A Call to Focus on Freedom! & EBPREC October Recap/Coming Events
Kin! The apparent lack of alternatives is not important. Focus on Freedom!
This is a call to remember and co-create for the now.
This is a choice and willingness to work together and grow.
We have all we need in us to live - to thrive more than we know!
True Selves Shining
EBPREC is gearing up on graphics, materials and a video for its "soft launch"; when we reach out to anchor members to steer and keep EBPREC on mission. If you haven't already, look out for our email or call!
The "soft launch" is preparation to make the actual launch a success. Communications will be picking up. The membership drive, will be fruitful because of you!Sign up to be a Community Owner if you haven't already.
Introducing!!! EBPREC Member Levels
An Owner is legally a Member of EBPREC. Here are the Owner/Member classes:
Getting the Core Beliefs ready for the printers (Community Printers), giving thanks!
The liberation of Black and Indigenous communities is fundamental to the liberation of all people!
UPDATE: EBPREC and Oakland Community Land Trust are in partnership to receive a property donation! Carolyn North, an elder in our community and founder of The Daily Bread Project, is donating her family home of 50 years in South Berkeley to the coalition of the Oakland CLT, SELC and EBPREC. There are many elders in the community who want to do good with their properties as they pass on, and we are so grateful that we will be gifted this property, and the opportunity to pave a way for future donors to support the community through this partnership!
Upcoming Events!
Tabling at Resource Village Pop Up!Friday, Nov 2nd 3:00 to 7:00pm in front of Mandela Coop Grocery in West Oakland
EBPREC Orientation, Welcome! <3
Wednesday, Nov 7th 6:30 to 8:00pm at 1428 Franklin St. Oakland and every 1st and 3rd Wednesdays!
Noni, EBPREC Director will be on a panel at the State of the Region on Nov. 15th
Quarterly Advisory Council Happy Hour Strategy Sessions beginning Nov 16th 5:30 to 7:00pm. Location TBD
The Field School is starting up!
A Joint Launch Party with People Powered Solar and SELC the evening of December 5th!
Join us at the Peoples Land and Housing Convening! Nov 28-29 https://oakclt.org/landhousingconvening/
where EBPREC is presenting on the 28th from 1 - 3p on a panel about Shared Equity Finance!
To connect at your own pace, Sign Up for Office Hours on the Website!
Whether you are an organized group looking for financing options, just getting started, or anywhere in between, feel free to schedule time during our open office hours so that we can connect and build relationships! Thank you.
Past Goings On!
October 17th was the 1st EBPREC Orientation of the year! One attendee said that, since attending EBPREC events last year; "you've done so much work!...You're a real business!"
Indigenous People's Day Sunrise Ceremony at Alcatraz island renewed our sense of why we do this work and who we do it with. Giving thanks to those who paved the way for reclaiming native lands!
Good Reads!
Patriarchy under US imperialism stems from the same root as anywhere else: the development of private property. Frederick Engels traced the root of patriarchy to the displacement of indigenous matriarchal societies and the class antagonisms that arose from the development of surplus product. This aricle from Black Agenda Report breaks down patriarchy and its roots, as a tool of the ruling class!
We look forward to speaking with you when we start calling on Anchor Members!
Talk to you soon!- The EBPREC Staff Collective
Noni, Greg, Marissa, Shira & Ojan
