Occupy Oakland

The Oakland General Assembly decided today that the people of Oakland will occupy Frank Ogawa Plaza at the corner of 14th & Broadway on Monday, October 10 starting at 4:00pm.

The Oakland General Assembly decided today that the people of Oakland will occupy Frank Ogawa Plaza at the corner of 14th & Broadway on Monday, October 10 starting at 4:00pm in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street, the many occupations underway across the country and Indigenous Resistance Day. Below are bilingual graphics to pass around to help get the word out about the occupation. There is also a PDF with a black and white bilingual flyer formatted for printing 4 up on an 8.5x11". They flyer also includes the announcement about the next planning meeting this coming Thursday at 5:00pm at Mosswood park. see you there!

Tuesday Oct 11th, 2011 1:37 PM : BBQ set for 5pm at #OccupyOakland. Occupiers requesting on-tour @LupeFiasco make appearance today. http://www.indybay.org/occupyoakland
Monday Oct 10th, 2011 10:39 PM : Tents are sprouting in Oscar Grant Plaza, at least 40 at last count #occupyOakland
Monday Oct 10th, 2011 9:11 PM : Dance party started. Cops tried to come in and turn off the music, but were immediately met with chanting of "get out!" and "pigs go home!"
Monday Oct 10th, 2011 7:36 PM : >500 people kicked off #OccupyOakland today; "we need people to come support those who will be staying the night" say participants
Monday Oct 10th, 2011 7:35 PM : Dozens of tents are set up. Hundreds in ampitheater listening to speakers. #OccupyOakland
Monday Oct 10th, 2011 4:58 PM : #ows is speaking via phone to a crowd of hundreds on the first day of #occupyOakland
Monday Oct 10th, 2011 4:30 PM : Over 300 at #OccupyOakland already, more pouring in every minute.