Omni Commons Explained

The Omni Commons is a group of nine collectives in San Francisco's Bay Area devoted to DIY and community education.[1] [2] [3] It traces its inception to the Occupy movement, specifically Occupy Oakland, and was founded in 2014 on the principles of "community, positive creation and radical inclusion".[4] [5]

Building

Constructed in 1933, the building at 4799 Shattuck Ave in Oakland was conceived as the meeting hall for The Ligure Club,[6] the Italian garbagemen's social club. The 22,000 sq. ft. building hosts a 4,000 sq. ft. ballroom, a large foyer, a Disco room with formerly-illuminated floors, a children's play room, a large industrial kitchen under renovation, and many more spaces of varying sizes.[7]

Collectives

The Commons currently consist of 9 member collectives ranging from activist groups to hackerspaces,[8] each of which have a representative in the Omni Commons' Delegates Council, the decision-making body of the group.[9] Collectives include:

Counter Culture Labs

A biohacker and citizen science lab in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood, Counter Culture Labs serves as a community laboratory and hackerspace for people of any skill level.[10]

Sudo Room

An open-membership hackerspace in Oakland with an emphasis on community outreach and service.[11] Active projects hosted by Sudo Room include a weekly hardware hack night, regular programming hangouts, and People's Open Network, a community wireless network being developed by Sudo Mesh, in the San Francisco Bay Area.[12] [13]

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Notes and References

  1. News: 5 Years After Occupy Oakland, Still Fighting for the 99 Percent. Stelzer. Andrew. 2016-10-09. KQED News. en-US. 2016-10-10.
  2. News: Newly Formed Multi-Disciplinary Collective Omni Oakland Eyes Former Omni Building. Mark. Julian. East Bay Express. 2016-10-10.
  3. News: Oakland's Omni Commons space is where it's at - Oakland Local. Anderson. Eric James. 2014-11-18. Oakland Local. en-US. 2016-10-10. 2016-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160906175240/http://oaklandlocal.com/2014/11/oaklands-omni-commons/. dead.
  4. News: Oakland's Tech Boom Will Be Very Different from San Francisco's — The Bold Italic — San Francisco. Bethencourt. Ryan. 2015-12-10. The Bold Italic. 2016-10-10.
  5. Web site: Spirit of Occupy lives on in new super-collective. 2 January 2015. The Mercury News. 2016-10-10.
  6. Web site: History - Ligure Club of Oakland. ligureclub.com. Ligure Club, Inc.. 2021-05-04.
  7. Web site: Omni Commons Wiki-- Building. omnicommons.org/mediaWiki. various authors. 24 July 2017.
  8. Web site: About Us. omnicommons.org. 2016-10-10.
  9. Web site: Founding Document. omnicommons.org. Omni Commons. 2016-10-10.
  10. Web site: Back and Forth: Counter Culture Labs. Harhen. Nora. 2016-04-08. The Daily Californian. 2016-10-10.
  11. Web site: Sudo Room. Live Work Oakland. 10 October 2016.
  12. Web site: Sudo Room Calendar of Events. Sudoroom.org. 24 July 2017.
  13. Web site: Peoplesopen.net Network Map. Peoplesopen.net blog. Martin. Will. 24 July 2017.

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