Please join us for our 3rd Annual Weedian Day event!
Get to know your neighbors as you work together to weed, de-litter and beautify the 40th Street Medians.
June 3, 2012
10am – 2pm
Meet at the corner of 40th St. and Market St.
Please bring gloves, weeding tools, green bins, sunscreen and water
We will bring the safety cones and safety vests
Woo-hoo!
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Join NOCCS and the LCA for a day of community service in Linden Park on May 19th!
The students will be working with neighborhood volunteers (that’s YOU!) on various projects in the park, there will be food, music, and more. The students will also be honoring Vertis Whitaker, a longtime Longfellow resident and activist.
We are looking for volunteers to help out before the event in the following ways:
- Spread the word! Distribute the flier and invite folks to attend or volunteer
- Donate native plants and succulents to be planted during the event
- Donate baked goods for sale to help raise money for the school and park
- Donate gravel to be used to make a path in the succulent garden
We are looking for volunteers to help out the day of the event in the following ways:
- Help with set-up, starting at 9am
- Help with the garden projects, planting, weeding, mulching and finishing the gravel pathway
Hope to see you there!
Please feel free to contact me with any questions at longfellowcommunityassociation@gmail.com
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Did you know that Longfellow is split into 2 Police beats – 10Y and 6X? I learned this only after attending several meetings of the ‘other’ beat. (Whoopsie) So, please be sure you are attending the meeting for YOUR beat when reporting issues specific to your beat.
For general NCPC Information, please visit the website http://uncofo.com/index.html
NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL BEAT 10Y MEETING!
When: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 from 7-9pm (always the last Wednesday of the month)
Where: Santa Fe Elementary School, 915 54th Street, Oakland (at Market St. enter on 54th St.)
What: 10Y Problem Solving Officer, Beat Officers, Neighborhood Services, Coordinator, 10Y Chair and residents come together to discuss/set/enact priorities for Beat 10Y (Longfellow north of the 40th Street median).
Who: All are welcome
Contact: oakland10y@yahoogroups.com for more info
NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME PREVENTION COUNCIL BEAT 6X MEETING!
When: Thursday, 22, 2012 from 6-8pm (always the last Thursday of the month)
Where: Market Street SDA Church, 900 34th Street (@Market), Oakland
What: 6X Problem Solving Officer, Beat Officers, Neighborhood Services, Coordinator, 6X Chair and residents come together to discuss/set/enact priorities for Beat 6X (Longfellow south of the 40th Street median)
Who: All are welcome
Contact: Annie Sloan – asloan@oaklandnet.com;(510) 238-2340
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Please consider joining your neighbors at these super fun events!
Sunday-MARCH 4th – North Oakland Flatlands Community Brunch and Forum
What do you want to see in the North Oakland Flatlands? Join Phat Beets Produce for a Free Community Brunch and Forum to meet your neighbors and to share your vision for a healthier, safer, more resilient North Oakland community. Bring 3 concerns, 3 big ideas and 3 of your neighbors (or more) to Bethany Baptist Church on 54th and Adeline to break bread, share ideas, dialogue, and organize a healthier North Oakland.
Topics to include: community health, urban greening, affordable housing, food justice and beyond. Information from these breakout sessions will be used to shape the direction of community based work in the neighborhood by Phat Beets Produce and community partners. A community resource fair will also be held in the lobby of the church. Full meal will be provided including vegan and gluten free options. Opening ceremony by LUISAH TEISH, tablers to include Just Cause:Causa Justa, Planting Justice, Phat Beets Produce, East Bay Community Law Center, Black Panther Commemorator, and many more.
Who: North Oakland Farmers’ Market Group and Phat Beets Produce
What: North Oakland Flatlands Community Forum and Brunch
Where: Bethany Baptist Church 5400 Adeline, Oakland 94608
When: 2-5pm Sunday, March 4th
Why: Join us for a free community meal and break out discussion to vision what we want our North Oakland community to look like and how we will get there! All North Oakland residents welcome! Topics to include community health, urban greening, affordable housing, food justice, and more. Bring a 3 concerns and 3 big ideas to discuss and 3 of your neighbors. Music and open speaker TBA
Cost: FREE!! Meal and speaker included. RSVP by phone at 510-250-7957 or http://tinyurl.com/798b6s7
Contact: max@phatbeetsproduce.org or 510-689-3068, www.phatbeetsproduce.org
Wednesday, March 7 – LCA Earth Day Planning meeting and Seed Bomb Workshop
Who: Anyone interested in making seed bombs or planning for Earth Day and other Greening & Beautification projects in Longfellow
What: We will be making seed bombs as we plan our LCA Earth Day event and after party, and discuss other Greening & Beautification projects in Longfellow
Where: NOCCS, 1000 42nd St., Oakland
When: 7pm – 8pm, March 7
Contact: Sean Schoonmaker, G&BC Committee Commissioner – s_schoon@pacbell.net
Please note: this workshop replaces the LCA Greening & Beautification meeting that is generally held on this date at MLK cafe
Saturday, April 21 – Earth Day! LCA Neighborhood Litter Clean-Up
Who: EVERYONE!
