Oakland, CA 94606
USA
YOU ARE INVITED TO A COMMUNITY CELEBRATION!
Join the E12th Coalition and friends to celebrate the 3rd anniversary of the People’s Council (AKA Oakland City Council Take-over) and the spirit of the Public Land for Public Good campaign.
Three years ago this week, community members who’d had enough of Oakland City Council’s continuous failure to listen to neighborhood needs for affordable housing, took over the City Council chambers to prevent the sale of the E12th St public parcel to a luxury tower developer. What followed was a year of community organizing and participatory design that resulted in a beautiful plan for a 100% affordable project that truly reflected the values and needs of the neighborhood. The City ultimately failed to adopt The People’s Proposal, but the spirit of our fight for Public Land for Public Good is still alive and much needed today.
When we can’t count on City Hall, we know we can count on one another to serve the needs of those most vulnerable among us and show a model of land use and housing affordability that the City should prioritize.
We return to The People’s Parcel on E12th St to lift up some amazing community land projects taking place in Oakland today.
Share a meal with neighbors.
Participate in collective art making.
Hear community solutions on supporting houseless folks, building land trusts and public land policy for the people.
Please bring food or beverages to share, if you can. Most importantly, COME and celebrate community resistance and resilience with us!