Our Oakland: Eastside Stories attended the 2nd annual Love Yo’ Mama Health and Green Festival in East Oakland last Saturday, April 24. The event took place outside on the campuses of the ACORN Woodland and Encompass Academy schools right next to the new East Oakland Community Library at 81st St. and Rudsdale.

Plenty of sunshine and loads of positive energy kept the mood elevated for the entire day. It was exciting to see so many families and youth come together to support and learn about the importance of healthy living and environment for their communities and ultimately the planet, and have a great time too!

The Our Oakland team engaged attendees by having them take a few moments to get creative and show us what a 'Green' and healthy East Oakland meant and looked like to them. Attendees of all ages enjoyed drawing us a picture to display their ideas. Several attendees enjoyed the creativity process so much, we needed an extra ‘art’ table!

Love Yo’ Mama was co-sponsored by ACORN Woodland Elementary, EnCompass Academy, Oakland Parks & Recreation-Tassafaronga and Communities for a Better Environment. The event included performances, a pre-event parade, and several groups interested in educating the community about the importance of healthy and green-living.

Did you attend the Love Yo' Mama Event? Share your stories and images from that day with Our Oakland! Our Oakland is an online platform for the East Oakland community to share stories through digital video, written entries, photos, or music.

Here are the results of some of the 'Green' artist’s work from that day..