Oakland Local's Ryan Van Lenning, Andrew Hoerner and Susan Mernit are at Bay Localize's Clean Power, Healthy Communities conference in downtown Oakland. There are about 75 people in the sold-out audience and we'll be live-blogging and covering the program over the two days.

Bill Gallegos of Communites of rha Better Environment is kicking off at 9:30 am and telling stories about the transformational value of community social action to address environmental quality in communities like West Oakland and East LA.

Meanwhile. here is also a live stream that everyone interested can follow--see the link below:

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About Susan Mernit

Susan Mernit is the founder of Oakland Local. She is also a circuit rider for The Community Information Challenge, a program of The John S and James L Knight Foundation, and a consultant to non-profit and community organizations. Susan lives in North Oakland, near the Santa Fe school, with her partner Andy, her housemate, a big old dog named Winston, and a yard full of ants. She is an aspiring gardener, a long-time blogger & entrepreneur, and a recovering journalist.