Keeping on Pushing
On March 26th to 31st, EB PREC Director, Noni Session, will be at West Jackson Ground Workers Exchange in Jackson MS, with the Cooperative Community of New West Jackson . This visit is the result of on-the-ground organizing here in Oakland, creating cooperative connections across the country.
In late 2018 Noni and Greg from EB PREC participated in a convening put on by Gavin Raders and the awesome folks at Planting Justice. The resulting days set off an explosion of the imagination. Noni and Greg met Nia Umoja, co-founder of New West Jackson Cooperative. Nia and her comrad He-myong, spent the day with Noni and Greg visioning what Community Organizing is supposed to be. They considered failures and successes of creating sustained community spaces that can be inherited generation to generation, and are not dependent on the wealth of the few, but the wealth of the community coming together. This fertilization informs EB PREC's Points of Unity; to Move at the Pace of Community, Not Capital.
The Cooperative Community of New West Jackson rejects large foundation and donor dollars in favor of going one step at a time with community members for building vision and capacity. They are now ready for help from the outside. They are making strategic decisions toward mutual aid, not charity-based aid, for the support of black and brown people. With a solid foundation in community, they have now accepted a grant and are using it to convene the West Jackson charity exchange that is working to bring organizers and community together to move the collective vision forward. Hand in hand, we will convene a conversation around what is the next step for helping our communities survive generation to generation with cultural continuity.
To read more, see their article in Yes Magazine below.
CELEBRATING ESCROW! Friends of EB PREC celebrating the night we went into escrow on EB PREC's 2nd community-owned property, in North Oakland.
IN THE NEWS[letter]!
EB PREC is in the newsletter of Standing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) - Bay Area Chapter! From their website, SURJ, Bay Area is a part of a national network of groups and individuals organizing white people for racial justice. In the newsletter we offer that becoming an Investor Owner, Community Owner, or making a donation to EB PREC is an opportunity to recognize and balance current and historical economic disparities and supports a platform for wealth redistribution.
Past Goings On!
RECENT SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
North Richmond Resident Leaders' Leadership Circle
Thursday, Feb 21st
Noni with Zach Murray of Oakland Community Land Trust presented at the North Richmond Resident Leaders, Leadership Circle.
An Evening with LIFT Economy
Tuesday, Feb 26th
EB PREC Director, Noni Session will be at an evening with LIFT Economy where we will look at the vision we are holding around how EB PREC could be the ownership model for communities that are yet to be built.
UPCOMING EVENTS
EB PREC COMMUNITY EVENTS
Orientations Schedule Change
Reccurring in-person orientations on first Wednesday evenings
On-line orientations 3rd Tuesdays at 12 noon.
Wednesday, March 6th 6:30 to 8:00
1428 Franklin St, Oakland
RSVP for by email or register on facebook
Advisory Council Happy Hour Strategy Session
Save the date for on Friday, April 26th 5:30 to 7:00pm.
Register on FB or send an email.
COMMUNITY-OWNER CIRCLE STARTING!
Since our launch in December 2018 we've been so excited to welcome our Community Owners onto the team. Community Ownership is for anyone in the community who wants to get involved and help build this movement. Community Member/Owners are central to connecting our interests and energy for abundance and self-determination! The Staff Member/Owners are looking forward to sharing current happenings and engaging support in the Community Owner leaders.
If you're not a Community Owner yet but want to attend, sign up on our website!
Every 3rd Wednesday, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Welcome, All Community-Owners
RSVP for March 20th to info@ebprec.org
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Forum on Housing and Inequality in San Diego
Thursday, Feb 28th
Noni is representing at a Forum in San Diego on Housing Inequality.
Bioneers Conference at UCSC
Friday, March 1st
UC Santa Cruz Bioneers ConferenceOjan Mobedshahi, East Bay PREC's Finance Director, will be speaking at the plenary session, and leading a workshop on our model.
ULI Housing the Bay
Wednesday, March 6th
Noni will be at the Urban Land Institute Workshop in San Francisco on March 6th from to 2 to 5pm entitled Housing the Bay.
West Jackson Ground Workers Exchange
March 26th - 31st
Noni will be at West Jackson Ground Workers Exchange in Jackson MS, March 26th to 31st.
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.
GOOD READS
