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The media have been saturated with allegations of human rights abuses, forced labor, religious persecution and “genocide.” Addressing these topics … Continued 12:00 pm Copwatch Community Cookout! @ Grassroots House Copwatch Community Cookout! @ Grassroots House Sep 10 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Join us Sunday September 10! Stop by or hang out the whole time. Know Your Rights training 12-2pm. Share a meal in community 2-4pm! You are invited Sunday Sept 10! Delicious lunch grilled and prepped by your copwatch community. A training hosted by copwatch, for first-timers and those wanting a refresher course on their rights. All are welcome. Let’s talk about what’s going on in Berkeley, and beyond. We’ve got updates to share, and we wanna hear what you’re seeing and what you’re working on! RSVP! (RSVP so we can … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Sep 10 @ 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 5:00 pm Green Sunday: The upsurge in labor militancy, from UPS drivers to Starbucks baristas @ Online Green Sunday: The upsurge in labor militancy, from UPS drivers to Starbucks baristas @ Online Sep 10 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets This forum will reflect on the massive wave of current labor organizing, ranging from campaigns in major logistics (UPS) to industry (auto) to retail service (Trader Joe’s and Starbucks) to education (the University of California system, the Oakland Education Association, and United Teachers Los Angeles). It will be lead by Barry Eidlin, activist and scholar at McGill University, who is renowned for advocacy for, and analysis of, the “rank and file” strategy for building power from the base. Barry Eidlin is Associate Professor of Sociology at McGill University. He … Continued	7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Sep 11 @ 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	5:00 pm No Celebration of Evictions – Community Rally and Picket! @ Freehouse Pub No Celebration of Evictions – Community Rally and Picket! @ Freehouse Pub Sep 12 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/TANC_Bay/status/170168126515258615075574 5:30 pm No Funding Reduction for Dept of Violence Prevention @ Oakland City Hall No Funding Reduction for Dept of Violence Prevention @ Oakland City Hall Sep 12 @ 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets 75573 6:30 pm Guaranteed Income Works: Oakland @ Grand Lake Theater Guaranteed Income Works: Oakland @ Grand Lake Theater Sep 12 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets The Guaranteed Income Works national tour is coming to Oakland on Tuesday, September 12th, with a screening of the new film, It’s Basic. Featured in the Tribeca Film Festival, It’s Basic follows recipients of guaranteed income – monthly cash payments with no strings attached – as they experience the transformative effects of financial stabillity on their lives and families. After the film, Former Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf will participate in a roundtable discussion with Michael D. Tubbs, founder of Mayors for a Guaranteed Income, and Alisha Roe, a recipient of … Continued 6:30 pm Protest Vallejo Police @ City Council Protest Vallejo Police @ City Council Sep 12 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/savage_esquire/status/170136907166793349275567	6:30 pm Let’s Talk, Let’s Learn Community Series: Shotspotter Gunshot Detection System @ Online Let’s Talk, Let’s Learn Community Series: Shotspotter Gunshot Detection System @ Online Sep 13 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Online via Zoom (Register: https://forms.gle/3ndS1aHkPnudEXSHA) Join our community to discuss the impact of Shotspotter, an audio surveillance system used to detect gunshots, which was installed in Pasadena in 2022. We will also hear experiences and lessons learned about Shotspotter from other cities across the nation. Speakers: Mohammad Tajsar, ACLU, Pasadena Ed Vogel, Lucy Parsons Labs, Chicago Tracy Rosenberg, Oakland Privacy, Oakland Aje “Je” Amaechi, Freedom to Thrive, Portland Moderated by Florence Annang, POP Pasadena 75541 7:00 pm New Copwatcher Orientation @ Grassroots House New Copwatcher Orientation @ Grassroots House Sep 13 @ 7:00 pm – 7:15 pm Tickets New Copwatcher Orientation Wanna get involved in Berkeley Copwatch? Sign up for an orientation this month. Learn about how we do the work and find where you can plug in! Wed. September 13, 7:00-8:00pm Wed. September 21, 7:00-8:00pm There will be more new copwatcher orientations in the future, please email us if you can’t make the sessions above: berkeleycopwatch@yahoo.com Do you want to get involved in Berkeley Copwatch? Learn more or contact us directly at berkeleycopwatch@yahoo.com Donate 75500		9:00 am CEMTF Climate and Indigenous Leadership @ Online CEMTF Climate and Indigenous Leadership @ Online Sep 15 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Save the date for the next virtual summit from the Bay Area Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force: Climate and Indigenous Leadership. This is the next in the series on Climate, Social Justice, and the Rights of Nature. Save the date. Watch for program details Register here75558 4:00 pm Global Climate Strike in Palo Alto @ Lytton Plaza Global Climate Strike in Palo Alto @ Lytton Plaza Sep 15 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets Join in the Global Climate Strike with Fridays For Future Palo Alto and partners to demand: End Fossil Fuels! Protest the climate emergency by joining us for a climate action rally with speakers, music, and dance at Lytton Plaza in Palo Alto on Friday, September 15 at 4PM. This event is part of a worldwide weekend of climate action ahead of the UN Climate Summit 2023. More info: https://www.instagram.com/fridaysforfuture_paloalto/ FROM FRIDAYS FOR FUTURE WEBSITE: SEPT 15th GLOBAL CLIMATE STRIKE https://fridaysforfuture.org/september15/ We must end the Era of Fossil Fuels. Scientists have warned … Continued	2:00 pm Screening: A RISING TIDE: A look at homelessness in Alameda County @ Tara Pitman Library Screening: A RISING TIDE: A look at homelessness in Alameda County @ Tara Pitman Library Sep 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Tickets Through the eyes of children, their families, and the helping industry that has developed from the housing crisis, A Rising Tide follows the strategies of families and service providers struggling with homelessness. The film results from a conversation between the filmmaker and Dr. Christine Ma. Dr. Ma is the Medical Director of two clinics working with houseless children and their families. 75602 6:00 pm Corporate Cannabis and the Economic Divide @ Online Corporate Cannabis and the Economic Divide @ Online Sep 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Presented by The Oakland Greens So weed is legal all over, proving again that profit wins over conservative morality. Are small independent growers, manufacturers, and dispensaries receiving a level playing field? The Green Party has long been an advocate for ending the war on drugs. We also support and encourage from our candidates an economic equalization position when it comes to the economics of cannabis. For September we deep dive into what solutions are out there to balance the playing fields with new systems to promote an economic lift up … Continued

Week of September 10

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.