East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative

We're back with our 4th ANNUAL BLACK EARTH DAY. Come celebrate 7th Street with us on Saturday, April 18th for a community clean up like no other. RSVP link in bio 🔗 ☕️ 10am - 11pm - MEETUP Free coffee and bites. Gather your map and trash pick-up supplies (provided by EB PREC). Meet with community organizers and neighbors. 🌱 11am-12:30pm COMMUNITY CLEANUP Walk down 7th St and make West Oakland even more beautiful. 🎉12:30pm-3pm PARTY TIME Enjoy a free lunch from EB PREC while DJ @the_junior takes us into our afterparty celebration. BLACK EARTH DAY is part of our 7th Street Thrives neighborhood initiative in West Oakland. SHOUT OUT TO OUR PARTNERS - @liscbayarea #CAREisRADICAL #earthday #oakland #bayarea #westoakland #community #communitylove

Join our virtual New Member Orientation on Tuesday, May 19th from 12-1pm PST, to learn how you can be part of our movement to re-imagine #realestate in the #BayArea. #linkinbio, RSVP now! #Housing #Community #Cooperative #CooperativeLiving #Economy #EBPREC #Sustainability #Explore #LandWithoutLandlords

Our 4th annual Black Earth Day was a smashing success! 115 volunteers came together and collected 191 bags of trash (1660 lbs!) and 660 lbs. of green waste along the 7th Street Corridor. This year’s cleanup was hosted on the 26,000 sq ft. lot next to the Barn, and the future site of our Esther’s Garden project. Attendees were invited to share their vision for the amenities they’d like to see as part of our community-led development process. Black Earth Day was also the kickoff launch of our two-year, $10 million investment campaign aimed at revitalizing West Oakland’s historic 7th Street corridor to address decades of government neglect through community-driven urban development and sustainable local investment. A huge shoutout to all of our community partners who made this year’s Black Earth Day possible: @soulblendscoffee @the_crucible @mandelapartners @rootvolumecooperative @liscbayarea @westoaklandeip @oaklandgleaners @lincoln1883 , @_commonvision_ @7thwestoakland @serialmaterial @sterlingartsf @oakland

TOMORROW: We invite the community to join the Mandela Station (West Oakland BART) Development Team for a community meeting to receive the latest updates for the proposed development. The meeting will take place on Thursday, May 7th from 6:30-8:30pm at Beth Eden Baptist Church (1183 10th St, Oakland, CA 94607) RSVP link in bio! 🔗 CONTEXT: On Oakland’s Earth Day, approximately 72 trees were red tagged along 7th Street and around the West Oakland BART station. The response from across the West Oakland community has been immediate and unified: the scale and approach of this tree removal is unacceptable and unnecessary. The core problem is not that the community disagrees with the approved plan. The core problem is that the red tags on the ground do not match the approved plan. We thank the City of Oakland for promptly pausing permits for this tree removal, and are calling on the City and BART to correct specific mismatches between the red-tagged trees and the approved Preliminary Development Plan. Photo Credit: Azucena Rasilla/The Oaklandside

Community meeting scheduled for Thursday, May 7 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm! Location: Beth Eden Baptist Church. RSVP at bit.ly/bart-trees-meeting UPDATE: the permit application for tree removal is on pause due to community opposition! 7th St Thrives has put together a list of recommendations for the developers and the City to preserve our urban forest: check it out and sign on at 7thstreetoakland.com Last weekend, red tags popped up on dozens of trees around West Oakland BART alerting neighbors about a permit for tree removal. These tree removals are part of the Mandela Station project, a major development that will transform the blocks around BART. West Oakland needs our trees. We’re working with neighbors and City officials to see whether any of them can be preserved. We also want to see a public maintenance plan from developers to make sure new trees survive and thrive. We’ll have more action steps soon. Stay tuned!

