Oakland Public Library

JAN 24 – Downtown Oakland

Celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Oakland Library’s Main Branch! Showcased archival images and engaged the community about their library memories.

Freedom Run + Wellness Festival

FEB 28 – West Oakland

1st annual race celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Black Panther Party, on the 100th year anniversary Black History Month. Over 600 runners for justice! freedom-run.org

Journeys to Albany Exhibition

FEB – APR – Albany

Documenting ancestral journeys, local histories and community messages about this small East Bay city. pathtobelonging.net

Harrison Hotel Community Love Day

FEB 19 – Downtown Oakland

Free fresh produce, hot meals and story sharing with the Harrison Hotel residents and local community. oaklandlowdown.com

Ava Energy @ Oakland Roots

MAR 25 – Oakland Coliseum

A new partnership with Ava Community Energy, engaging with local soccer fans at the pre-game celebration. avaenergy.org

Oakland Lowdown

SEPT – NOV 2025 – Oakland, CA

We Are Neighbors continues with the Harrison Hotel community in downtown Oakland, uplifting their resilience and hope while providing dignity to those often invisibilized.

Community Gathering

Oct 5 NOON – 2pm

Celebrate the launch of a bold new visual storytelling project uplifting unheard voices on community care and housing justice!

Community Archiving Workshop

MAY 2025 – Oakland, CA

Community archiving workshop with local partners, a peer learning and training session with local organizations.

CA Revealed Community Archiving Workshop

JAN – MAY 2025 – Oakland, CA

Train-the-Trainer workshops for partners to lead a Community Archiving Workshop for local organizations and community partners.

Path to Belonging – Portrait of Albany

SEPTEMBER 14 – Solano Avenue Stroll

Participating in one of the country’s longest-running street festivals to gather neighbor stories and photos for Portrait of Albany.

AUGUST 16 & 24 – Albany, CA

Curbside gatherings to connect with Albany, CA neighbors about history and belonging in this small East Bay city.

Book Launch Celebration

NOV 9 – Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore, SF

Conversation with Sue Mark, Heidi Herrera, & Fred Williams, owner of William’s Appliances, about their essay ‘Writing the Golden State: The New Literary Terrain of California’.

Life is Living

OCT 12 – Lil Bobby Hutton Park, West Oakland

The Community Billboard featured 17 years of LIL images & a photo booth live-stream in this annual festival celebrating community and environmental resilience!

Elev8te the World Day!

SEP 1 – Berkeley Flea Market

Commemorating Black freedom struggles that highlight Black resistance, recognizing ‘Black August’. The Community Billboard featured creations by singer-song writer & HEAR HERE engagement team member Joshua Berry.

Closing Ceremony – We Are Neighbors Together!

AUG 27 – Jasper P. Driver Plaza, 61st & Adeline Streets

Celebrating the final screening of ‘We Are Neighbors Together’ video stories in collaboration with the Self Help Hunger Program members. Community meal & music with longtime & new neighbors.

We Are Neighbors Together!

AUG 10 & 17 – Berkeley Flea Market

Screening profound video stories from the Self Help Hunger program community about family, gathering, reparations, sharing, & protecting. Tour throughout Berkeley & Oakland, Summer 2024.

We Are Neighbors Together!

AUG 6 – South Berkeley Neighborhoods

Screening the profound video stories for National Night Out for Safety & Liberation. Highlighting themes of family, gathering, reparations, sharing, & protecting from the Self Help Hunger Program community. Tour throughout Berkeley & Oakland, Summer 2024.

We Are Neighbors Together!

JUL 13 – Temescal Street Fair, North Oakland

Amplifying Self Help Hunger Program’s impactful video stories to 1000s of neighbors enjoying the Temescal Street Fair! Free produce give-away.

Every Day is Black History Month

JUN 23 – Jasper P. Driver Plaza

Premiering ‘We Are Neighbors Together’ video stories from the Self Help Hunger Program. This annual event uplifts the Black communities of Oakland & Berkeley with local artists, food vendors & family activities.

Center for Art Esteem Open House

JUN 22 – West Oakland

Celebrating the grand opening of the permanent home of this legendary community arts program. Showcasing ArtEsteem documentaries on the Community Billboard.

A Rising Tide: Benefit Screening

MAR 24 – The New Parkway Theater

Supporting the Center for ArtEsteem–showcasing their documentary films on the Community Billboard during their benefit screening of Cheryl Fabio’s ‘A Rising Tide’ to uplift the voices of Alameda County’s unhoused neighbors.

Self-Help Hunger Stone Soup

FEB 4 – Jasper P. Driver Plaza, 61st & Adeline Streets

A collective meal with conversations about community belonging. A Self Help Hunger benefit to collect financial and volunteer support.

Self Help Hunger Program Tour

DEC 2023-JAN 2024 – North/South Berkeley Business Districts & Neighborhoods

Sharing video messages from unheard voices of the The Self-Help Hunger Program to amplify the program & gather support.

Life is Living Festival

OCT 14 – Lil Bobby Hutton Park, West Oakland

Showcasing Black Panther Party films during this annual festival, an homage to the Black Panther Party Survival Conference & celebration of 50 years of Hip Hop.

Oral Historians in the East Bay

OCT 11 – Oakland History Center, Oakland Public Library

An evening of stories & exploration of local Bay Area history, hosted by East Bay Yesterday! Sharing the stage with the Black Panther Alumni Legacy Network, GEMS Oral Histories, & Oakland Chinatown Oral History Project.

Love our PARK!

SEP 23 – F.M. Smith Park

Connecting with neighbors building community & activating outdoor activities the neighborhood near Lake Merritt!

