COMMUNITY SUPPORT
At the heart of this project, is Oakland, the people and the organizations that make this such a wonderful place to be. Our primary goal is to make One Lake Merritt a gamechanger in terms of what a community can expect from a redevelopment project. 1LM is a market-driven solution addressing a host of community-based challenges, generating impressive levels of economic impact and creating a wide range of opportunities for Oakland residents.
In addition to the economic and community benefits, 1LM also creates a tremendous new asset for the arts in Oakland, fulfilling its rightful position as an international epicenter for the arts, but in a true Oakland kind of way.
All of the following community leaders and organizations wrote a letter of support for inclusion in our proposal submission or were listed as a supporter, and many more have lent their support since and in other ways. We are humbled by the unprecedented levels of cross-sectoral cooperation that we've been able to achieve.
Economic and workforce development (PARTIAL LIST)
Dr. Jose Ortiz, Chancellor, Peralta Community College District
Dr. Elñora T. Webb, President, Laney College
Dr. Norma Ambriz-Galaviz, President, Merritt College
Antwan Wilson, Superintendent
Oakland Unified School District
Van Ton-Quinlivan, Vice Chancellor, California Community College Chancellor's Office, Workforce and Economic Development Division
Keith Carson, President, Alameda County Supervisor and
Chair, East Bay Economic Development Alliance
Angela Glover Blackwell, CEO, PolicyLink
Linda Collins, CEO, Career Ladders Project
L. Karen Monroe, Associate Superintendent
Alameda County Office of Education
William Keller, President & CEO
Community Bank of the Bay
Michael Collins, Department Chair and Associate Professor,
Department of Hospitality Management, University of San Francisco
Andreas Cluver, Alameda County Building & Construction Trades Council of Alameda County
Wei-Ling Huber and Ty Hudson,
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Kurt Dreyer, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Local 107
Dr. Tony Iton, Senior Vice President
The California Endowment
Cedric Brown, Managing Partner
Kapor Center for Social Impact
Marc Spencer, CEO, Juma Ventures
Henry Ramos, President & CEO
Insight Center
David L. Jones, Professor and Department Chair
Department of Hospitality Management,
San Francisco State University
Gary Freund, Advisory Committee Chair
Cal State Eastbay Hospitality Department
Cultural Arts (PARTIAL LIST)
Steven Payne, Executive Director
Oakland East Bay Symphony
Karen Cusolito, Founder
American Steel Studios
Karl Cronin, Managing Director
AXIS Dance Company
Hiroko Kurihara, Founder
Oakland Makers
Mark DeSaulnier, Executive Director
Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir
Naomi Diouf, Artistic Director
Diamano Coura West African
Dance Company
Reggie Savage, Founder and Artistic Director, Savage Dance
Cristy Johnston Limon
Executive Director, Destiny Arts Center
Michael Orange, Founder
Top Ten Social
David Roach, Founding Director,
Oakland Film Society and Oakland International Film Festival
Steven Anthony Jones, Artistic Director
Lorraine Hansberry Theater
Theo Williams, Founder and Director, CaribelinQ
Aaron Ableman, Chief Creative Officer and Dave Room, Chief Executive Officer, Balance Edutainment
Joyce Gordon
Joyce Gordon Gallery
Thelma Harris, Owner
Thelma Harris Gallery
Elena Serrano, Co-Founder
Eastside Arts Alliance
Vic Ferrer, Co-Founder
Friends of the Exposition Organ
Julie Mushet, Executive Director
World Arts West
Deborah Vaughan, Founder and Artistic Director, Dimensions Dance Theater
Destiny Muhammad
Harpist from the Hood
D'Wayne Wiggins, Founder and Artistic Director, West Wind Artists
Linda Harrison, Executive Director
Museum of the African Diaspora
Sherri Young, Founder and Executive Director, African American Shakespeare Company
Roxanne Padgett, Executive Director
Museum of Children's Arts
Chang Yi, Founder
Eastlake Music Festival
Dominique Pelletey, Executive Director, San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music