Come Aboard the RelationShip! 🚢
Come aboard the ship, where we relate, support, share resources, build trust. We build now, ready in our relationships for when the current super-structure crumbles. It's about to crumble - in the next wave or so, it's going down - and we are getting ready. Come aboard the RelationShip where we strive and thrive to be our best - healed - highest selves. Come as you are. Looking forward to it, dear ones. In Love.
* The goals of this newsletter are to provide EB PREC highlights from the previous month, coming events, as well as share related resources and information.
Calling Community - Based Orgs
EB PREC is striving to build more mutually supportive relationships. If you are part of a community - based organization who's members can benefit from participation and information about EB PREC, please reach out. We would love to share about this cooperative and how to become a resident, community and/or investor owner, or other ways to support each other's work. Please reach EB PREC's Community Relations Director, Marissa@ebprec.org Thank you.
April and May Updates!
4/1: Cooperative Book Club for the Black Community, is studying 'Collective Courage'!
4/6: At the Community Co-Ownership Initiative learning about successful POC - led land projects and how they are funded and financed, including with EB PREC as shared by Greg Jackson, before guidance on writing a land project proposal. For more information on land project proposal support contact marissa.ashkar@nclt.org
4/10: Staff collective is working in trust - in each other - that we are doing the best we can at all times. Open-hearted growth in our internal values while furthering the mission.
4/21: Cobb Building at the Nest in Forestville.
Sign up for the next workshop May 24th - 27th tinyurl.com/NESTcob2019 and Support this work here tinyurl.com/nestbuildcreate
4/26: Advisory Council Happy Hour and Black Economics Salon, co-hosted by Mandela Foods Coop, in forward motion!
5/1: Celebrating collective resident stewardship by the 789 Cooperative at the May Day Out of Escrow Party for EB PREC's first project, in partnership with Northern California Land Trust. Click on the picture for video of live Karaoke!
Upcoming Events!
EB PREC COMMUNITY EVENTS!
In-Person Orientations 1st Wednesday Evenings
Due to International Worker's Day and 789 Cooperative Celebration, the next in-person orientation is:
Wednesday, May 8th 6:30 to 8:00
1428 Franklin St, Oakland
RSVP for by email or register on facebook
Online Orientation 3rd Tuesdays at Noon
Join May 21st from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/6412395409
Or Telephone: US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 646 558 8656
Meeting ID: 641 239 5409
Cooperative Book Clubs
The Sustainable Economies Law Center, Repaired Nations, and the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative are collaborating on a new learning pedagogy for cooperative education in the Black Community through cooperative book clubs held in East Oakland and Richmond.
To RSVP Click Here.
Wed 5/15 6:30pm to 8:30pm - Community Owner Circle, 1428 Franklin Street
Friday 5/18 9:00am - Richmond Neighborhood Housing Services Workshop "Changing the Narrative..."
Tues 5/21, 12:00-1:00pm - EB PREC Online Orientation
Wed 5/22 9:30-11am Lift Economy Webinar - “Who will Own the Land”
Wed 5/22, 5:30 – 8:30pm - “User, Worker, Owner! Building equitable ownership in tech”
Wed 5/22, 4:00pm - 6:30pm - Cooperation Works, Madison, WC
Thur 5/23 - Self -Help Credit Union Keynote Speech - “Put your Money Where your Heart Is”
Fri 5/31, 3:00pm - Cooperative Professionals Guild Conference, Chicago, IL
Announcements from Community Partners!
BIG Oakland Announces Grand Opening May 16, 2019 New Co-Working Space for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction IndustryWHAT: Grand Opening www.bigoakland.space
WHERE: BIG Oakland, 1423 Broadway Oakland CA
WHEN: Thursday May 16, 2019
● 7am - 11am Design Build Breakfast - FREE early morning networking breakfast.
● 11am - 5pm All Day Open House - tours and FREE co-working offered all day.
● 5pm - 8pm Third Thursdays at Latham Square - music by Planet Booty, The Jamming
Nachos & DJ Tek-Neek.
● 7:30pm - 11pm BIG Oakland Launch Party! Wine Tasting, tapas, and music by Miss Music
Dismantling White Supremacy Unconference
Join activists, policy-makers, business leaders, employees, community organizers, and community members on June 14-15 to discuss ways to dismantle #whitesupremacy. More info + register: www.bit.ly/dismantleit #dismantleWSC #BCorp #racialjustice @dismantleWSC
Good Listening
In this podcast, "Liberating Latent Potential through Regenerative Design", part of the Next Economy podcast series, by LIFT Economy, Tre' Cates speaks on systems for health and healing in collective organization.
