Restore Oakland

Restore Oakland's programs are rooted in three pillars of work that have developed organically and intentionally in direct response to community need.community spaces:we are turning the tides of gentrification in the bay area, by creating permanent spaces where community members can gather to be their full selves and deepen relationships. Out peace room is dedicated to healing justice circles and conflict transformation, holistic alternatives to the traumatizing punishment system. Our community conference rooms are a safe place for oaklanders to dream, organize, and act together. We offer three public community conference rooms.healing justice:we believe that our communities have the capacity to prevent, respond to, and heal from harm - without relying on policing and punishment. We are committed to organizing to dismantle the prison industrial complex while also building ways of healing together and keeping each other safe. Our 4 areas of work under this pillar are community building circles, circle keeping trainings, conflict transformation processes, and organizing. We organize for jail decarceration and community-based mental healthcare through the care first community coalition, of which ro is a founding member and backbone organization.restorative economics:restorative economics centers the leadership of communities that have been marginalized by a polluting and extractive economy, by investing in community-owned and community-goverened projects that bring residents together to create shared prosperity and self-determination andin turn build collective community power.