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All-day						Block the Boat Action Block the Boat Action May 29 all-day Tickets https://twitter.com/AROCBayArea/status/139652895611587789369056
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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		12:00 am Socialist Night School: Organizing in the Tech Industry @ Online Socialist Night School: Organizing in the Tech Industry @ Online May 25 @ 12:00 am – 8:30 pm Tickets Tech is a new, dynamic, and growing sector of the economy. It aims to change the world and disrupt society. However, as the tech industry has matured, its innovations have proven shallow, and its incentives all too familiar – profit from exploitation. Join DSA East Bay as we discuss some challenges and opportunities facing organizing efforts in the tech industry! Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82877089891?pwd=bnRVLzhEUzdvenNlOWFER2R2a2l0Zz09 Meeting ID: 828 7708 9891 Passcode: school One tap mobile +16699006833,,82877089891#,,,,194544# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,82877089891#,,,,194544# US (Houston)69040 7:00 am Defend People’s Park Kitchen! @ People's Park Defend People’s Park Kitchen! @ People's Park May 25 @ 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets 69054 12:00 pm Defund OPD Press Conference – George Floyd Memorial Defund OPD Press Conference – George Floyd Memorial May 25 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Tickets On the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, APTP & Defund Police Coalition demand Oakland keep its promise to defund the police. Community, When George Floyd was murdered by officer Derek Chauvin, mass demonstrations erupted across Oakland, the US and the rest of the world. Defunding the police became a national rallying cry. But since then, police officers continue to kill Black and Brown people with impunity. Last month Alameda police murdered Mario Gonzalez and lied about it in almost the exact same way as Minneapolis police when they … Continued 6:00 pm Defund BPD! Budget Proposal @ Online Defund BPD! Budget Proposal @ Online May 25 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm Tickets Last July, after intense community pressure, the Berkeley City Council approved a 12% cut to the $72 million Berkeley Police budget with an “eventual goal” of reducing BPD’s budget by 50%. Reductions in BPD’s budget would fund the new Department of Transportation and Specialized Care Unit. But once again the city is backpedaling on their promise – the city wants to approve a 9% increase in BPD’s budget. This doesn’t even include the $280,000 BPD wants for phone and vehicle upgrades. Berkeley Copwatch says: We need to hold the Berkeley … Continued 6:00 pm The Sea Is Rising and So Are We @ Online The Sea Is Rising and So Are We @ Online May 25 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Online Event Location: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cynthia-kaufman-in-conversation-with-francesca-caparas-tickets-142199577765 The Sea is Rising and So Are We: A Climate Justice Handbook is an invitation to get involved in the movement to build a just and sustainable world in the face of the most urgent challenge our species has ever faced. By explaining the entrenched forces that are preventing rapid action, it helps you understand the nature of the political reality we are facing and arms you with the tools you need to overcome them. The book offers background information on the roots of the crisis and … Continued 7:30 pm Sunset Vigil for George Floyd @ The Depot Plaza Sunset Vigil for George Floyd @ The Depot Plaza May 25 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets 69058	11:00 am Protest at Chevron HQ! Free Myanmar! Protest at Chevron HQ! Free Myanmar! May 26 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm Tickets May 26 is the Chevron (US) annual shareholder meeting date and May 28th is the Total (France) annual shareholder meeting date. Activists in the US and France have declared those dates as global days of action against oil companies in Myanmar. In the US, activists in San Francisco Bay Area are protesting at the Chevron headquarters during the Chevron sharing holder’s meeting on May26th to pressure Chevron to stop paying Myanmar Military due to the coup in the country. There will be protests in other Chevron facilities across the US … Continued 7:00 pm The Public Health Threat of Policing and Mass Incarceration @ Online The Public Health Threat of Policing and Mass Incarceration @ Online May 26 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets On April 11, 2021, Duante Wright, a Black man, was killed by a white police officer, just miles from where George Floyd was murdered. In 2020, an average of three people were killed by the police every day of the year. The highly respected medical journal, The Lancet, and the CDC both state that racism is a serious threat to public health. As healthcare professionals, we know that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We need to direct more funds and efforts toward improving preventative systems, supporting communities, and … Continued	6:00 pm DSA: Defund OPD/Refund Oakland Phonebank! @ Online DSA: Defund OPD/Refund Oakland Phonebank! @ Online May 27 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets The Oakland budget is currently being negotiated in City Hall and we have until June 30th to make sure elected officials support defunding the police and refunding of services, housing, education, arts, mental health services, and other programs that enhance Black lives and Oakland’s working class communities. No experience is necessary! Making calls is easy, and there will be zoom training before you start. This is a great event for anyone whether you’re new to political campaigns or a seasoned organizer! Phone banking is also a great activity you can … Continued		4:30 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Mission Economy – A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism @ Online Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Mission Economy – A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism @ Online May 29 @ 4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets We still meet via Zoom. Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com for the invite. For our May meeting we’ll be reading Part I and Part II of Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism by Marianna Mazzucato For our June meeting we will be finishing the book. Capitalism is in crisis. The rich have gotten richer—the 1 percent, those with more than $1 million, own 44 percent of the world’s wealth—while climate change is transforming—and in some cases wiping out—life on the planet. We are plagued by crises threatening our lives, and this … Continued

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.