Neighbor Block Party

SEP 21 – North Oakland

Screening local history on the Community Billboard to support togetherness in the neighborhood.

Joyce Gordon Gallery Anniversary Celebration

SEP 1 – Joyce Gordon Gallery

Showcasing 20 years of art on the Community Billboard for Oakland’s oldest gallery dedicated to African American creatives.

Golden Gate Summer Thing

JUN 9 – Golden Gate Rec Center, North Oakland

Showcasing neighbor videos & community questions on the COmmunity Billboard during this family-friendly gathering.

Mothers of the Struggle

MAY 14 – Jasper P. Driver Plaza, 61st & Adeline Streets

Celebrating Mother’s Day during ‘Everyday is Black History Month’ by showcasing community photos & questions on the Community Billboard. This annual Self Help Hunger Program event uplifts Oakland & Berkeley Black communities.

Black Joy Parade

FEB 26 – Oakland

Celebrating the beauty and power of Black joy during Oakland’s annual festival. The Community Billboard Hear Here will join the parade to support the Black Panther Party Alumni Legacy Network!

Love 4 Our Unhoused Neighbors: Donation Block Drive

DEC 2-4 – North Oakland Neighborhoods

HEAR HERE Community Billboard cruising to promote a day of service & pop-up meal supporting unhoused neighbors. In memory of lifelong North Oakland Freedom Fighter Princess Beverly Williams.

Neighborhood Sustainability Day

NOV 19 – Jaro Fleet Industries

Final event of the year! Gathering neighbors with local sustainability organizations for an educational day. Brower Dellum Institute for Sustainable Policy Studies, Jaro Fleet Technologies, PLACE for Sustainable Living, Committee for South African Solidarity.

Storefront Records Not-So-Open Mic & Marketplace

OCT 29 – Sparc-It Place

Join us at Fantastic Negrito’s business The Storefront Records Marketplace to highlight upcoming artistic talents and gather for community reflection.

Emeryville 4H Club Gathering

OCT 24 – 47th Street, Oakland

What does community service mean to you? Youth gather to think critically about ways to better service their neighbors and community.

47th Street Neighbor Gathering

OCT 22 – 47th Street, Oakland

Neighbor conversation hosted by 47th street residents in North Oakland with Susie Wise. How do you want your block to feel?

13 Ways of Looking at Kasper’s

Oct 15 – Temescal Library

Documenting the evolving murals. Join us for the photo and text exhibition showcasing how we view urban landscapes.

Redlining Redefined: Neighborhood Soundwalk

OCT 8 – Golden Gate Library

New neighbor and sound artist Gabby Wen shared their latest soundscape about the impacts of redlining in the Golden Gate neighborhood.

Life is Living Festival with People’s Kitchen Collective

OCT 8 – Lil Bobby Hutton Park

Celebrating the 15th annual LIFE is LIVING festival, highlighting joy, diversity, adversity, revolutionary spirit that vibrates throught Oakland.

Dover Park Neighbor Picnic & Story Share

OCT 1 – Dover Street Edible Park

Educational Garden Tour for families and neigbors. Offering seed swapping sesion and shared picnic with powerful leaders in the neigborhood.

Camron-Stanford History Fair

SEP 10 – Camron-Stanford House Museum

Connecting to our past through the interactive History Fair located at the Camron-Standford House at Lake Merritt and conversational hub brought to you by HEAR HERE.

Brunch Pop-up with Cracked & Mellana Cafe

SEP 3 – Mellana Cafe

Brunch pop-up at Mellana Cafe in collboration with Buna, Self Help Hunger Program, and neighbors.

Night Out for Safety & Liberation

AUG 3 – Bicycle Parade from 48th St towards 45th

Gathering co-hosted by Neighbors for Radical Justice (N4RJ) to join the city-wide approach to make out streets safe and vibrant.

Cafe Mellana Conversations

JUL 9 – Mellana Cafe

Tune into the stories about former businesses and owners of the cafe. Meet your neigbors!

Paradise Park Monthly Neighbor Potluck

JUL 9 – Charles Porter Golden Gate Rec Center

Paradise Park Neighborhood plan gatherings and discussions over food. Building a connective community!

Town Nights at Hoover Elementary School

JUL 1 – Hoover Elementary School

Celebrating Town Nights at Hoover Elementary School. Food, resources, and fun activities provided to the community.

Self Help Hunger Program Community Event

JUN 26 – Jasper P Driver Plaza

“Everyday is Black History Month,” an annual event that uplifts the Black communities of Oakland & Berkeley with local artists, food vendors & family activities.

North Oakland Self-Help Hunger Program Promo Drive

JUN 24 – North Oakland Neighborhood Block Drive

First block drive with the AP2TP team, connecting with neighbors in North Oakland.

WOCAN Juneteenth Celebration

JUN 20 – Sparc-It Place

Honoring Juneteenth! Join the fun, food, and games, including Guest Speakers Black Panther Elaine Brown, WOCAN founder David Peters, and delightful special performances by SambaFunk! The Cowboy & His Sometimes Blues Band.

Hoover-Durant Block Promo Drive

JUN 17 – Hoover Durant Neighborhood

Driving with Eseibio the Automatic, and Corinne, to promote the WOCAN (West Oakland Cultural Action Network) Juneteenth Event!

HEAR/HERE’s First North Oakland Block Drive

North Oakland

First block drive with the AP2TP team introducing the neighbors of North Oakland to the HEAR/HERE truck!

HEAR/HERE Community Billboard Launch Party

JUN 4 – Golden Gate Library

HEAR HERE launch in a family-friendly gathering hosted at the Golden Gate Library.