MLK volunteer day at shoreline

A day of service is scheduled Monday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline.

Volunteers will help restore habitat and remove invasive plants to help wildlife to honor King and his vision to improve lives and bring the nation together. The work will include restoration of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Grove and Damon Marsh.

Children under age 16 should be accompanied by an adult. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 15, with the session running 9 a.m. to noon.

Those taking part are advised to wear comfortable, weather-appropriate clothes and closed-toed shoes and are asked to take a bucket to pick up litter and a refillable water bottle. For more information, email volunteers@ebparks.org. Heavy rain cancels the event.

Registration is required. Go to http://bit.ly/2FgPoXq or call 1-888-327-2757, Option 2.

MLK Day of Service cleanups

Cleanups will take place Saturday throughout Oakland during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

Registration will be at 8 a.m. Jan. 13 at 330 Brush St.

Cleaning will begin at 9 a.m. at 5656 Genoa St. in North Oakland, 330 Brush St. and Mandela Parkway in West Oakland, Madison Park in Chinatown, 1001 Fruitvale Ave. in Fruitvale and St. Louis Bertrand Parish, 1410 100th Ave. in East Oakland. Cleanup will include removing illegally dumped items, tree planting, graffiti removal and street cleaning.

Coffee, water and tools will be provided. For more information, contact Karely Ordaz Salto at kmordazsalto@oaklandnet.com or 510-238-7340.

Day of service in Sobrante Park

A Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service and Leadership is scheduled Monday in the Sobrante Park neighborhood.

Last year, more than 300 people took part in the day of service.

Volunteers will gather at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 15 at Madison Park Academy, 400 Capistrano Drive, with the cleanup ending at 1:30 p.m. Those taking part can choose which service project to tackle; there will be a wide range of options. Children are welcome. Work clothes are recommended, along with work gloves if available.

The day of service is being put on by Higher Grounds, Bay Area brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity (Gamma Phi Lambda Chapter), Sobrante Park Resident Action Council, Planting Justice, Brookfield Elementary, Service for Peace, Madison Park Elementary, Bay Area Community Resources and other community groups.

Blood drive for Day of Service

A Save a Life Blood Drive is set for Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.

Councilman Dan Kalb is sponsoring the blood drive from 2 to 5 p.m. Jan. 15 at the American Red Cross Blood Donation Center, 6230 Claremont Ave.

To register, email Oliver Luby at oluby@oaklandnet.com or call 510-238-7013. Eligibility requirements can be found at www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements.

King Day talk on healing Oakland

“Can Oakland be healed?” is the focus of a Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration Monday.

The Rev. Harry Louis Williams and Oakland Councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan will lead the discussion at 10 a.m. Jan. 15 at Oakland City Church, 2735 MacArthur Blvd. The event is sponsored by Hood Movement 21, Williams, and the Rev. Joshua McPaul and the church. Refreshments will be served.

Jackson to receive humanitarian award

Wendy Jackson will be presented with the Oakland Citizen Humanitarian Award on Sunday at the “In the Name of Love,” a musical tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.

Jackson is executive director of the East Oakland Community Project, which provides emergency housing and services for homeless people, families and people with HIV/AIDS.

The tribute to King will be 7 to 9:30 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Oakland Scottish Rite Center, 1547 Lakeside Drive. Tickets are $25 to $40 for adults; $8 to $12 for childlren.

To purchase tickets and for more information, go to www.livingjazz.org/mlktribute or call 510-858-5313.

Redwood park pathway restoration planned

Residents are invited to help repair the Create-With-Nature Pathway in Redwood Regional Park, followed by an art session Saturday.

The Create-With-Nature Pathway is an ongoing participatory public art project that runs through a redwood grove. Its borders are designated places for people to create temporary art with sticks, redwood needles, pine cones and other natural items.

Environmental artist Zach Pine will lead the afternoon art session, with musical collaboration from multi-instrumentalist Laura Inserra.

All ages are welcome, but some volunteers will be lifting logs and using tools. The session will be 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with a lunch break; people should take their own food.

Registration is required; go to http://bit.ly/2FdoWxX. Entrance through the Redwood Gate entrance.

‘Color of Law’ author at Rotary

Richard Rothstein, author of “The Color of Law,” will speak at the Oakland Rotary Club on Thursday.

Rothstein is a former New York Times columnist and a fellow at the Thurgood Marshall Institute of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. In his book, he maintains that segregation is the result of government promoting discriminatory practices. The result has been that generations of African-Americans were denied the right to live where they wanted to live, and raise and school their children where they thought best.

The talk will be noon to 1:30 p.m. Jan. 18 at the California Ballroom, 1736 Franklin St. Guests must RSVP in advance to Oakland Rotary: 510-341-2120 x10 or info@oakland-rotary.org.

Applications accepted for youth grants

Young people can apply for grants of up to $5,000 for projects that support and increase community resilience and healing in Oakland.

The projects must be created and led by youth age 13 to 21 in partnership with an adult. They also must be sponsored by a nonprofit and serve Oakland.

The Oakland Youth Advisory Commission will help select and award the grants. Applications are available at https://tinyurl.com/OYACgivesbackAPP and are due Jan. 31.

In the pilot year of Oakland Youth Advisory Commission gives back, or #OYACgivesback, eight projects were chosen. They included healing circles, community gatherings and service projects. To see a list of 2017 projects, go to https://tinyurl.com/OYACgivesbackC1grantees.

For more information, contact Stephanie Montgomery at OYACgivesback@oaklandnet.com.

MLK Freedom Breakfast

A Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Breakfast is scheduled Monday at the Hilton Oakland Airport.

The Allen Temple Baptist Church Health and Social Services is hosting the breakfast, with tickets starting at $70.

The theme is Freedom, with guest speakers Cat Brooks, Kev Choice, Arnold Perkins and Makani Themba.

Brooks is founder of the Anti-Police Terror Project, co-chair of the ONYX Organizing Committee and a member of Black Lives Matter Bay Area.

Choice is a pianist, emcee, producer, bandleader and music historian. Perkins is a consultant for youth development, intergenerational work, HIV and AIDS, organizational change and community engagement.

Makani Themba is a social justice innovator in the field of change communications.

To register, go to www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-athssm-mlk-freedom-breakfast-tickets-36529484672

Firefighter applications being accepted

The Oakland fire department will be accepting applications for firefighter and firefighter paramedic trainees Jan. 22 and Jan. 23.

Only online applications will be accepted. The application will be posted at https://agency.governmentjobs.com/oaklandca/default.cfm.

For additional information, go to http://bit.ly/2BOn7sh or call the Public Safety Recruitment Hotline at 510-238-6465 or Engineer Charleton Lightfoot at 510-893-4OFD or email ofdrecruit@oaklandnet.com.

Space center taking camp reservations

Chabot Science and Space Center is taking reservations for summer camp.

The center will have four weeklong camps with different science and engineering themes for students entering grades one through sixth.

The price is $499 for nonmembers, $449 for members; the camps will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. June 25 through Aug. 3. For more information, go to www.chabotpace.org.

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