Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/16/2017
9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Location
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church
1330 Lakeshore Ave.
Oakland
CA, 94606
Categories
Join OneLife Institute on Saturday, Sept. 16th for a special day of healing and renewal for Activists of African Descent.
• Practices for sustainability, resilience, and spiritual well-being
• Free mini-sessions with healing practitioners
• Community connection and support
• Finding strength in ourselves and one another
• Sharing hopes and visions
• Gathering in sacred space
Facilitated by Rev. Kamal Hassan and Leah Kimble-Price LMFT.
Please bring a dish to share for our potluck lunch, a re-fillable water bottle (we will have filtered water available for you), a journal or notebook, and anything you need to be comfortable for the day.
Please RSVP to: onelife@onelifeinstitute.org
Admission is sliding scale ($35-100), with scholarships available and no one ever turned away for lack of funds.
Lake Merritt United Methodist Church sits between Lakeshore Ave and 1st Ave. The “front” address is 1330 Lakeshore Ave, right on the lake (near the 12th St end). There is another entrance at the “back” of the building at 1255 – 1st Ave. There is a small parking lot at the back of the building (1st Ave), and street parking by the lake and nearby neighborhood. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE SIGNS — some street parking is 2 or 3 hours only. Some is unlimited.
Carpooling and public transit are encouraged. The closest BART station is Lake Merritt (about 1/2 mile away), and several AC transit routes stop right by the 1st Ave entrance at 1st Ave & International.
** PLEASE RESPECT THIS AS A SPACE FOR BLACK COMMUNITY ** THANK YOU ** We have other retreats and workshops open to all.
RSVP: onelife@onelifeinstitute.org
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Learn more about OneLife: www.onelifeinstitute.org
June 24, 1867 - "Thousands of Chinese Railroad Laborers Strike in Western U.S." Between 5,000-7,000 thousand Chinese laborers working on the Transcontinental Railroad staged a strike in the Sierras to protest overseers who whipped and restrained them from seeking other work. They won the right not to be whipped or beaten. A second strike in Nevada desert won Chinese laborers the right to receive the same pay as their White counterparts. But the Chinese were still required to buy their own supplies while Whites got free room, board and supplies.