At a time when gentrification and development for capital gains are taking over all major U.S. cities, there remain people and communities committed to doing things differently. Saru Jayaraman, Zach Norris, and Liam Chinn have always been those people and are at it again right here in Oakland, California. Their shared project is called Restore Oakland, a community advocacy and job training center that will launch in Spring of 2019.
Saru, Zach and Liam join me for the hour to discuss Restore Oakland - the history that led to its vision, the organizations literally coming together at the table to make it happen, how it will serve its community, how it challenges the status quo, and how it might serve as an example for justice-oriented development in other major U.S. cities.
