MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release                               

January 15, 2011                             

Contact:

Jackie Wright,  415 525 0410

"TAKE BACK HIGH STREET BLOCK BY BLOCK"

MARCH, CLEAN UP & COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Community leaders, organizers and residents of High Street Say, "Together We're Cleaning Up, Reaching Out and Changing Our Neighborhood Hand in Hand."

WHO: Sponsored by the High Street Coalition, the Northern California Interreligious Conference (NCIC), Reverend Greggory L. Brown, President of NCIC Board of Directors, and Pastor of Miracles of Faith Community Church. Supported by Council members: Desley Brooks, Rebecca Kaplan, Libby Schaaf, Larry Reid, and Ignacio De La Fuente; Oakland City Auditor Courtney Ruby. Invited guest: Mayor Jean Quan.,

WHAT: "Take Back High Street Block by Block March, Cleanup & Community Outreach." Participants will march, perform outreach to neighbors, and clean up the street. "Take Back High Street Block by Block March, Clean Up & Community Outreach" is in alignment with Mayor Jean Quan's inaugural call to action to take back the streets of Oakland, block by block.

March participants will stop at the place where the first homicide of the year took place, for a moment of silence and prayer. 19 year-old Darnell Barr was pronounced dead in front of an apartment complex in the 3100 Block of High Street at 12:09 a.m. January 1, 2011.

WHEN: Sunday, January 23, 2011/Rain or Shine 

March, Neighborhood Clean Up, and

Community Outreach: 2:00-3:00 p.m.

3:00 p.m.-March Culminates with Martin Luther King Jr. Community Celebration at Miracles of Faith Community Church

WHERE: High Street March will begin simultaneously at Brookdale Recreation Center, Brookdale Avenue @High Street and Walgreens @ Redding Avenue and High Street.

Participates may join at either location.

The march culminates at Miracles of Faith Church, 4335 Virginia Avenue.  Click Here for Details.