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* It's an amazing, almost 22,000 sq ft. building on Shattuck and 48th. It's an old rock club, before that, a Scavenger Worker's Leisure Club (Ligure Club).. that was also in all functional terms a collective, when they built the building. | * It's an amazing, almost 22,000 sq ft. building on Shattuck and 48th. It's an old rock club, before that, a Scavenger Worker's Leisure Club (Ligure Club).. that was also in all functional terms a collective, when they built the building. | ||
** [[Images and Floor Plans]] | |||
* The Space Features: | |||
** a huge ballroom / event space about 2/3 the size of GAMH | |||
** an industrial kitchen & walk-in freezer (needs fixing up) | |||
** a massive back room with ability to build out lofts/rooms | |||
** 55'-ish ceilings | |||
** massive basement with windows above street level (currently blacked out) | |||
** a separate room that used to function as a disco (with lighted floor) | |||
** a warren of odd little rooms, a stage, lots of bathrooms | |||
* Price/Sq Ft | |||
* Distribution of Space | |||
* Shared / Common Spaces | |||
* Legal | * Legal | ||
Revision as of 02:29, 24 April 2014
Omni Collective
Overview
A Collective of Collectives in Oakland, California
From Latin omni-, "all, every, the whole, of every kind,"
OMNI Collective is comprised of several Bay Area collectives with a shared political vision—one that, at its most basic level, privileges a more equitable commoning of resources and meeting of human needs over private interests or corporate profit.
To this end, we invite you to join us in establishing a hub: a safe productive place to pool resources for the collective use and stewardship of the greater community. A space that fosters an ethic of radical collaboration across disciplines and between individual collectives, creating a living model for future radical spaces. By collectivizing, we are able to consolidate expenses for the purpose of amplifying one anothers' goals. OMNI is far greater than the sum of its parts.
- What kind of groups? Mainly:
- Non-profit
- Volunteer-led
- Donation-based
- Offer value to the public for free or sliding scale
- What core values do groups share?
- Social, economic & environmental justice
- Solidarity with all oppressed people
- A culture of consent, against rape, violence & exploitation
- The survival & thrival of our communities and neighborhoods
- What do we use our physical space for?
- To collaborate on projects
- To host classes and performances
- To network, meet each other, welcome newcomers
- To store resources for common use (or equitably restricted)=
- Meeting structure:
- See our foundational document here: Our Foundational Document
The Collectives
- Sudo Room
- Bay Area Public School
- Timeless, Infinite Light
- Live Space
- HackerSpa
- Counter Culture Labs
- La Commune Cafe and Bookstore
- Oakland Nights Live
- Food Not Bombs
- Creative Empowerment Project
- As-Yet-Unnamed Celluloid Film Processing Lab
The Building
- It's an amazing, almost 22,000 sq ft. building on Shattuck and 48th. It's an old rock club, before that, a Scavenger Worker's Leisure Club (Ligure Club).. that was also in all functional terms a collective, when they built the building.
- The Space Features:
- a huge ballroom / event space about 2/3 the size of GAMH
- an industrial kitchen & walk-in freezer (needs fixing up)
- a massive back room with ability to build out lofts/rooms
- 55'-ish ceilings
- massive basement with windows above street level (currently blacked out)
- a separate room that used to function as a disco (with lighted floor)
- a warren of odd little rooms, a stage, lots of bathrooms
- Price/Sq Ft
- Distribution of Space
- Shared / Common Spaces
- Legal
- Permits
- Financial
Questions for Collectives
To-Do List
- Finalize proposal
- Build Consensus of Member Collectives
- Review Contract (agreement) and sign
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