From our friends at the Ella Baker Center:

We are leading Oakland in a City-Wide Day of Service and we hope that you will join us!

We've confirmed 15-plus service projects throughout Oakland, however, it's not too late to submit your proposal to host a project and help Oakland thrive.

You lead a service project and we'll help turn out volunteers.

Your project can be anything from working on a community garden to cleaning up a neighborhood, to painting a school. Please click Host a Project and we'll contact you to get all the details.

Oakland Service Festival Schedule

• Saturday, Aug. 13
• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. - 15-plus service projects throughout Oakland
• 2 to 6 p.m. - Mosswood Park Celebration

After four hours of people-powered community service, we're hosting a celebration at Mosswood Park. There will be food, dance and a solar paneled hip-hop concert. This will be a family-friendly event and an opportunity to build community after a hard days work.

Some of Our Confirmed Projects (for inspiration)

• Community Market Farming, West Oakland
• Shoreline Clean-up, Lake Merritt
• Tree Planting, North Oakland
• Victory Garden Installation, City Hall
• Urban Gardening, Downtown

We hope you can join us for this exciting event as we Throw Down for the Town together!