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About Made in Oakland

 

Made In Oakland is a community development platform centered around building a healthy, sustainable Oakland from the people up!

 

Made in Oakland is a partner of the community development strategy known as Familyhood.
Familyhood is a 20 year vision,
which defines schools as the center of the community’s development.


Familyhood is driven by two motto’s.

1) Every school shall have a functioning Student Government Association, Parent Teacher Association and Alumni/ Alumnae Association.

2) Every school shall have a garden, a farmers market and a grocery store.

“The people” meaning all the generations have a role and share a common community vision of promoting youth leadership from k-12 that leads to the production of Alumni. 


Alumni, according to Familyhood  mentor the school’s Student Government Association. 

Familyhood is an systemic approach of building healthy, sustainable communities utilizing schools, (their location, their inter-generational population, their legacy and leadership of their youth) to be center of the communities development.

 

Made In Oakland.net  is a partner site to assist in growing Familyhood in Oakland. 

As a partner site of #Familyhood, we are the 1st Friends of the schools and reaching out to you, yes YOU to join us!

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Have you ever set through an entire film and read the film credits?

You may recall thinking after reading all those names of people involved to make that film happen.

In our attempt to promote films “Made in Oakland” and the film community inside of Oakland, we are offering filmmakers, i.e., writers, directors, producers, editors, photographers, etc., space to promote your company within our site.


Like film, Music has many different categories. For example, some people play live instruments. Some people use computers to make their music or beats, etc. Some musicians are searching for film soundtracks to show off their craft. Some are in search of a sound studio to cut their first demo. To promote these musical scenarios and others, we have created space dedicated to promoting musicians.

While technology has allowed us to communicate to others around the world, there is nothing better than working with someone to get smaller because we can connect with others around the planet, it is still a plus to know someone right in your neighborhood – in this case in Oakland. working on your project right here in Oakland.

If you are a graphic designer, web designer, computer engineer, etc, add your expertise here.
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Play is one word for “things to do…that are fun.” If you are hosting an art exhibit, a poetry reading, a networking event and/or a good ole fashion fish fry, etc., add the location of your special event so others will know where to go to join the fun.

Do you have a place to house someone for a short time? Or maybe a little longer? Regardless, you can list your site here and if someone is interested in staying at your location, that’s between you and them. We are happy to see it all coming together.

Best

David N. Roach
Founder, Made In Oakland