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Downtown Oakland Community Cleanup on June 1st

Help downtown Oakland recover by joining in with cleanup crews on Monday
By - posted 6/1/2020 No Comment

A community clean-up is taking place in Downtown Oakland today (June 1st) from 10am to 2pm to help small businesses recover. If you want to attend, wear a mask, socially distance and bring garbage bags, work gloves and brooms if you can.

The Oakland Downtown Association Ambassadors will help guide & coordinate teams and assign cleanup zones.

From the organizers

COMMUNITY CALL – OAKLAND SMALLBIZ COMMUNITY CLEAN UP + FUNDRAISER!
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

S/O to Oakland’s First Responders who reached out to volunteer and/or joined forces to get this coordinated so quickly!!

#Oakland POC owned small businesses – specially Black owned businesses – need our help!

PLEASE JOIN US If you are able to spare a few hours of your time TOMORROW – Monday June 1st, 10am-2pm to help w/ with post – protest cleanup!

MEETING LOCATION: 1300 Broadway, Downtown Oakland

The Oakland Downtown Association Ambassadors will help guide & coordinate teams and assign cleanup
zones.

Please email thetownexperience@gmail.com If your business was impacted by this weekends protests & in need of cleanup help, supplies or resources.

#OaklandSmallBizTaskForce has also started a gofundme for businesses impacted.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-oakland-small-biz-get-clean…

If you can’t come help, PLEASE DONATE. We want to help build #OaklandFwd. This is more than just a days work. All hands on deck going forward!!!