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The next year, Gerry coordinated the Veterans Peace Convoy … Continued 3:00 pm Health Care for All – Alameda & Contra Costa Counties Zoom Meeting Health Care for All – Alameda & Contra Costa Counties Zoom Meeting Aug 1 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Tickets If you are interested in joining us, please email Yi Shepard. Links to the draft agenda and draft June meeting notes. We hope this finds you well. These are hard times that remind us daily of the need for healthcare reform in California and the U.S. Efficiency, cost, equity, quality and the comprehensive nature of healthcare could all be improved with a well-planned single-payer system. 69191 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Aug 1 @ 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	7:00 pm Barbara Lee – Special Oakland Sneak Preview @ Grand Lake Theater Barbara Lee – Special Oakland Sneak Preview @ Grand Lake Theater Aug 2 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Join the sneak preview of award-winning filmmaker, Abby Ginzberg’s new film BARBARA LEE: SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER. Featuring interviews with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Cory Booker, Alice Walker, John Lewis, and Van Jones, the film is an intimate, inspiring, and timely portrait of Congresswoman Barbara Lee, a true pioneer on behalf of racial and economic justice and the lone voice in opposition to the authorization of military force after the September 11th attacks. A unique selection of political commentators, activists, politicians, and family members add depth to the story of the highest-ranking … Continued 7:00 pm Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Oscar Grant Committee Meeting @ Zoom Meeting Aug 2 @ 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	11:00 am Get Debt-Free Jamboree @ SF City Hall Get Debt-Free Jamboree @ SF City Hall Aug 3 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Tickets 69208 5:00 pm Night Out for Safety & Liberation @ Restore Oakland Night Out for Safety & Liberation @ Restore Oakland Aug 3 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets 69175 6:00 pm Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice @ Online Inflamed: Deep Medicine and the Anatomy of Injustice @ Online Aug 3 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Online Event Location: http://www.citylights.com/bookstore/?fa=event&event_id=3803 The coronavirus pandemic and the shocking racial disparities in its impact. The surge in inflammatory illnesses such as gastrointestinal disorders and asthma. Mass uprisings around the world in response to systemic racism and violence. Climate refugees. Our bodies, societies, and planet are inflamed. Boldly original, Inflamed takes us on a medical tour through the human body: our digestive, endocrine, circulatory, respiratory, reproductive, immune, and nervous systems. Unlike a traditional anatomy book, however, this groundbreaking book illuminates the hidden relationships between our biological systems and the profound injustices of our … Continued	11:00 am Immigration Nation: Understanding and Addressing the Weaponization of Immigration in U.S. @ Online Immigration Nation: Understanding and Addressing the Weaponization of Immigration in U.S. @ Online Aug 4 @ 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Understanding and Addressing the Weaponization of Immigration to Create Fear and Division in the United States Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ztcxm0KITvuIa145TYb3fQ US officials are struggling to respond to the number of displaced people arriving at the southern U.S. border. The challenges at the border are exacerbating perceptions inside the United States of immigrants and immigration as being a threat, which is fueling resentment, animosity, and polarization. According to the Anti-Defamation League, this perception “has galvanized the anti-immigrant movement and made life substantially more difficult for all immigrants and the communities that welcome them”. This … Continued 6:30 pm Intro to DSA San Francisco @ Online Intro to DSA San Francisco @ Online Aug 4 @ 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets Come learn what Democratic Socialists of America is doing to build the socialist movement in San Francisco. There will be an introduction to the mission of DSA, the socialist project, and what our organizers are doing locally. Bring your questions and a friend! RSVP at dsasf.org/intro-mtg-registration69216 6:30 pm Town Hall on Sheriff Oversight – AB 1185 @ Online Town Hall on Sheriff Oversight – AB 1185 @ Online Aug 4 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets 69207	12:30 pm A More Equitable Future for Traffic Tickets @ Online A More Equitable Future for Traffic Tickets @ Online Aug 5 @ 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm Tickets Register California gives out more than four million traffic tickets each year, the majority of which disproportionately fall on Black and Brown communities across the state. It also has the most expensive traffic tickets in the country, with the bulk cost of these tickets being driven by numerous fees on top of