Deeply Rooted Partnership in Oakland

Just Cities serves as the Technical Assistance/Community Education Partner of the Deeply Rooted Partnership, a collaboration of Oakland's multiracial community organizations. The mission of the collaborative is to ensure that community residents are engaged in defining the future of an equitable and culturally-thriving Oakland for the next 20-30 years. The collaborative partners along with Just Cities are listed at the bottom of this page.

 

Upcoming Community Education Workshop:

Housing & Environmental Justice (Friday 4/8 and Saturday 4/9)

Did you know the City of  Oakland is in the process of updating its General Plan for the first time since the 90s? This document will guide the growth and development of the City for the next 20 years!

We will review the past and present policies that led to today’s conditions in housing and environmental justice. Join us as we collectively ground ourselves in what’s happened, and how we see Oakland in the future. Participants will share feedback on potential policies and environmental justice community maps. Simultaneous interpretation in Cantonese and Spanish will be provided.

RSVP below for Zoom links: 

Friday 4/8 9:00-10:30AM https://bit.ly/ogpdrw48

Saturday 4/9 9:00-10:30AM  https://bit.ly/ogpdrw49

See flyers in English, Spanish, and Chinese below for more information.

 
 

More about Deeply Rooted

Deeply Rooted focuses on engagement with the following key communities and geographic areas:

  • Communities: Unhoused; formerly incarcerated; low-income Asian, Pacific Islander, Black, Latinx, multiracial communities including those experiencing environmental injustices

  • Outreach Geographies: Fruitvale, West Oakland, East Oakland, Chinatown, Eastlake, San Antonio

Partner Roles

Central Support: These organizations design and coordinate the overall structure for community engagement, provide technical assistance and community education in planning, and administrative support.

  • EastSide Arts Alliance | Cultural Programming Partner

  • Just Cities | Technical Assistance/Community Education Partner

  • Urban Strategies Council | Administrative Partner

Partners: These organizations host and conduct community engagement with their networks at their large outdoor or virtual events, pop-ups at their smaller events, conduct General Plan outreach via social media, and share resources with the community to address immediate needs. All Oakland residents are welcome at these events but the following organizations have a particular affiliation/investment/connection with the communities listed following their name.

  • The Black Cultural Zone Community Development Corporation |  East Oakland and Black community

  • CURYJ |  Fruitvale, Formerly incarcerated, Black and Latinx

  • House/Full of Black Women/ Deep Waters Dance Theater | West Oakland

  • Lao Family Community Development, Inc | Southeast Asian American community

  • Malonga Arts Residents Association (MARA) | Black and Brown communities, and partnership with members in Chinatown

  • Oakland Asian Cultural Center (OACC)/ API Cultural Center | Chinatown and Asian American community

  • Unity Council | Fruitvale and Latinx community

  • The Village in Oakland | Unhoused curbside communities in North Oakland, West Oakland, Downtown, and East Oakland 

  • West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project | West Oakland and environmental justice

  • Black Arts Movement Business District, CDC (BAMBD, CDC) | West Oakland (Lower Bottoms),Artists, flatland communities of color, those invested in the animation of BAMBD, CDC and its stakeholders.