Group: Oakland Wiki
Date: 2013-01-24
Participants:
- Lauren: Mural documenter
- Gene: Wealth of knowledge on local Oakland history
- Julio: sandwich eater, Longfellow focal point
- Vicki: history, wiktator
- Adan: Gold rush 1848...sharing
Summary:
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What makes a neighborhood?
- It is more important what people self identify
- Jingletown: where is it?
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Immigration:
- Portuguese, west Africans
- Warmth of Other Suns: African Americans
- Diversity: Adams Point very diverse.
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What is JAMMI:
- Longfellow
- There was a neighborhood association
- 10 years ago
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Gold rush Operations Research Pod (GRORP)
- Early sharing, before land alotments
- Less violence
- Oakland role, selling supplies
