The world feels like it's on fire right now. People are lonelier and more disconnected than ever. Basic needs are going unmet. And I keep coming back to something I've believed for a long time: when people exist in real community, people don't go hungry. People know what resources exist. People take care of each other.

3461 is a community space and garden at the California Hotel in West Oakland, built at the intersection of food, wellness, and community power. We just signed the lease. The keys are in hand. On April 4th, we open the doors for the first time.

This space is for organizers and elders, healers and entrepreneurs, families and young people — for anyone who has ever needed a trusted place to gather, grow food, share skills, and build together. We're rooted in partnership with EBALDC and fiscally sponsored by Brotherhood of Elders Network (BOEN).

I've been trying to raise philanthropic support. Foundations tend to fund what they already know, and solfood is new. So in the meantime, I'm personally on the lease and covering operational costs, because I believe in this enough to bet on it myself.

We're raising $20,000 by May 1st, roughly six months of runway to get this space activated and off the ground. Every dollar goes directly toward keeping 3461 open: rent, garden supplies, space furnishings, programming, and a small stipend for the people helping build this.

This is an invitation to imagine what becomes possible when community has the space and infrastructure to solve its own problems together.

Come be part of it.

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Because when community has space to gather, learn, and build, everything changes.