Talking "The Power of Community Currency" with Oakland entrepreneur and City Council Candidate, Derreck Johnson!
Thu, Oct 22
|Live Digital Event!
Join us this week as we discuss the power of community currency, and the ways that we can all leverage our roots in order to grow in ways we never thought possible!


Time & Location
Oct 22, 2020, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
Live Digital Event!
About the Event
This unique moment in Oakland demands a different kind of leader, who knows firsthand the struggles of our community’s most vulnerable, who has a proven ability to transform lives for those who need it most, and who’s ready to help lead Oakland’s recovery and then tackle the many challenges that have faced our community for too long. The leader who was made for this moment is Derreck Johnson. Son of Oakland: Third generation Oaklander raised in the Acorn projects by a single mom. Growing up, Derreck saw people rise in the most inspiring ways and fall most tragically. Thanks to his strong extended family and community, Derreck would go on to high school, then Fisk University, a historic black college in the south, where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, which promoted brotherhood, service, and community advocacy. After graduation, he came home determined to serve the community that…