15th Annual Life is Living Festival

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LIFE is LIVING Oakland is a year-round project and annual Festival bringing a holistic approach to celebrating urban life through hip hop, intergenerational health, and environmental action.

On Saturday October 8, 2022, 7,000 people, the majority of whom are people of color and West Oakland residents, produce the festival by reclaiming critical public space and positioning life ­with healthy living and arts at its center ­as a necessary element of community identity, responsibility, and interaction.

The Festival features panels, workshops, activities and concerts, including an invitational dance battle, live action sports, sustainable materials construction projects, bay area theater groups and a Free Breakfast Program modeled on the work of the Black Panthers Party. As we reflect the voices of an emerging cultural majority, we recognize that our arts practices must echo and sustain the lives of the communities we engage.

VOLUNTEER SHIFTS AND POSITION DESCRIPTIONS

Shift 1: 7:30 AM - 11:30am

Morning Crew

Volunteers will show extreme acts of love for the park and community through clearing walkways of obstructing waste, picking up litter, and getting the park festival ready! This will also include helping set up equipment and stages, putting up signs, helping staff tables, and more! Volunteers should come prepared with work clothes, gloves if they have any, and comfortable shoes. If you have specialized skills as a carpenter please note we are also looking to identify 5 - 10 specialists volunteers to build and assemble large structures in the park.

Shift 2: 11:00 AM - 3:30 PM

Noon Crew

Volunteers will help continue with set up if needed, act as general runners, assisting the vendor areas, staffing tables, among other roles.

Shift 3: 3PM - 8 PM

Evening Crew

Volunteers will see the festival to the end! This role will include the same responsibilities as the Noon Crew, however, will also be helping us load up equipment and the breakdown process. These kind souls will help us clean the park as well.

COVID Protocol

As we continue to explore new opportunities to gather & build community within an ever-changing world, please view our full COVID policy at youthspeaks.org/covid/ .

Please note, we will check for up-to-date vaccination status and will ask people to mask up while not eating and drinking.