Humanitarian Groups Police Accountability Groups Citizen Watchdog Groups Students and … Continued		The Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop @ Online The Thoughtful Biometrics Workshop @ Online Mar 12 all-day Tickets Biometrics technology is being used in a wide range of contexts and there in this range of existing and potential uses, there are many questions about the ethical and socially good uses. Our vision for the convene a range of constituencies whose work touches on biometrics and use in the real world. Biometrics Community Researchers and scientist who is looking for new ideas to work on Identity Community Commercial Users of systems Regulators and policy makers Cybersecurity Professionals Privacy Professionals Humanitarian Groups Police Accountability Groups Citizen Watchdog Groups Students and … Continued
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Since the collapse of the USSR in 1991, and China taking the role of a biggest commodity producer for the world; other than tiny Cuba, there … Continued 1:00 pm Not A Nation of Immigrants @ Online Not A Nation of Immigrants @ Online Mar 7 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Tickets Online Event Location: https://zoom.us/j/2200241232?pwd=aCt1dWI0OGxUdUxjeUJ5K0xSY09uUT09 Many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, whether in political debates or discussions about immigration, proudly state that we are a nation of immigrants. In this bold new book, historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz asserts this ideology is harmful and dishonest because it serves to mask and diminish the US’s history of genocide, white supremacy, slavery, and structural inequality, all of which we still grapple with today. While some of us are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, others are descendants of those who were here since time immemorial and others … Continued 6:00 pm Movie Series: “Who Is The International Working Class Today?” @ Online Movie Series: “Who Is The International Working Class Today?” @ Online Mar 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets March 7th Event RSVP There are many discussions today about the nature of the working class and their capacity to fight for their own interests. Usually, we look at history to learn about the workers’ movement, but what potential exists in the modern international working class? What does a modern workers’ struggle really look like? What recent examples are there of workers organizing against the conditions they face and exerting their power? Join us in this movie series as we explore these questions by looking at workers’ struggles that happened … Continued	12:00 pm BREAK IN: 50 YEARS AFTER THE EVENT THAT EXPOSED COINTELPRO @ Online BREAK IN: 50 YEARS AFTER THE EVENT THAT EXPOSED COINTELPRO @ Online Mar 8 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets Online Event Location: https://www.rightsanddissent.org/live/break-in-50-years/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=8766b1b0-1fd6-4879-a5a5-84d954152ff5 On March 8, 1971, a group of anti-war activists calling themselves the Citizens Commission to Investigate the FBI broke into the FBI’s Media, Pennsylvania office. They sought to gather definitive proof that the FBI was undermining social movements and waging war on domestic dissent. The documents they liberated changed the course of U.S. history, as some of them featured the cryptic words “COINTELPRO.” On March 8, 2021 – the 50th anniversary of the break-in – join Defending Rights & Dissent for a panel featuring: Bonnie Raines, one … Continued 4:00 pm Public Banking Successes in California and Grassroots Organizing @ Online Public Banking Successes in California and Grassroots Organizing @ Online Mar 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Register in advance (click here) with David Cobb and Debbie Notkin The AFJM Communications and Website Committee is pleased to welcome David and Debbie to share about their legislative successes as it pertains to Public Banking in California. Although PBI and AFJM have very different approaches to democratize the money system, we are natural allies and we can learn from each other, especially around effective public education strategies and grassroots organizing. There will be a short 30 min. presentation, and then most of the time will be for open discussion. … Continued 7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Mar 8 @ 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		4:00 pm A Conversation with Naomi Klein @ Online A Conversation with Naomi Klein @ Online Mar 10 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets A Conversation with Naomi Klein Join us for a casual conversation with Naomi Klein that will touch upon the pivotal moment we are in as we work to address the climate crisis, fight for climate justice, and examine the detrimental impacts that colonialism and capitalism have had on our planet and society. What needs to happen to bring about transformative, systemic change at this critical time? Klein is an award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, and best-selling author of On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal and This Changes … Continued 4:00 pm ReImagine Everything: Lifting Suspicions @ Online ReImagine Everything: Lifting Suspicions @ Online Mar 10 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Register Here The Everett Program presents a two week webinar series: “Re Imagine Everything: Leveraging Transformative Justice Theory to Advance a World Beyond Incarceration”. Executive Director of Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Zach Norris, and Underground Scholar, Steven Czifra join us to discuss transformative solutions to stop the school to prison pipeline on March 10th. Website:https://ucsc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ucuyvrDgvHdRffC-KtNL6lc8UmKhKb3IL%2068849 6:00 pm DECARCERATE ALAMEDA COUNTY @ Online DECARCERATE ALAMEDA COUNTY @ Online Mar 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets We meet virtually on zoom on the second Wednesday of every month from 6-7:30pm. These meetings are open to the public. The content of our meetings span from trainings, campaign updates, teach-ins, debates, roundtable discussions, etc. Click below to join the meeting or use this link: https://zoom.us/j/96555663590 2021 General Meeting Dates: February 10, March 10, April 14, May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, September 8, October 13, November 10, December 868799 6:00 pm Invest in Community: An East Oakland dialogue on public safety @ Online Invest in Community: An East Oakland dialogue on public safety @ Online Mar 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Online Event http://bit.ly/investOak Join us for a 90 minute virtual discussion about safety in Oakland from a youth perspective on what really keeps us safe. Register here: http://bit.ly/investOak While the nation was taking to the streets for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, the Bay