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February General Meeting

Our February general meeting is always a little bit special because we elect new steering committee members! 

Have you considered joining us on the steering committee? 

Now is the time! 

We are especially looking for folks who will bring their community passion with them and head up related projects. It would also be wonderful to have someone who can help with website posts and event promotion and administrative duties. It would be great to have someone join us who is detail oriented and disciplined to help keep everything on track. We're a nice group of folks who respect each other and care about building community for the benefit of all.

Presentation by Members of the Public Safety Oversight Commission

Public Safety Oversight Commission to give us an update on progress toward the goals of the Reimagining Public Safety Task Force project!



Yoana Tchoukleva, Vice Chair of the commission, and Omar Farmer, a member of the commission, will be presenting an overview of progress, including some exciting developments!

What else?

  • Update from Edgar Arellano from GRID Alternatives about the Electric Bike Library.
  • Updates from other neighborhood community organizations.
  • Information about crime trends in East Canyon 22X.

Details?

Thursday, February 23, 7:00 – 8:30pm

To attend in person, use this map to find the Training Center


To attend virtually via Zoom, use this link:


Hope to see you!

November General Meeting

Hybrid Meeting

Tuesday, November 29, 7-8:30pm

In person at Fred Finch Training Center, 3800 Coolidge

Virtually via Zoom:





To attend in person, use this map to find the Training Center
at Fred Finch, 3800 Coolidge Ave.:


Costumes and Candidates! Here comes October!!!

Coming up in  October: Three chances to engage with local candidates and one to swap costumes! First, the fun stuff.

Costumes!

October 8, 2022, 11am-2pm
Dimond Park Central (near basketball court)

Bring costumes from your closet. Take the costumes that speak to you for this year! Note: You don't have to bring anything! Just take if that's what works for you.

Candidates!

We have three opportunities for you to engage with local candidates.

Meet and Greet Local Candidates!
October 8, 2022, 11am-2pm

Join us at Dimond Park for a meet and greet with local candidates. List of candidates coming soon.

District Attorney Candidate Forum!
Tuesday, October 11, 6-8pm, Fremont High School

Join us in partnership with Melrose 27X, Rainbow 27Y, and Maxwell Park, 28X, in hosting the two Alameda County District Attorney candidates!

Oakland District 4 City Council Candidate Forum!
Thursday, October 13, 7-8:30pm, Fred Finch + Virtual!

Join us in partnership with Neighbors for Racial Justice to become acquainted with our two District 4 City Council Candidates. This will be a very special conversation between the candidates moderated by Shakti Butler, PhD, filmmaker and President and Founder of World Trust Educational Services. Don't miss it!

We Gathered; We Danced; We Talked; We Smiled :-)

Thanks to everyone who showed up to make our cooperative neighborhood gathering a success! Please enjoy these photos. If you have nice photos from the day, please email me!

Photo of people gathered at the cooperative neighborhood gathering.
As the event heats up, Creighton Davis, Chair of the Community Policing Advisory Board arrives with food from Sweet Fingers.
Mayoral candidate Elbert Owens fills up his plate with cabbage and greens from Nitty Gritty.
Our Community Resource Officer, Aaron Johnson, gets in early on our Dance for Oakland!
As more neighbors are lured into our Dance for Oakland, Bonnie Sita of East Bay Dance Center leads the way.
After we have packed up, the chalk art design from Nick Gott of Sunrise Movement remains.

General Meeting May 10

 Our next general meeting is coming right up! When?

Tuesday, May 10, 7pm

Will this meeting be online, in person, or both?

This will be a hybrid meeting!

To join online, use this link:

https://fredfinch.zoom.us/j/7249858483

To join us in person, go to the Fred Finch Training Center:

3800 Coolidge Ave, Oakland, CA 94602


What's on the agenda? Lots!
  • The full scoop on the May 14 Cooperative Neighborhood Gathering at Dimond Park!
  • New name brainstorming! We'd like to have a name that is not 22x. We will brainstorm at the May 10 meeting and vote for a new name at the May 14 CoNee G! 
Here are some possibilities:
    • Canyon, for Dimond Canyon
    • Greater Dimond, because we are more than just the Dimond
    • Sequoia, for our neighborhood elementary school
    • Sausal Creek, for Sausal Creek
    • Willow Forest, for the trees that once lined Sausal Creek
    • The perfect name that you bring to the brainstorm...or...
    • 22x, if we are just not ready for change
Here is a map of our neighborhood:


  • Oakland General Plan Update from city planner, Ruslan Filipau.
  • Introduction to Oakland's Neighborhood Law Corps by city attorney Cara Reichard.
  • Block organizing, block reporting, and communication about crime and other topics
You make it great just by showing up. See you there!