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East Oakland Community Library
81st St. at Rudsdale
Oakland, CAUnited States
37° 45' 11.8188" N, 122° 11' 6.0756" W
Our Oakland, with the Oakland Public Library and the Oakland Public Art Program, presented 'Stories Building Bridges' on Saturday, February 26th, 2011 at the brand new 81st Avenue Library in the heart of East Oakland at 81st and Rudsdale.
The dynamic community event celebrated everyone who helped make Our Oakland: Eastside Stories a reality -- story contributors, community and media partners, and volunteers and staff. Nearly 70 community participants, from individuals and families to CBO's, mingled, chatted and networked, and witnessed an amazing panel presentation of riveting and heartfelt testimonies about personal and community visions expressed through stories and partnerships on Our Oakland. Kudos and our gratitude to Fannie Brown, East Oakland community activist; Asha Beene of Satellite Housing; Daniel Gray-Kontar of Oakland Leaf-Youth Roots, Tram Nguyen of EnCompass Academy, and Leroy Gaines of ACORN Woodland Academy!
Stories Building Bridges also focused on bringing East Oakland locals together with educators and media and community groups, to bridge the digital divide by sharing media and technology resources, and tell an East Oakland story that reflects the community's proud assets as well as hopes and concerns. These connections sparked tremendous inspiration and dedication towards using the power of media and storytelling to help build a stronger, more positive community. This is exactly what Our Oakland Artistic and Project Director Rene Yung envisioned for the event and for Our Oakland: Eastside Stories, and we are thrilled!
We hope numerous new stories will bloom from these new connections, to catalyze new ripples of dialogue and positive change for the East Oakland community.
We want to thank event co-hosts East Bay Housing Organizations, Bay Localize/Take Back the Mic Bay Area, and Not In Our Town for their support, and the Open Circle Foundation for making Our Oakland community engagement possible.
Photos of the event with descriptions in order:
1. Gerry Garzon, Associate Director, Oakland Public Library, with Sally Beene, Chief Librarian of the 81st Avenue Library
2. Attendees and partners settling in for the day's event
3. Volunteers keeping the youngsters busy with fun art activities
4. Kristen Zaremba, Senior Public Art Project Manager, City of Oakland Public Art Program
5. Attendees and partners
6. Fannie Brown, community activist and story contributor, tells us why she stands by East Oakland
7. Family, friends and smiles
8. Attendees listen to the community panel
9. Asha Beene of Satellite Housing talks about her vision for her intergenerational storytelling project and how Our Oakland has played a vital role to host those stories
10. EnCompass Academy Principal Minh-Tram Nguyen talks about teaching the whole child to nourish a new generation of leaders for the community
11. Leroy Gaines, ACORN Woodland Elementary's new Principal, discusses how Our Oakland has helped him become familiar with the community
12. Internationally recongnized Turf Feinz performs during lunch
13. Turf Feinz, Turfing
14. Turf Feinz member discussing the origin of Turfing in East Oakland and how youth Turf in reaction to violence, and negative activities in their neighborhoods
15. Community and media partners networking
16. Rene Yung, Our Oakland Project and Artistic Director, cheering on the community's call to action during the report-back from the networking session.
17. Discussing how to make stories for positive social change.
18. Wrapping up the event, community and media partners continue making new connections
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