We're 300+ strong!

ICYMI, the 100th community owner joined EB PREC earlier this year. Which means we're now a community of over 300 community and investor owners. We're grateful to be growing in a year like 2020 and we're setting our intentions to do even more in 2021. Thank you for joining us on this journey. We're excited to build even more next year.

ESTABLISHING A JOINT ELECTIONS COMMITTEE

We're looking for individuals to staff an election committee that supports EB PREC’s election process.

The committee needs to fill the following vacancies:

INVESTOR OWNERS CAN FUND MORE THAN EVER BEFORE

EB PREC is now a Regulation A+ investment! Which is a fancy way to say investors in the state of California can now invest more than our previous limit of $1000 dollars. To recap, Investor Owners can:

• earn dividends of 1.5% annually
• vote on items brought to East Bay PREC's membership at member meetings or otherwise
• vote on two board members: governance and finance directors
• do good in our neighborhoods by creating opportunities for stability, autonomy and ownership for resident owners

If you love our people-powered approach, make it rain ☔️ Have a look at or offering circular here. 

DID YOU KNOW? We offer an installment plan to invest. You don't need to drop the full amount all at once in order to invest. 

Member Events

Community Owner Circle | Thurs Jan 14 | 6:00 PM PDT | Next month, we'll continue imagining what community engagement activities can look like in 2021! We want to create activities that help us connect with one another, build relationships, and to start to imagine what projects we can embark on together to strengthen our community. Click here to RSVP.


Happy Hour | Thurs Jan 28 | 6:30PM PDT | Get to know other members, leaders, and staff of EB PREC in a casual and fun setting! RSVP here to join our EB PREC Happy Hour.

Upcoming Events

NAACP Centering Equity in the Sustainable Building Sector webinar | Executive Director Noni Session will join the NAACP to discuss mutual aid and what it looks like in relation to sustainable building. Click here to RSVP.

Lunchtime Orientation with EB PREC | Join us every Third Tuesday at 12:00 PM PDT to learn about coop life and what makes our model unique. Click here to RSVP. 

Evening Orientation with EB PREC | Every First Tuesday | 6:30 PM PDT | Have you been meaning to join one of our orientations but can't do make it at lunch-time? You’re in luck. Evening orientations also happen once a month. Click here to RSVP!

Good Reads (and other news)

NEWS | The Quiet Revolution in Community Finance | Author Michael H. Shuman mentioned EB PREC in his piece for Nonprofit Quarterly about recent changes in securities law.

BOOK | Put Your Money Where Your Life Is | Local investing expert Michael Shuman offers an alternative to Wall Street in Put Your Money Where Your Life Is.  Shuman explains the nuts and bolts of self-directed IRAs and solo 401(k)s and how they can be combined with other recently legalized local investing tools to invest in hyper-locally and in nonprofits in our community through entities like us and others. 

BOOK | Worldshift Happens!: Facing Down the Fear, Waking Up the Mind | EB PREC member Carolyn North explores some new ways of: • framing reality; • looking aging and death straight in the eye; • and telling the fictional story of a family of survivors of the Great Shift in the year 2125. Buddhist teacher Joanna Macy says, “This is a rare, brave and most original book; I am honored you have shared it with me…I applaud the idea of conveying possible future scenarios in story form rather than dull expository projections…”

ARTICLE| Black Land Matters but is Crowdfunding Enough? | As calls for reparations continue, multiple efforts are afoot to begin to help Black farmers gain access to land and rebuild stolen wealth and labor.
 

ARTICLE| First Housing Complex Purchased by Trans Community for Trans Community Opens in Queens | A multi-unit housing complex in Woodhaven opened its doors Friday with historic relevance. It’s the first residential building purchased by the trans community specifically for the trans community. Ceyenne Doroshow, a community advocate and the founder of the non profit organization Gays and Lesbians Living in a Transgender Society (GLITS), purchased the property.

Join EB PREC!

We can't continue doing this work without the support of our community! And need to expand the team. We're looking for a Operations Coordinator to join EB PREC staff in 2021

Together we can create BMR housing and achieve #LandWithoutLandlords! Click here to learn more about the open role.