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Why has this housing for homeless Oaklanders been sitting empty for months?

Why has this housing for homeless Oaklanders been sitting empty for months?

By: Marisa Kendall, The Mercury News From our friends at Poor Magazine Excerpt: “We have people on the street in this city, and they still refuse to open four beautiful, multi-family townhouses,” said Gray-Garcia, who goes by “Tiny.” Gray-Garcia used to be homeless herself. She planned to sleep in a... Continue Reading

Reimagining Retirement

Reimagining Retirement

Is it possible to save for retirement and grow our investments, while also repairing harm done to communities and ecosystems? How can we plan for retirement while building a vibrant world that we'll be excited to retire into? And by the way, what IS retirement? We're inviting folks to join... Continue Reading

January 2022 Newsletter: New Year, New Governance

January 2022 Newsletter: New Year, New Governance

Organizational structure and culture are never static. As a governing body, the Law Center's “General Circle” — which includes all full-time staff members — has moved through massive changes over the years.  We’ve held space collectively for invigorating and challenging discussions that tested and grew our relationships.  We spent countless... Continue Reading

Our Favorite Reads of 2021

Our Favorite Reads of 2021

We love to read here at the Law Center! So we’re back with another end of year round up of all our favorite books we read in 2021. Our tastes range from memoir to speculative fiction to historical – but all books that push us to stretch our sense of... Continue Reading

December 2021 Newsletter: A year of leaning into interdependence

December 2021 Newsletter: A year of leaning into interdependence

We continue to live inside of our mission to cultivate a new legal landscape that supports community resilience, grassroots economic empowerment and thriving communities.  These uncertain times we’ve all been navigating have driven us to center interdependence in everything that we do.  Throughout 2021, as we’ve deepened our relationships with... Continue Reading

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