ICYMI: Property Liberation Guidelines, Black Economics Salon 6 Month Report, and more!
It's been another exciting month and we have so much to report back to you.
Community Owner Work Party!
On August 21st, our Community Owners came together to review our hot-off-the-presses Property Liberation Guidelines. We’re still seeking feedback from the community (that’s you!) so feel free to add comments to our latest unfinished draft here.
We're in the Mercury News!
"In less than a year, a nascent Oakland organization grew from a small staff with some bright ideas and a website into group that is stewarding two properties for permanently affordable housing, with plans to soon acquire a third...
How did they do it? By relying on a lot of people, a new model for investment and some innovative partnerships. But in turning a novel concept for developing affordable properties into a reality, the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative joined a growing number of organizations in the Bay Area challenging the status quo of the region’s skyrocketing housing costs."
Read the entire article here!
Reporting Back on SIX MONTHS of our Black Economics Salon
We first gathered on April 26, 2019 with the purpose of creating the pathways for black cooperatives in the new West Oakland BART Station development, currently stewarded by SUDA, China Harbor, and Hansel Phelps. We've since met on the last Friday of each month doing our best to create this project for our community within the estimate project window of 30 months. Greg drafted this 6 month report to memorialize the work that we've done so far, as we transition to more community engagement around a 7th Street Cultural Cooperative Corridor.
So Many Events: It's Like We're EVERYWHERE
We hosted three phonebanking parties, one pop-up orientation at PLACE, an orientation webinar, our regularly scheduled monthly in-person orientation, a Community Owner Circle, and our #LandWithoutLandlords Coop789 Capital Campaign Launch Happy Hour!
We also attended a bunch of events including the Youth Spirit Artworks’ day of building tiny houses and the Affordable for Whom Convening in New York!
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Two More Badasses Joined Our Team!
We're so excited to have Victoria Yu and Chi-Chi Okonmah on our staff! Stay tuned for a more formal introduction on our Who We Are page!
Phew! What a Month!
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