What: Clean-up Longfellow! Celebrate Earth Day with a neighborhood wide litter removal and blight reporting event co-sponsored by the city of Oakland
Where: Meet up at Linden Park (1000 42nd Street @ Linden St)
When: 9am – noon, April 21
Contact: Sean Schoonmaker, G&BC Committee Commissioner – s_schoon@pacbell.net
We’re planning a BBQ for after the event – Stay tuned for more details!
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The LCA monthly meeting is tomorrow night, Thursday 3/1. We have a jam packed agenda with guest speakers and fantastic items to discuss! You won’t want to miss it!
- Come hear about the AC Transit Bus Rapid Transit project proposal for Telegraph Avenue, which aims to provide better transit options, improve the streetscape and boost local businesses. Help decide if the Longfellow Community Association will take a position in support of this project!
- Come and check out the first draft of our neighborhood plan map and offer feedback!
- Come see the awesome new interactive website that Shayne and Crista have been working on! Soon it will replace this old page!
- Come hear from West Street Watch about an action plan for a neighborhood safety issue and learn how you can help!
Longfellow Community Association – Agenda
Community Meeting #23
Thursday, March 1, 2012
1000 42nd St. (NOCCS), Oakland, CA 94608
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7:00 – Open/Introductions
7:10 – West Street Watch Update
7:20 – AC Transit Plan
7:50 – Preview and discuss Neighborhood Plan Map, 1st Draft
8:10 – Preview and discuss new LCA Website
8:30 – Community Announcements
8:45 – Close
As always, the LCA meets the 1st Thursday of each Month at NOCCS.
We have a lot of great ideas to discuss – Hope to see you there! And please spread the word!
For more information:
Check us out on Facebook at groups.to/longfellowcommunityassociation
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I am thrilled to announce that the landscape team (Four Dimensions) will begin the improvement work on the 40th Street Medians this MONDAY, December 12! We’ve hit a lot of bumps in the road along the way but everyone involved (including: Beth B - grant writer, the LCA Advisory Panel, the staff at Four Dimensions and various city agencies) has worked very hard to get us to this point, and now that the improvements are finally happening, I couldn’t be more pleased. We hope the improved medians will be a stunning, visual reminder of the pride we, the community, have in Longfellow!
The landscape team anticipates that the entire project will take about 8 days. The plan is to start at MLK and work down to the Yerba Beuna median, working median by median to clean up the weeds and litter, transplant certain plants to different areas and remove un-needed plants, install irrigation and finally plant the new plants. The work will take place from about 7am to 3pm.
It would be great, if anyone has the time, to take some pictures of the improvements as they happen.
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Phat Beets Produce is a food justice collective in the North Oakland Flatlands that connects small farmers to urban communities through markets, produce stands, csa’s, and gardens. We rely on the support of community to make our programs operate. We get very little funding and we don’t ask for much money from our community, but we do ask for support. Consider joining one of our neighborhood organizing committees, becoming a monthly volunteer, signing up for our Allyship program. More information on opportunities for this Fall and Winter below.
“Allyship” Program
The Allyship program is based on the framework of a traditional internship program with an emphasis on local leadership support. The program provides an opportunity to work in the field of food justice in a supportive role while participating in an active anti-oppression study group. The program works to provide a framework for effective, simultaneous development of both programmatic and personal development work in the field of food justice. These positions are UNPAID, produce and materials are provided.
Healthy Hearts Youth Market Garden Allyship -Application Now Available HERE
*Clinic based opportunity
Experiential Food Justice Education and School Farm Stand Ally – App HERE
*School and participatory ed based opportunity
BEET BOX Equitable CSA and Community Outreach Ally- email max@phatbeetsproduce.org for more information
*Building an equitable CSA and community organizing opportunity
For additional volunteer opps please fill out the form below
Volunteer Form
More info at www.phatbeetsproduce.org
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