Events with Restore Oakland

November 2026 Restorative Justice Month Training Series! 🍁 Wednesdays, 6-8 PM - at Understory Restaurant (3340 International Blvd) With free dinner by Understory ✨ Nov 4 - Intro to Healing Justice & Restorative Practices (Part I) Nov 11 - Intro to Healing Justice & Restorative Practices (Part II) And to close out Restorative Justice month, join us on November 18th for a special documentary film screening at the New Parkway Theater. Make sure you RSVP at this link to receive free entry into the theater! 🎬 *** HOPE Circles provide a weekly space to heal, learn, and build solidarity with systems-impacted people. This season, we are offering a free training series to skill up and strengthen our community's capacity to navigate challenging conversations, prevent harm, and build collective power across difference.  Restore Oakland & Understory Building Access: Enter at Understory, on International Blvd at the corner of 34th Ave. We will be meeting in Understory for training series. There is also a parking lot for guests; text Kari (510-473-7322) to be let into the gate. To protect our disabled community and keep each other safe from COVID-19 and other viruses, we need all participants to wear a mask during HOPE Circles and trainings. We have free KN95 masks available and we run an air purifier. Understory is on the ground floor and our Peace Room is located on the second floor; we have an accessible elevator. Our space has all-gender restrooms. Trouble Getting In? Text (510)473-7322 💛

In honor of International Restorative Justice Week, join Restore Oakland and the American Friends Service Committee at the New Parkway Theater for a special documentary screening of Shakti Butler's Healing Justice and a community discussion after the film! Healing Justice provides a powerful look into the causes and consequences of the current North American justice system and its effect on marginalized communities. The film walks back through the history of violence that has led to our current system, bringing into focus the histories of trauma - on a personal, interpersonal, community, and generational level. As we reckon with ongoing war, conflict, and crisis, globally and right here in Oakland, we are all responsible for taking up the work of collective care, organizing, and transformation that makes healing and justice makes possible.  We're thrilled to be taking over The New Parkway Theater for a night and exploring these themes with beloved community! Event Information: The New Parkway Theater is located at 474 24th Street, Oakland.  The event will begin at 6:00 PM with an introduction to the film and the hosts, and we'll close out the community discussion by 8:30 PM.  Refreshments are available for purchase at the New Parkway.

We’re canvassing as the REAL People’s Organizing Collective, and we’re going where real community power lives, with our local storefronts and small businesses. Meet us as we talk to small businesses, build relationships, and share our the vision for our next campaign. And because organizing is about joy too, we’ll gather for a 5PM happy hour (on us!)  Location details and day-of updates will be shared on the RPOC CORE Signal chat When: Thursday, Nov 19th Canvassing from 3-5pm, Happy Hour 5-6pm Where: Reem's California, 85 Webster Street, Oakland, CA  Who: RPOC, NoBAWC, and your small business and co-op peers in Oakland! FAQs What are we talking to small businesses about? We’ll share the top priorities that emerged from our No Oakland Without Us Report. From storefront vacancies, affordability, permitting, public safety and investments in co-op support, we’ll ask storefronts which issues do they care about most? Can I bring a friend? Absolutely! Bring three friends! All are welcome at our canvasses and no experience is required. Will there be training? Yes! All of our canvasses will begin with a grounding and training, and if you are new you will be partnered with another canvasser. No experience required! Hope to see you there!

REAL People's Organizing Collective monthly meetings are held every 1st Wednesdays, virtually from 5:30-7pm.  Zoom link to join Running notes here Email jessie@restoreoakland.org for questions 

It's that time of year again! The 5th Annual Restore Oakland Holiday Market is back, and we can't wait to gather with you all, celebrate our community, support some amazing local small businesses, and eat amazing food from Understory. We're bringing together 10 BIPOC small businesses, entrepreneurs, and cooperatives for an evening of holiday shopping, with everything from handcrafted jewelry, amazing prints to beautiful ceramics, mind/body wellness products, and so much more. So save the date, bring your friends, and get ready to party with us! We hope to see you there. ✨