East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative

EB PREC and LISC Bay Area (as 7th St. Thrives) hosted our 2nd Annual, Black Earth Day corridor cleanup in partnership with the City of Oakland, Oaklandish, Soul Blends Coffee Roasters, residents, and more. Shout out to all the volunteers who came through, honored West Oakland's historically Black-owned business district, and supported our collective vision for a robust and vibrant future on 7th St! #landwithoutlandlords #restorativeeconomics #healpeoplepower #7thstreetthrives #EarthDay

This Wednesday, our Executive Director Noni Session will be moderating the panel "Reparations AI: Housing" for the Data for Black Lives III Conference. "In cities like Boston, Los Angeles, and New York City, Black people make up more than 55% of the homeless population. The eviction rate of Black women is now comparable to the incarceration rate of Black men. Credit default swaps, securitization, derivative models, eviction databases, credit scores, and recent artificial intelligence-driven housing speculation have all been used to undermine access to permanent affordable housing in big cities and rural areas Researchers, organizers, activists, and families are resisting the destruction and displacement of Black communities through direct action, policy making, and new applications of data." Visit https://lnkd.in/diitMGwH to learn about other panelists, discussions, and more! #Data4BlackLives #d4bl3

#OAKLAND, FINAL CALL ??? RSVP now for our last virtual New Member Orientation of the year on 10/15/24 from 12-1pm. Dive into our cooperative model and learn how you can join the movement of ReImagining #RealEstate in the #BayArea. RSVP now at https://lnkd.in/gX_xRNTu! #RestorativeEconomics #PeoplePower #Equity #EBPREC #housingisahumanright

We're hiring!! Visit https://lnkd.in/g-5btDHi to view all openings. Passionate about housing justice? Curious about being part of a worker-run organization? We're looking for new staff members to help us transform the housing system in the East Bay & beyond. Please help us spread the word by sharing these jobs with anyone in your network who you think is a good fit: Cooperative Education & Engagement Manager: An integral position helping cooperative owners and community members shift their mindset and heartset in relationship to collective real estate ownership, cooperative living, and co-stewarding land. This role will be responsible for bringing new members into EB PREC and supporting members with cooperative resources, facilitation, and education. Cultural Space & Facilities Steward: will steward EB PREC's new co-working space, the Barn, which involves opening and closing, receiving guests, trash pick-up, and basic facilities maintenance. Esther's Culture & Community Manager: is responsible for booking, events, programming, space making, and community building for the full Esther's Orbit Room Cultural Complex, and will co-manage the Barn alongside the Facilities Steward. 7th Street Thrives Corridor Manager: answers to the 7th Street Thrives team and will work to reactivate the historic 7th Street commercial corridor in West Oakland. Responsible for supporting the 13 block project, event activation, merchant organizing, and developing the 7th Street identity and merchant's alliance. All positions are full time (30 hours/week) with benefits unless otherwise noted. Visit https://lnkd.in/g-5btDHi for full job descriptions, including compensation and benefits. If you're interested in these roles or know a great candidate, reach out or share these listings!

We're incredibly excited to welcome Omni Commons into the family. Omni Commons, the radical community organizing space developed in the wake of the Occupy Movement in 2014, faced severe financial difficulties exacerbated by the pandemic. Over the last three years, we have watched the historic space teeter on the edge of foreclosure; and when this unique cultural space that has been home to so many movements over the last decade was to be auctioned off to the highest bidder, we knew we had to step in. EB PREC moved swiftly with our nonprofit affiliate partner, the Collective Action and Land Liberation Institute (CALLI), to finance the acquisition of the embattled building making Omni the seventh liberated property in our cooperative network. Read our full release at https://www.ebprec.org

Join us THIS FRIDAY at 7th West from 5:00pm-9:00pm for the FINALE of our Sidewalk Sessions series ft. vibrant local artists and performers in celebration of West Oakland's rich creative legacy on 7th Street. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gT4aHzbu

#OAKLAND ??? RSVP now for our virtual New Member Orientation on 8/20/24 from 12 - 1pm. Dive into our cooperative model and learn how you can join the movement of ReImagining #RealEstate in the #BayArea: https://lnkd.in/gX_xRNTu #RestorativeEconomics #PeoplePower #Equity #EBPREC #housingisahumanright

Tune into our Finance Director, Ojan Mobedshahi, as he discusses urban planning and its relationship to land as part of UC Berkeley's Othering and Belonging Institute's "Reimagining Urban Planning" series! This webinar takes place on Thursday, August 8 from 11AM to 12:30 PM PT and will feature Ojan alongside Paul Bell, with moderation by Jose Richard Aviles. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/gjkiJ8f8

Calling all architects! Esther's facade & interior needs YOU! We've published a request for proposals for the interior and facade design of our Esther's Orbit Room Cultural Revitalization Project. Our goal is to revitalize this culturally significant structure, ensuring it retains its identity for many years to come. Help us honor 7th Streets History, while setting the visual tone?for its future. The Esther's Orbit Room building is a Potential Designated Historic Property (PDHP) built between 1899 and 1903,?and the cornerstone of our long-term vision to revitalize the 7th Street Commercial Corridor in West Oakland. Esther's?will house a restaurant and bar, commercial kitchen, art gallery, movement studio, and permanently affordable residences above.?

20 Member Owners came together last week at the Barn on West Oakland's 7th St., where we practiced co-governance within our Cooperative through our Community Owner Circle. Our community-centered, community-controlled, and community-led approach to governance demonstrates how democracy goes beyond the ballot box - we must facilitate our own spaces for democratic, collective decision-making to cultivate the power necessary to change the political and physical landscape of our neighborhoods. Anyone rooted in the East Bay can become a Member/Co-Owner of EB PREC and contribute to the direction of our cooperative as it works to de-commodify and liberate land and housing for historically disenfranchised communities. Visit ebprec.org/membership to learn more!