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General Assembly Agenda 2.5.12
I. Welcome II. Welcome Announcements III. Agenda Overview IV. Open Forum V. Reports from Committees, Subcommittees, and Caucuses VI. Overview of Process VII. Proposals 1. Valentine’s Day March: In the interest of diversity of tactics, and the spirit of love that we feel for our community, we propose a direct action to take place on February 14th. VIII. Action Announcements IX. General Announcements 18462
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[Passed at 2/5/12 GA] Valentine’s Day March
In the interest of diversity of tactics, and the spirit of love that we feel for our community, we propose a direct action to take place on February 14th. We encourage our fellow Oakland residents to join with us to express our love for each other, and our beautiful city, on a march through the downtown Oakland area. Participants should wear red and/or pink in celebration of Valentine’s Day, and are encouraged to bring flowers, bubbles, Valentine’s candy to share, glitter, confetti, and flower petals. We plan to hold a … Continued
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Trauma Support Group Tonight, 2/1/12
Safer Spaces will have a trauma support group today, February 1, 2012 for members of the community dealing with effects of police violence against the movement. The group is being offered as a direct response to requests from the community for trauma services. Our second Trauma Support Group is Today, Wednesday, 2/1/12 @ The Holdout, 2313 San Pablo Ave@23, Oakland Time: 7P-8:30P As we are able to secure spaces, we will announce future dates. (If you have a space, let us know!) We are also available to talk one-on-one, just … Continued
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We are powerful, we feed each other!
Despite the horrendous police abuse and repression on the 28th the kitchen managed to provide a loving space to its community this weekend. From what it appears we fed over a thousand people during the two days, sat 28th and sun 29th. I cant stress enough how important it is to provide these comforts, particularly when we are confronted with such fascist police who attempt to break our spirits by beating and gassing us. We thank the cooks, people who donated food (a big shout out to Arizmendi and Everett … Continued
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Welcome to Nonviolent Caucus for Occupy/Decolonize Oakland
The purpose of the Nonviolent Caucus is to provide support to individuals and groups who wish to participate in strategic nonviolent direct action. Through education and training, as well as community organizing and outreach, our vision is to build the deep connections and relationships that are necessary for trust to develop. Trust in each other, together with training and commitment, will create a foundation for a process that will result in creative, effective, nonviolent actions that advance the goals of the Occupy movement. 18130
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Occupy Oakland Denounces Police Violence and City Lies
On January 28, thousands of people responded to Occupy Oakland’s call for a mass mobilization to occupy a vacant building and transform it into a new home for the movement. Occupy Oakland’s new home was to be a social center, open to all who wanted to participate and contribute. We planned to work together, as we did at Oscar Grant Plaza, to provide free food, housing, medical care, a space for children, a space for women and queers, and, most importantly, a community. “The entire plan to take over a … Continued
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Oakland Council to Make Deep Cuts to Vital City Services While Maintaining Funding for Police
Occupy Research Survey Results Show that Occupy Served The People OAKLAND, CA – As the Oakland City Council prepares to approve more layoffs and make even deeper cuts to already less-than minimal City services, Occupy Research released initial survey results that show the Occupy Movement provided food, healthcare, and other social services to Oakland residents in three months. “Oakland is spending millions to prevent Occupy from providing vital services to Oakland residents when they need it most. These funds should be used to prevent further cuts to schools and social … Continued
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Post 1/28 Trauma Medics are Available!
HELLO OCCUPY OAKLAND… This is a communiqué from your sisters at Safer Spaces Committee! Because of the cop violence used against our Move-In Day action, Safer Spaces is making ourselves available to folks on our Safer Spaces Dispatch/Hotline for the next couple days for various types of support. Some normal things that happen to people after cop attacks: Feeling “on edge”, distant, angry, numb, unsafe, overwhelmed, depressed scared, anxious, etc. Some of us might not know that these feelings are connected police violence and some people might not want to admit that … Continued
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Occupy Oakland Will Participate in Global General Strike on May Day – May 1, 2012
Occupy Oakland Calls for Participation in a May 1, 2012 Global General Strike The General Strike is back, retooled for an era of deep budget cuts, extreme anti-immigrant racism, and massive predatory financial speculation. In 2011, the number of unionized workers in the US stood at 11.8%, or approximately 14.8 million people. What these figures leave out are the growing millions of people in this country who are unemployed and underemployed. The numbers leave out the undocumented, and domestic and manual workers drawn largely from immigrant communities. The numbers leave out workers whose workplace is the home and … Continued
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