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But these peaceful protestors were attacked by police and supporters of … Continued 4:00 pm Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza Occupy Oakland General Assembly @ Oscar Grant Plaza May 12 @ 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: Women to the Front! @ Online Green Sunday: Women to the Front! @ Online May 12 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Women to the Front! We are celebrating Mothers’ Day for Justice and Peace. Hear how the women-led group CODEPINK is addressing militarism, patriarchy, imperialism, capitalism, climate catastrophe and the war economy, from local CODEPINK activists Marjorie Mikels and Cynthia Papermaster, coordinator of the Bay Area Codepink chapter. Tune in to get informed and inspired! There will be plenty of time for your questions and discussion. Cynthia Papermaster is the Coordinator of the Golden Gate Bay Area Chapter of CODEPINK. She has BA and Masters degrees from UC Berkeley and is … Continued	7:00 pm Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room Oakland Tenants Union monthly meeting @ Madison Park Apartments, community room May 13 @ 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	7:30 pm SudoRoom Hardware Hacking Tuesdays + Fixit Clinic @ Omni Commons SudoRoom Hardware Hacking Tuesdays + Fixit Clinic @ Omni Commons May 14 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm Tickets Hardware Hacking Tuesdays are better than ever! Plus Fix-It Clinic! Each Tuesday we welcome all to bring their hardware (and software and firmware) projects to Omni Commons, or simply come by to learn and tinker! All welcome, about 7:30pm until ∞ …whomever’s left standing! We are inside the Omni Commons at 48th and Shattuck, see the link at the end of this text to call in in case the doors are locked! ○ Projects: can range from building course materials for teaching local kids electronics to a robotic arm that draws, to … Continued	6:30 pm Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Online Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State @ Online May 15 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info. (THE JANUARY 17TH MEETING, 2024 WAS MOVED TO JANUARY 24TH) Join Oakland Privacy to organize against the surveillance state, police militarization and ICE, and to advocate for privacy, surveillance regulation of both corporations and the state, and government transparency, around the Bay and nationwide. We fight against spy drones, facial recognition, tracking equipment, police body camera secrecy, anti-transparency laws and requirements for “backdoors” to cellphones; we oppose “pre-crime” and “thought-crime,” … Continued 7:00 pm Copwatch Orientation @ Grassroots House Copwatch Orientation @ Grassroots House May 15 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets RSVP here We will cover our mission + vision, how we get stuff done, and our ongoing projects. You will leave with our handbook, other literature, and next steps to get involved! Share Share Forward Upcoming Copwatch Committee Meetings Communications Committee meeting: Thursday 5/16 at 5 PM Casework Committee training + meeting: Tuesday 5/28 at 6 PM Wanna join a committee? Come to orientation! 77814	3:00 pm Stop Bay Area Cop City! Stop Bay Area Cop City! May 16 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/DSAEastBay/status/178975664505405900677817 6:00 pm The fight for racial equity in Berkeley @ McGee Avenue Baptist Church The fight for racial equity in Berkeley @ McGee Avenue Baptist Church May 16 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets In the midst of this critical election season, the Berkeley Faith and Justice Coalition has invited a broad array of city leaders to answer pointed questions about the fight for racial equity in Berkeley. Your presence is needed to underline to the council and school board members and candidates, as well as senior leaders of city management and the police, that Berkeley’s people: Demand that the needs and initiatives of the most vulnerable and marginalized members of our community are the focus of all city leaders! A leader of the … Continued	3:00 pm The People’s Clinic The People’s Clinic May 17 @ 3:00 pm – 7:00 pm Tickets https://twitter.com/APTPaction/status/177091268665983810477761	5:00 pm Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: The Persuaders @ Online Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: The Persuaders @ Online May 18 @ 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm Tickets Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite. For our May meeting we will be reading The Persuaders: At the Front Lines of the Fight for Hearts, Minds, and Democracy by Anand Giridharadas (Amazon, Penguin). For our June meeting we will finish the book. An insider account of activists, politicians, educators, and everyday citizens working to change minds, bridge divisions, and fight for democracy—from disinformation fighters to a leader of Black Lives Matter to Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and more—by the best-selling author of Winners Take All and award-winning former New York … 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.