Area was rocked by the murders of Steven Taylor, Sean Monterrosa, and Erik Salgado by law enforcement. Oakland youth and community took to the streets to demand police accountability and that we #DefundOPD to #ReinvestInCommunity. Oakland Police Department takes almost half of our city’s budget. There … Continued 6:45 pm DSA Green New Deal Committee Monthly Meeting @ Online DSA Green New Deal Committee Monthly Meeting @ Online Mar 10 @ 6:45 pm – 8:45 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 RSVP for February meeting to receive the URL to the meeting or email green-new-deal@eastbaydsa.org. RSVP for March meeting68622	3:00 pm Rally-Speak Out Thursday On Tenth Anniversary of Fukushima NUKE Meltdowns @ San Francisco Japanese Consulate Rally-Speak Out Thursday On Tenth Anniversary of Fukushima NUKE Meltdowns @ San Francisco Japanese Consulate Mar 11 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets No More Fukushimas, No Olympic In Japan In the Middle Of Pandemic Sponsored by No Nukes Action Thursday March 11, 2021 is the tenth anniversary of the earthquake and meltdown of three nuclear reactors at Fukushima. The nightmare for the people and refugees of Fukushima and Japan continues. They are struggling to survive. Despite promises that the melted nuclear rods would be removed they have not been and the recent earthquake has added greater dangers. Two reactors at the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan have begun leaking cooling water … Continued 6:00 pm Poets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: Floaters @ Online Poets Martin Espada & Dennis Bernstein: Floaters @ Online Mar 11 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets MARTIN ESPADA, a poet who stirs our social consciousness, has published twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist and translator, including Vivas To Those Who Have Failed and Pulitzer Prize finalist The Republic of Poetry. His latest book, Floaters, offers exuberant odes and defiant elegies, songs of protest and songs of love. The title is a term used by some Border Patrol agents to describe migrants who drown trying to cross over the border. Espada bears eloquent witness to confrontations with anti-immigrant bigotry. He also knows that times of hate … Continued	12:00 pm “Trumpism and its Discontents”: Consequences of Trumpism on U.S. Society and World @ Online “Trumpism and its Discontents”: Consequences of Trumpism on U.S. Society and World @ Online Mar 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets “Trumpism and its Discontents” New Book Talk Main Host: Othering & Belonging Institute at UC Berkeley More info & website livestream here: https://belonging.berkeley.edu/trumpism-event FB livestream here: https://www.facebook.com/UCBerkeley/live/ Moderated by: Osagie K. Obasogie, Professor of Bioethics in the School of Public Health Panelists: Ann C. Keller, Associate Professor, School of Public Health Zeus Leonardo, Professor, Graduate School of Education john a. powell, Director, Othering and Belonging Institute Please join us for a moderated panel discussion with influential UC Berkeley scholars offering a deep and crucial examination of the political conditions that led to … Continued 12:00 pm From Fighting the Power to Being the Power @ Online From Fighting the Power to Being the Power @ Online Mar 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Is it time to finally agree that maybe a bunch of white enslavers from the 1700s didn’t come up with the best system ever? Do you have questions about participatory budgeting, CDP’s campaign, and the future of democracy under a pandemic? We have a few ideas (four to be exact) about HOW to replace our current system. And we have just the idea about WHAT to replace our current system with. Join us for a fishbowl conversation to learn more! ASL interpretation and/or Closed Captioning will be provided. Online Event … Continued	12:00 pm DSA Orinda Barnstorm: Demand Democrats Pass CA Medicare for All @ Orinda Community Park DSA Orinda Barnstorm: Demand Democrats Pass CA Medicare for All @ Orinda Community Park Mar 13 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Tickets COVID-19 is shining a spotlight on the cruelty of the U.S. healthcare system — a system designed to maximize profit, not patients’ well-being. Millions of working-class people have lost their jobs and their health insurance in the pandemic-driven recession. Meanwhile, in California alone, 165 billionaires have seen their wealth increase by $175,000,000,000 since March 2020. In the wealthiest state in the wealthiest country in the world, this is unacceptable. We must make healthcare a human right for all our residents. We must pass Assembly Bill 1400, the California Guaranteed Health … Continued 4:00 pm Berkeley Community Policing Webinar @ Online Berkeley Community Policing Webinar @ Online Mar 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets Online Event Location: https://us02.web.zoom.us/j/86908147095 You are invited to a public informational webinar to learn about the Police Accountability Board, which Berkeley voters created last November with the overwhelming passage of Measure II. Please join Mayor Arreguin, Councilmember Harrison, and the Police Review Commission on Saturday, March 13, 2021, from 4:00 p.m. to 5: 00 p.m., and come and learn how to apply for the Board. 68856 4:00 pm Uphold the Legacy and Power of Women’s Resistance Here & Abroad! @ Online Uphold the Legacy and Power of Women’s Resistance Here & Abroad! @ Online Mar 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets People’s Strike Bay Area and our incredible community partners invite you to a virtual gathering to commemorate International Working Women’s Day 2021, the 113th anniversary of the first women’s strike in NYC in 1908. FaceBook Event Details Here Register Here: https://tinyurl.com/IWWDMarch2021 Join us on Saturday, March 13th at 4PM PST as we Uphold the Legacy and Power of Women’s Resistance Here & Abroad! Together, we will be lifting up the internationalist struggles and stories of women workers, human rights defenders and Trans, and Gender Non Conforming communities around the world. … Continued 4:30 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons @ ONLINE, VIA 'ZOOM' Mar 13 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets We’ll meet via Zoom. Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com for the invite. For our February meeting we’ll be reading Part I of Re-enchanting the World: Feminism and the Politics of the Commons by Silvia Federici. For our March meeting we’ll be reading the rest of the book, pp 78-196 Strike Debt Bay Area hosts this non-technical book group discussion monthly on new and radical economic thinking. Previous readings have included Doughnut Economics, Limits, Banking on the People, Capital and Its Discontents, How to Be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century, The Deficit Myth, Revenge Capitalism and … Continued

Week of March 7

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.