Besides our own projects, we also systematically contribute to other organizations who are doing positive work in Oakland.
To engage with and support these programs is integral to the Oaklandish creed.
We don't consider it "giving back" to the community; it is being a part of the community. It's simply who we are.
Our Community Support Initiatives include:
- Oakland Innovators Award Fund
- Local Arts-In-Action Grant
- Event & Fundraising Sponsorships
To apply for the Oakland Innovators Award or the Arts-in-Action grant, please download the appropriate application below. Application deadline has been extended to December 8, 2008.
Oakland Innovators Award application
Arts-in-Action grant application
OAKLAND INNOVATORS AWARD FUND
" ... recognizing trail blazing community work in the East Bay Area".
Oakland has historically been a hotbed of renegade activity, where boundaries are redefined and trends are created rather than followed.
To help encourage the continuation of this "trailblazers' legacy", Oaklandish has created the Oakland Innovators Award,
a fund that offers annual grants to those organizations and individuals who are doing pioneering work in our community.
This award is meant to offer recognition and financial rewards to local programs that exemplify the values of innovation and progress
in all areas of civic live, including arts, education, technology, and business.
The recipients represent a wide range of social interests and populations, and are not restricted by any political agenda.
Every year five honorees are selected, each receiving a $5,000 grant along with a certificate of achievement.
The total award fund equals $25,000 annually, which we hope will grow with your support!
This award was created in the spirit of those Oakland legends who have had a direct influence on global culture; Architect Julia Morgan, Martial Artist Bruce Lee, Musician Larry Graham, Dancer Isadora Duncan, Aviator Joe Fong Guey, Artist Mike "Dream" Francisco, and Director Russ Myer, among many many others.
On The Bricks
This project is a 6 week re-entry internship program for youth returning from Alameda County Juvenile Hall or California Juvenile Justice Division. The internship's focus will be to educate and support youth (16-24) in their transition, through one on one & group counseling, mentorship, field trips, and job preparedness. Interns receive a stipend for their participation in the program.
http://web.mac.com/tcoleman96/iWeb/Onefam/O.T.B.%20Mentorship.html
Digital Underground Story Telling for Youth
D.U.S.T.Y. is an afterschool program for middle and high school students in Oakland. There are three sites currently: Cole Middle School, Castlemont Community of Small Schools, and Hoover Elementary School. DUSTY students work on computers to create their own Digital Stories, as well at to generate rap and hip hop "beats and rhymes." Throughout the creative process, students learn to master programs such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, iMovie, and Fruity Loops with the help of skilled instructors. At the end of each semester, the students' creative masterpieces, including digital stories, raps, beats, and performances are showcased in some sort of final event at The Parkway Theatre, The Metro, and other local venues. D.U.S.T.Y. is part of the West Oakland Center for Digital and Multimedia Literacy. The Center combines Internet access and multimedia activities with literacy instruction for West Oakland residents of all ages. It is a joint project developed by the Prescott-Joseph Center for Community Enhancement and the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley.
http://oaklanddusty.org/
SpaceShare
SpaceShare develops environmental networking tools that help people connect, travel together, and save resources. Their core focus is carpooling: we look for existing communities that can both support a carpooling system and in turn be strengthened by the connections created. The Innovators Awards Grant will allow SpaceShare to design and implement a carpool system for an East Bay faith community (church, synagogue, or mosque). Our hope is that this grant will fund a pilot ride sharing program that will quickly spread to communities across the country and perhaps beyond.
http://spaceshare.com/
WAGES: Women's Action To Receive Economic Security
The mission of WAGES is to promote the social and economic empowerment of low-income women through cooperative business ownership. Their unique strategy is to develop eco-friendly housecleaning companies that provide stable, safe and dignified work for their worker-owners while protecting the environment in which we live. With WAGES' assistance, women move out of poverty through cooperative ownership. They make use of the cooperative model to allow women to pool their skills and work together to succeed. A cooperative is a business owned and controlled by those who work in it. Members make decisions democratically by giving each person a vote and distributing income equitably to all workers.
http://www.wagescooperatives.org/
East Bay Asian Youth Center
Founded in 1976, the East Bay Asian Youth Center (EBAYC) is a private non-profit community-building organization based in the San Antonio neighborhood district of the city of Oakland. EBAYC has a multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and multi-lingual membership of over 700 Oakland families who are involved in one of five after-school learning centers, located at Franklin Elementary School, Garfield Elementary School, Manzanita Elementary School, Roosevelt Middle School, and the East Bay Asian Youth Center. EBAYC also has a membership of over 100 families who participate in R.I.S.E., an after-school learning center at Berkeley High School. EBAYC after-school learning centers provide its youth members an integrated array of learning activities, including academic instruction, college & career awareness, health education, sports, outdoor adventures, performing, visual, and media arts, and community service projects. We also provide our high school student members comprehensive internships as reading coaches, sports coaches, social action researchers, and documentary video producers.
http://www.ebayc.org
To nominate individuals or organizations for the 2007 awards, please submit info to: innovators@oaklandish.org (Recipients must be a non-profit, or have 501c3 fiscal sponsorship).
LOCAL ARTS-IN-ACTION GRANT
Oaklandish began as a covert public arts campaign designed to bring a sense of history and culture to the underutilized public spaces of this city. Seven years later, we continue that legacy by encouraging other local artists to create their own Oakland-centric works in the public realm. This annual grant award of $5,000 goes to an artist for an approved project meeting the following criteria;
1. the work of art is located in public space, or is readily accessible to the public.
2. the piece in some way addresses or reflects the identity, culture, or history of Oakland.
3. the project is sponsored by a 501c3 non-profit organization.
With the Arts-In-Action Grant, Oaklandish aims to provoke public discourse and inspire creative activity throughout our urban landscape.
Children's Hostpital Doctors & Friends Bike to Raise Funds for Patient Care
EVENT & FUNDRAISING SPONSORSHIP
Organizations that we have proudly sponsored include: JustCause Oakland, Youth Together, North Oakland Community School,
Markus A. Foster Educational Institute, Hood Games, Weapons of Mass Expression Schoolyard Scholars, Indy Voter, Music For America, Future 5000, Youth Empowerment Center,
Bushrod Recreation Center's Rockridge Night Out, Children's Hostpital Patient Care Fund, and George Mark Children's Hospice.
