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***POSTPONED BECAUSE OF COVID-19 -- SEE NOTE BELOW***
For our 6th Backyard, we are so excited to partner with an org working on solutions to the housing crisis: East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative (EB PREC). They use a unique and creative model that is part-community land trust, part-cooperative, and part-real estate investment opportunity. Read on for more info!
THE BACKGROUND:
Backyard is born out of our love of food, friends and the community that raised us. Growing up in the Bay has given us so much access to diversity, culture, and civic engagement. We want to show our appreciation by highlighting work that makes the Bay Area really thrive, while communing over delicious food with friends, fam, neighbors, and strangers.
In 2017, we turned our small potlucks into something more intentional, and started hosting outdoor dinner parties to raise funds for local groups doing important work in the community. We choose an organization we admire for its efforts to create sustainability and equity in the fast-changing East Bay. One important goal for these events is to offer a chance to learn about and feel inspired by critical, local work, to engage in difficult conversations in a safe environment, and to feel hope during a hard political time -- while feasting and having fun.
THE ORGANIZATION:
EB PREC is a democratic, People of Color-led cooperative that takes land and housing off the speculative market to create permanently affordable, community-controlled land and housing. They help East Bay residents cooperatively organize, finance, purchase, occupy, and steward properties, in order to create community-controlled assets and empower community members in a housing market that historically (and currently) serves others. After launching in 2018, EB PREC now has properties in West and North Oakland with five to ten additional properties in the pipeline for 2020.
Read more about them at prebprec.org, and check out this video on how EB PREC's model works: https://www.youtube.com/watchtime_continue=92&v=rbU8jkC2EPE&feature=emb_logo
EVENT DETAILS:
WHEN: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED BECAUSE OF CONCERNS OVER COVID-19. WE WILL SET THE NEW DATE AS SOON AS THERE IS FURTHER CLARITY (we are aiming for early to mid-summer if possible). Please contact us at backyardcommunitycookout@gmail.com with any questions in the meantime. The health and safety of our community is our number one priority.
WHERE: West Oakland by BART. Address with purchase.
PRICE: $40
(If you can swing more we deeply appreciate it. All money goes straight to the org after costs, which we keep as low as possible with the help of discounts from awesome local businesses. If you want to join but can't afford a ticket, reach out to talk about discount tickets.)
MINGLE: At 3:00 PM for music, drinks, snacks.
EAT: At 4:30 PM, we'll serve a family-style meal cheffed up by professional cooks and chefs.
MORE: Members from EB PREC will be there to share info, answer questions, and hang out. There will also be demos and activities, including a raffle of good stuff from local business!
If you can't attend, we'll miss you, but you can still donate. And feel free to donate more even if you are joining us! :)
Tickets have sold out every time, so get 'em while they're hot. 100+ people came out last time, and the earlier you buy, the better we're able to make sure we have enough food and space.
We feel lucky to be able to partner with amazing local organizations doing such important and ambitious work -- and to have all of y'all to share in the cause with! Can't wait to see everyone there and thank you for the support!
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UbicaciónOur Backyard (Ver)
Address Provided With Purchase
Oakland, CA 94607
United States
Categorías
| Apropiado para niños: Sí |
| Se aceptan perros: Sí |
| No fumar: No |
| Accesible a silla de ruedas: No |
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