Support our hometown side, the Oakland Roots. Visit oaklandrootssc.com/fundraiser and use our code BEAJOINER to donate 20% of your ticket price to us.

Support our hometown side, the Oakland Roots. Visit oaklandrootssc.com/fundraiser and use our code BEAJOINER to donate 20% of your ticket price to us.

Activist Nancy Kurshan will discuss her new book, Levitating the Pentagon and Other Uplifting Stories. 

In Levitating the Pentagon and Other Uplifting Stories, longtime activist Nancy Kurshan offers a vivid, woman’s-eye view of seven decades of radical social change. From the founding of the Yippies and the theatrical feminist resistance of W.I.T.C.H., to solidarity work with political prisoners and Black liberation movements, Kurshan’s life chronicles the evolution of the U.S. Left—from civil rights to antiwar to feminist, abolitionist, and internationalist struggles.

Please register on OPL website .

Support our hometown side, the Oakland Roots. Visit oaklandrootssc.com/fundraiser and use our code BEAJOINER to donate 20% of your ticket price to us.

Support our hometown side, the Oakland Roots. Visit oaklandrootssc.com/fundraiser and use our code BEAJOINER to donate 20% of your ticket price to us.

Support our hometown side, the Oakland Roots. Visit oaklandrootssc.com/fundraiser and use our code BEAJOINER to donate 20% of your ticket price to us.

Support our hometown side, the Oakland Roots. Visit oaklandrootssc.com/fundraiser and use our code BEAJOINER to donate 20% of your ticket price to us.

Summer break is a great time for families to spend time together and help students explore their ideas, interests, and future possibilities. 

This summer, GO Public Schools invites K-12 families to join us for a free College Early & Often Entrepreneurship Workshop on June 22 from 2:30PM – 4PM at the West Oakland Library. 

This hands-on workshop is designed for students and families to participate together. Families will work side by side to build a business idea from the ground up — naming it, thinking through costs and profit, and exploring leadership and creativity along the way. 

Students get to see themselves as problem-solvers and innovators, while adults gain tools to nurture those skills at home.

RSVP for Summer Entrepreneurship Workshop

This workshop is part of GO’s College Early & Often series, which helps families start college and career conversations early through age-appropriate, family-friendly programming. Summer break offers a low-pressure moment to begin those conversations and help students explore what they are curious about, what they enjoy, and what they may want to build, create, or lead in the future.

Artist Lisa Soloman will discuss her new book, Art Craft Color: Brighten Your Life with Projects in Every Color of the Rainbow.

Please register on OPL website .

Support our hometown side, the Oakland Roots. Visit oaklandrootssc.com/fundraiser and use our code BEAJOINER to donate 20% of your ticket price to us.

Support our hometown side, the Oakland Roots. Visit oaklandrootssc.com/fundraiser and use our code BEAJOINER to donate 20% of your ticket price to us.

I’m helping co-host a conversation on June 1 at Manny's with my friend and fellow Marylander, Jason Green for his book tour!

Too Precious to Lose is an inspirational memoir from former Obama White House staffer Jason Green about his rural Maryland family’s untold history, the merger of three churches—one Black, two white—and how a radical embrace of community became their salvation and his. RSVP on Eventbrite!

Support our hometown side, the Oakland Roots. Visit oaklandrootssc.com/fundraiser and use our code BEAJOINER to donate 20% of your ticket price to us.

Erica Pool will discuss the book, The Judgment Trap: Why We Judge, How It Hurts Us, and How to Break Free

Please register on OPL website .

Make and print linocuts with Rock Paper Scissor Collective over a cold one and a burger from Lovely’s. Rock Paper Scissors will have supplies for use including carving tools, ink pads, and paper. Carving blocks will be available by donation.

Support our hometown side, the Oakland Roots. Visit oaklandrootssc.com/fundraiser and use our code BEAJOINER to donate 20% of your ticket price to us.

Support our hometown side, the Oakland Roots. Visit oaklandrootssc.com/fundraiser and use our code BEAJOINER to donate 20% of your ticket price to us.

Temescal is a nationally recognized and thriving district offering tremendous diversity and award winning culinary destinations. You don’t want to miss this chance stroll, explore, and enjoy some of Oakland’s best restaurants and bars with live entertainment throughout the event. Tickets at Humantix

Matt Fogelson will discuss his book, Restrung: Fatherhood in a Different Key.

This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Rockridge Library. Copies of the book will be sold at the event by A Great Good Place For Books. 

