Broadway & 14th St
Oakland, CA 94612
USA
Calling All Artists, Church Leaders, Community/Cultural Workers and Allies:
Show UP Monday! Bring your art, friends, families & congregations!
The City of Oakland is redesigning downtown and they’ve left us out of the equation. Next week, they’ll be hosting a series of public events on Planning Downtown Oakland. Let’s make sure our communities’ voices are heard – and let’s be creative!
RALLY at CITY KICKOFF EVENT & DESIGN WORKSHOP
SPUR – who is hosting the workshops that follow for the rest of the week – released a report on “shaping the future of downtown Oakland”. Of 30 recommendations in the report, only 1 mentions art – briefly. Just one.
We want Cultural Equity, Affordable Housing, and Anti-Displacement protections for the existing residents throughout the city that have made it such a vibrant and desirable place to live. We want an Oakland Arts & Culture Commission that’s representative of all the districts in Oakland. We want more City Arts staff who will work together to ensure public dollars and public policies are used appropriately to preserve, strengthen and grow our creative neighborhoods. We want more funding for arts and culture, arts education in schools for our children, and we want All Of Oakland’s neighborhoods to be resourced.
SHOW UP Monday with your people and make your voices heard!
AND be sure to show up at one of the public input “Open Studio” design workshops that run every day for the following week – 10/20 to 10/27 – from 9am to 6pm. They’ll take place at SPUR’s new offices at 1544 Broadway, right across from The Rotunda Building and the Latham Square construction.
For more information on the Downtown Specific Plan and the City’s public events next week, click here: http://
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The SPUR Report is available online here: http://www.spur.org/sites/
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A big Thank You to Desi Mundo, Campaigns Commitee Member for helping coordinate this action!