4TH ANNUAL BLACK EARTH DAY 2026 🌏 / Community cleanup on 7th Street, West Oakland organized by EB PREC and LISC Bay Area photos by @reyaphotography #BlackEarthDay #EarthDay #communitycleanup #westoakland #oakland

#BAYAREA 🗣️ Meet us TOMORROW in person at 1726 7th St., Oakland CA, for our hybrid New Member Orientation, and learn how you can be part of our movement to re-imagine #realestate. #Linkinbio, RSVP now! #Oakland #Housing #Community #Cooperative #CooperativeLiving #Explore #Economy #EBPREC #Sustainability #landwithoutlandlords

We’re saying THANK YOU the first 100 people who show up and show out 💥 The first 100 attendees at Black Earth Day will receive a limited-edition “7th Street Thrives” bucket hat + pins—our way of honoring your commitment to caring for the block. Come early, bring your people, and be ready to serve, celebrate, and connect. 🗓 Saturday, April 18 ⏰ 10AM – 3PM 📍 1724 7th Street, Oakland Register now, share with your community, and pull up ready to care for 7th Street. Let’s make it a day of action, culture, and collective love. #BlackEarthDay #7thStreetThrives #WestOakland #CommunityCare #CareIsRadical

What can it look like to transition land and property from private ownership into community control? In this episode…you’ll hear Noni Session and Annie McShiras share more about @eb.prec aka the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative, an example of a Solidarity Economy investment that is guided by restorative economics and builds community power. Tune in to hear more about: - What EB PREC is, how it works, and how it’s structured - How they’re applying restorative economics into their structure and design - Their community design process which shares the “rights to design” with those most directly impacted by our unjust economic system - And so much more… If you’re in the East Bay on April 18, don’t miss Black Earth Day which is the flagship celebration of 7th Street Thrives, a community-led effort powered by East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative (EB PREC) and LISC Bay Area to restore the economic and cultural heartbeat of West Oakland’s historic Black business corridor. 🎧 listen wherever you get your podcasts or via this link 🔗 /pub/jordynmiddlebrooks/p/season-2-episode-5-east-bay-permanent?r=1v25kc&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #housingjustice #cooperatives #landjustice #SolidarityEconomy #collectivegovernance restorativeeconomics CAREisRADICAL

Black Earth Day is powered by community 🤎 We’re proud to stand alongside our partners who are deeply invested in the care, culture, and future of 7th Street: Lincoln Families, Mandela Family Resource Center, Soul Blends, West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project, LISC Bay Area, 7th Street Thrives, and Mandela Partners. This work is collective. It’s about showing up for our neighborhood, honoring its legacy, and building what comes next—together. Join us as we celebrate Black arts, organizations, businesses, and community through care and action. 🗓 Saturday, April 18 ⏰ 10AM – 3PM 📍 1724 7th Street, Oakland Register, bring your people, and be part of the movement. Share this and show love to the folks making it happen. Let’s care for 7th Street—together. #BlackEarthDay #7thStreetThrives #WestOakland #CommunityCare #BlackLed OaklandEvents CareisRadical

No one is illegal on stolen land. Join us for a Benefit Concert to raise funds for the Free Leo, Free Them All Campaign When: this Saturday, March 28th, at 6:30 - 9:30 pm Where: Omni Commons in Oakland, 4799 Shattuck Ave Admission: For door entry, make a donation of any amount to Leo's fundraiser at /f/free-leo-from-ice-detention Leo Oliveira Xavier, beloved community member and musician, was kidnapped by ICE in December. Come and dance to the rhythms of local AfroBrazilian bands that Leo has played with — @ndlband Namorados da Lua and @sambafunkarts SanbaFunk! — and help us raise funds that we need for Leo’s legal representation to fight for his release from ICE detention. Hosted by Community Movement Builders - Oakland chapter @cmb_oakland & Alameda County United in Defense of Immigrant Rights @acudir_alamedacounty . This event is presented by CALLI - the Collective Action & Land Liberation Institute and sponsored by the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative @eb.prec . From Bahia to the Bay Area, and beyond borders, the Free Leo, Free Them All Campaign is a collective struggle for liberation and dignity. If you can’t join the fundraiser benefit on Saturday, please contribute whatever you can to Leo’s GoFundMe to pay for his legal representation so we can bring him home. Join Leo’s Action Network campaign to be updated on actions, fundraisers, and opportunities to pack the court. Links in bio. #freeleo #freethemall Music by @amaniwillamaniway and Graphic by @danrobelo

#REMINDER 🗣️ Join our virtual New Member Orientation TOMORROW from 12-1pm PST, to learn how you can be part of the movement to re-imagine #realestate in the #BayArea. RSVP now at EBPRECVirtualOrientation.eventbrite.com! #Housing #Community #Cooperative #CooperativeLiving #Economy #EBPREC #Sustainability #Explore #landwithoutlandlords