Please register on OPL website .

The Oakland Join-Up Activity Fair is about turning interest into action. No pressure, pitches, or performance.

​Stop by to meet 20+ local clubs, community groups, mutual aid projects, arts collectives, and civic initiatives offering:

• ​Low-barrier ways to get involved

• ​Social and interest-based groups

• ​One-time or short-term actions

• ​Opportunities for deeper participation if you want it

​Whether you watched Join or Die the night before or are just wandering in for a beer, this fair is designed to help you find something that fits your energy, schedule, and interests.

​Come solo. Bring a friend. Stay for 10 minutes or the whole afternoon.

​Drinks from Two Pitchers. Food from Lovely’s. Good people guaranteed.

RSVP on Luma

Join us for a Saturday night screening of Join or Die, the acclaimed documentary about the decline of clubs, associations, and civic life—and why they matter more than ever.

After the film, JOINERS will host a short, guided reflection to help you think about:

• What kinds of connection you’re missing

• What clubs or groups you wish existed

• How you might want to show up locally

This isn’t a lecture or a debate—just a low-pressure way to reflect, connect, and set yourself up for the next step. RSVP at Luma

👉🏿 This screening is part of The Oakland Join-Up, a two-day civic weekend at Two Pitchers. On Sunday afternoon, we’ll host an Activity & Resource Fair where you can meet local clubs, projects, and groups you can actually join.

Drinks available from Two Pitchers. Food available from Lovely’s.

Shelley Sella will discuss her book, Beyond Limits: Stories of Third Trimester Abortion Care.

This talk is sponsored by the Friends of the Rockridge Library. Copies of the book will be sold by A Great Good Place for Books.

Please register on OPL website .

Check out the Awesome Orchestra playing inside a body shop! More info on their site.

Judge Lise Pearlman will discuss her book Huey P. Newton’s Family: Roots of A Revolutionary Suicide. The talk aims to shed light on how the Newton family’s ancestry and interrelationships helped shape Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Newton’s thinking and life trajectory. 

Judge Pearlman will be joined by Melvin Newton, Prof. Emeritus of Merritt College, Huey Newton’s older brother, who provided many details of his family’s story—one of defiance, self-respect, pride, dignity, hopes, dreams and triumph.

Please register on OPL website .

Shonda Scott  will discuss her book, Give Me a Year: 12 New Things to Embrace Change and Live Your Best Life. 

This talk is sponsored by the Friends of the Rockridge Library. Copies of the book will be sold by A Great Good Place for Books. 

Please register on OPL website .

Craig A. Johnson is an author and researcher specializing in right-wing movements, and he teaches at the University of California, Berkeley. His recent book, How to Talk to Your Son About Fascism, offers practical guide for parents and educators on how to prevent children from becoming involved with radical right-wing ideologies. The book explores the history of the radical right, the methods and motivations behind their outreach to young men today, and strategies for intervention and prevention.

Please register on OPL website .

The 3rd Annual Black History Month Film Celebration

Join Kingmakers of Oakland at The New Parkway Theater on February 12th for a curated cinematic experience that honors our past, protects our identity, and blueprints our future.

This isn't just a screening; it is a movement. For our 3rd Annual Black History Month gathering, Kingmakers of Oakland presents a powerful program of commissioned and original media, woven together by the philosophy of REACH, BACK, RETAIN. 🎟️ Your ticket includes full access to the program plus food provided for all attendees.

More info and tickets on Eventbrite

Adam Becker is an author and astrophysicist whose latest book - More Everything Forever: AI Overlords, Space Empires, and Silicon Valley's Crusade to Control the Fate of Humanity - is about "the terrible plans that tech billionaires have for the future and why they don’t work." In it, Becker breaks down why we will not be colonizing Mars or creating machines with so-called superintelligence any time soon, and lays out how all of tech's futuristic claims are really just about consolidating money and power.

Becker will be joined by Librarian Ian Hetzner for a discussion of More Everything Forever, how tech is manipulating our future for the worse, and what we can do about it. 

Please register on OPL website .

Chess Players!

Drop by to learn the basics, practice with new or old friends, or play against a worthy opponent. 

Instruction and chess sets will be provided.

All levels welcome. Best for people ages 6 to 17 years. (Children under 8 years old must be supervised by a responsible caregiver.) 

This is a great activity for intergenerational family pairs - otherwise we try to match people who are close in age & level. 

More info on OPL website