REVIVAL HALL

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What’s happening at REVIVAL HALL? 

REVIVAL HALL is dedicated to keeping our movement ecosystems alive by protecting and fostering cultural spaces where artists, activists, and culture-bearers can preserve and build upon Oakland's radical legacy. The 21,000 sq. ft. building hosts a 4,000 sq. ft. ballroom, a large foyer, a disco room, and many more spaces of varying sizes.

The building was constructed in 1933 at 4799 Shattuck Ave. in Oakland and was conceived as the meeting hall for The Ligure Club, an Italian garbage collector's and sorter's social club. In 2014, the building was purchased and named by the Omni Commons Collective in the wake of the Occupy Movement to provide Oaklanders with diverse resources and multiple meeting spaces.

Ten years later, The Omni was saved from foreclosure in 2024 by the Collective Action and Land Liberation Institute (CALLI). The building is undergoing extensive repairs and maintenance (such as installing a new roof and access control system) as we prepare to open our doors and offer space for community groups in Oakland and the East Bay. The building is partially open during construction.

The Collective Action and Land Liberation Institute (CALLI) is confronting wealth inequality and racialized displacement by re-envisioning ownership and stewardship of land and housing, as well as the role of capital and extractive investment practices. 

CALLI is actively piloting, learning from, and educating our communities about models that actively spread wealth and power in property acquisition, financing, management, and stewardship, particularly through community-led cooperative and collective ownership and governance models. 

Rather than watching the fate of our communities be determined by wealthy speculators, large companies, and absentee landlords, CALLI is building collective power, pools of capital, skills, and organized communities that can take action to shape the future of local land and buildings.