The Urban Spaces Project and This is Our Land! have really been community efforts.

We have been fortunate to work with so many gifted, warm-hearted, talented people in making the Urban Spaces NEED Leadership Project and This is Our Land! happen. In particular, we would like to thank the neighbors of Jungle Hill for welcoming this project into their community. We owe deep gratitude to Susan Quinlan, whose deep commitment to helping young people develop, express themselves, and live up to their highest potential has been inspiring. Youth Leadership InternsTania Grande, Frank Leyva, Sergio Perez, and Kellynna Tran have also made impressive contributions, and we owe them our thanks. They have a lot to teach us all about justice, patience, respect, and caring. And finally, thanks to Sandy Bredt, Project Director, for her vision, perseverance and sense of humor.

The Urban Spaces NEED Leadership Project Team: Clock-wise from lower left: Tania Grande, Youth Leadership Intern; Sandy Bredt, Project Director; Sergio Perez, Youth Leadership Intern; Frank Leyva, Youth Leadership Intern; and Susan Quinlan, Supervisor/Coordinator. (Not pictured: former Youth Leadership Intern Kellynna Tran)

Staff and volunteers from the following organizations contributed their time, expertise, and resources to make the Urban Spaces project and the exhibition a success. We are grateful for their help.

East Bay Urban Gardeners: Allen Green, Carrie Core, Sue Kohler, Erin Hughes, and Mohammed Nuru
Fruitvale Community Collaborative: Debra Taylor, Maria Sanchez, and Cookie Robles-Wong
Oakland Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affaris' Community Gardening Program: Jacoba Van Staveren
Oakland Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Affairs' Earn Your Bike Program: Jose Ortíz, Javier and Roger
Merritt College Fruitvale Center: Carmen Acosta and Angelina Varela
Project YES/East Bay Conservation Corps: Cathleen Michaels
Santa Rita Land Trust: Jean Astrinsky, Regina Chavarín, Tina Gray, Frank Leyva, Marques Miller, Kris Wagner, Gai Williams, Myra Williams
Sierra Club's Inner City Outings Program: Rachel Carr
Spanish Speaking Citizens' Foundation: Liliana Chavez and Pablo Muñoz
Spanish Speaking Unity Council: Marsha Murrington, Gloria Benavides and Manuela Silva
Trust for Public Land: Arlene Rodriguez and Rebecca Lillith
Youth Employment Partnership: Maria Barragan
Youth Leadership Institute: Hayley Bryant
Youth Training Collaborative: Jessica Wolin

We are also grateful to these Jungle Hill neighbors and other individuals who helped make our work successful:

Cliff Bolden, Omar and Ishmael Brown, Richard Cowan, Jack Chin, Bill Dash, Doug Desoto, Azizi & Anisa Fortenberry, Cynthia, Jessica, María & Pati Garcia, Alan Johnson, Karl Linn, Maurice, Shynette and Fernando Long, Awele Makeba, Benjamín Quintero, Esther Parker, Ruth Ramirez, Bertha Alicia Rodriguez, Theresa, David & Carlos Velasquez Ruiz, Chiem Chien Saeturn, Chiem Chien Saeturn, Asia Stewart, Christina & Cleveland Tatman, Ileta, Julion & Jared Tatman, Michael & Katrina Tran, Tammy Velasquez, Deirdre Visser, Brenda Williams, Ryan R. Young.

These are the people who made Jungle Hill's mural happen:

Randolph Belle of Support Oakland Artists, Srayla Tip, Sandra Ramirez, Ishmael Brown, Maurice Long, LaCorey & Lamar Miles, Marcos Perez, Evelyn & Rosalyn Sanchez, Fay & Faum Saeturn, LaMont & Lamar Stringer

Additional Personnel for This is Our Land! Exhibition:

Project Director: Sandy Bredt
Supervisor/Coordinator: Susan Quinlan
Youth Leadership Interns: Tania Grande, Frank Leyva, Sergio Perez, Kellynna Tran
Exhibit Design Consultant: Darcie Fohrman
Exhibit Preparator: Gail Binder
Exhibit Technical Specialist: Lindsay Dixon
Scenic Design: Randolph Belle/Support Oakland Artists, Frank Leyva
Exhibit Registrar: Carolyn Rissanen
Video Production: Denise Jennings/Youth Media
Sound Production and Installation: Paul Matzner and Jason Ranier; California Library of Natural Sounds
Spanish Language Translations: Tania Grande and Sergio Perez
Editing of Spanish Language Translations: Olivia Armas and Isela Perez
Publicity Intern: Kanika Brown
Concept Development Consultants: Nancy E. Johnson, Victor Lewis/Oakland Men's Project, Kathleen McLean/Independent Exhibitions
Chief Curator of Natural Sciences: Tom Steller
Chief Curator of Education: Barbara Henry
Associate Director of Public Programs: Phil Mumma
Executive Director: Dr. Dennis Power

Funding for the Urban Spaces NEED Leadership Program was provided by the San Francisco Foundation, the L.J. and Mary C. Skaggs Foundation through the Partners for Livable Spaces, the Clorox Company Foundation, and the Oakland Museum of California Foundation, with additional support from Eastman Kodak Company's Office Imaging Division, American President Lines, Kinko's Copies, and Mark Container Corporation. Additional support for the teen mural on Jungle Hill was provided by the People's Life Fund and the Community Health Academy.

Many thanks to Mariah Feld, who created this Web site, and John Burke, who served as resident propeller-head.

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