CONNECTING NORTH OAKLAND NEIGHBORS THROUGH STORIES, SHARED RESOURCES & CELEBRATIONS @commons_archive
"THE SENSE OF THE SACRED IS VITAL"
Healer & poet Rafael Jesús González leads a blessing at the Commons Archive book launch celebration.
The Commons Archive flag made up of neighbors' handwriting stands in front of the Golden Gate Library.
HONOR THY ANCESTORS, CELEBRATE OUR ELDERS
Sunday, January 30, 1-6pm
61st Street @ Adeline & Stanford
Join the community at North Oakland’s Driver Plaza, affectionately known as ‘The Island’. Organized by the Self Help Hunger Program this joyous gathering will be a time to hear stories, exchange experiences and create connections for the future based on ancestral wisdom.
Sitting on the shoulders of the Black Panther Party, the Self Help Hunger Program offers generosity for all: food for the hungry, clothes for the cold, resources for the unhoused, a warm community for the lost.
Commons Archive is honored to collaborate with the Self Help Hunger Program to share and preserve neighbor stories!
NORTH OAKLAND NEIGHBOR GROUPS WORKSHOP
Neighbors share community building & restorative justice strategies.
Commons Archive gathers neighbors' written experiences & memories throughout North Oakland.
Portrait of Eugene Lasartemay, a pioneer in collecting & sharing Bay Area African American history.
VITAL BLACK FAMILY-OWNED BUSINESS
Fred & Ruthanne Williams, second generation owners of Williams Appliances, a store that has been serving the neighborhood since the 1960s.
BLOCK CLUBS ARE A BIG PART OF SOUTHERN BLACK CULTURE
Neighbor activist Laura Ingram shares her stories at 'Love Our Neighborhood Day', a free community-driven open streets festival.
Black Panther Saturu Ned shares his wisdom & experiences for Commons Archive deep-listening sessions at the Golden Gate Library.
WE WERE THE FIRST BLACK FAMILY ON THE BLOCK
Joanne Dickerson Harper, born in the Golden Gate neighborhood in the 1940s, shares stories & photos.
BIRTHPLACE OF THE BLACK PANTHERS
One of the many signs in the neighborhood that commemorate important sites in Black Panther Party history.
NORTH OAKLAND RESTORATIVE JUSTICE COUNCIL
North Oakland neighbors walk for peace, support unhoused neighbors & provide mutual aid during the COVID crisis.
GOLDEN GATE LIBRARY LOCAL COLLECTION
The Commons Archive book series created in 2019 from neighbor interviews, urban planning reports, maps, photos, & neighborhood documents.
PRESERVING THE PAST WHEN THE EYEWITNESSES ARE GONE
Susan Anderson, writer, scholar & third-generation Californian, researching the Lasartemay archives.
Longtime Golden Gate Librarian & jazz vocalist Sharon Vaughn sings at the Golden Gate Library's Centennial Celebration.
"LOOK AROUND & SEE WHAT COMMUNITY IS"
Laurie Stoerkel, one of the neighbors featured in the 'Golden Gate Conversations' book.
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