the base cost of the ticket. Failure to pay the full cost of a ticket can result in even greater penalties, including added fees, a suspended license and even a misdemeanor charge. For those that can afford a … Continued 6:00 pm Orientation: People’s Budget Amendment @ Mosswood Park Orientation: People’s Budget Amendment @ Mosswood Park Aug 5 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets What is the People’s Budget amendment? Who is the Community Democracy Project (CDP)? How do I become a member of CDP? How do I get on their mailing list? How do I get on their extra special contact list to get personalized text messages about upcoming events? When is CDP launching? What are they launching? What is participatory budgeting? Why do they want the residents of Oakland to decide the entire city budget? Who’s funding this project? Who’s leading it? Why should I join CDP? Do I get a prize … Continued	9:00 am Shine a Light, Stop the Heat, Lower the Heat @ Online Shine a Light, Stop the Heat, Lower the Heat @ Online Aug 6 @ 9:00 am – 10:45 am Tickets Commemorate the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Abolish nuclear weapons. Tune in, connect the dots, and act for change. Join a virtual rally from 9 to 10:45 AM Pacific Time on Hiroshima Day and repeated on Nagasaki Day. Hiroshima Day, August 6 link https://youtu.be/_kM7IuzKQls Nagasaki Day, August 9 link https://youtu.be/OB57nQAcSWQ The overall rally broadcast will feature the following speakers who will be filmed at the West Gate of the Livermore Lab at 9 AM on August 6 to kick off the virtual event: A-bomb survivor Nobu … Continued 4:00 pm Back to School, Back to Sanctuary: Art Jam for Police-Free Schools in OUSD @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater Back to School, Back to Sanctuary: Art Jam for Police-Free Schools in OUSD @ Lake Merritt Amphitheater Aug 6 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets Come join community for art at the lake. We are banding together to celebrate ourselves, but also to remember what’s important: thanks to the hard work of the Black Organizing Project and allies, the Oakland Unified School District has pledged to the George Floyd Resolution to keep officers out of Oakland public schools! This event is an example of the type of joy that can be shared when we focus on community healing, rather than over-policing. There will be live poetry, guest speakers, art making, mural painting, music, care packages, … Continued 4:00 pm Free Steven Donziger. F* Chevron! @ Castro Entrance, Chevron Refinery Free Steven Donziger. F* Chevron! @ Castro Entrance, Chevron Refinery Aug 6 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/SunflowerAction/status/142336159737273549069220 7:30 pm The New Parkway Outdoor Movie Night Premiere: Of Oakland @ The New Parkway Theater - OUTDOOR SCREENING AREA The New Parkway Outdoor Movie Night Premiere: Of Oakland @ The New Parkway Theater - OUTDOOR SCREENING AREA Aug 6 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Bringing your own lawn chairs, blankets and snacks is highly encouraged! These student films will bring a smile to your face… we promise! Of Oakland is a student-made documentary where youth explore how their diverse communities intersect creating empathy and acceptance for everyone. RSVP to see Of Oakland in its entirety and many other student films at this outdoor screening! Get a sneak peek of this high-quality documentary by watching the trailer below. We will also be featuring the best summer films from our talented youth filmmakers! Can’t make it … Continued	8:00 am 7th Soil Not Oil Virtual Conference “Our Food Our Medicine”. @ Online 7th Soil Not Oil Virtual Conference “Our Food Our Medicine”. @ Online Aug 7 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets The 7th annual Soil Not Oil International Virtual Conference, will focus on practical solutions to the various problems that impact us all About this event From the four crises humanity currently faces –on public health, job loss, climate instability and extensive food insecurity– a local, sustainable, organic production of food following key agroecological principles can serve as a holistic solution that can easily be implemented planet wide. (We will be sending -within 48 hours before the conference-, the access info to the zoom event and also the link to enjoy … Continued 6:00 pm This is a Rare Time When Revolution Becomes Possible @ Revolution Books This is a Rare Time When Revolution Becomes Possible @ Revolution Books Aug 7 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets “Society is being ripped apart . . .” We are “two countries sharing the same border…” Why This Is A RARE TIME WHEN REVOLUTION BECOMES POSSIBLE A Talk by Andy Zee Reflections on Bob Avakian’s “This is a Rare Time When Revolution Revolution Becomes Possible — Why That Is So, And How to Seize On This Rare Opportunity” Bob Avakian is the architect of a whole new framework for human emancipation. He is the leader of the revolution. Read more here: https://revcom.us/a/633/bob-avakian-a-radically-different-leader-en.html Andy Zee is the host of The RNL—Revolution, Nothing … Continued

Week of August 1

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.