Alameda County Resilience Hub Listening Session

On May 22, 2025, the Local Clean Energy Alliance and Emerald Cities Collaborative hosted a special resilience hub listening session for Alameda County community organizations, faith based groups, and other community based institutions. The purpose of this meeting was to gather feedback on an initial “resilience hub” definition for our local Community Choice Energy Agency known as Ava Community Energy.

Over 85 participants gathered at Lincoln Square park to share insights into what resilience hubs provide for our communities and what our resilience hubs could do with additional resources. As the future home of Oakland’s first municipal resiliency hub, it was a fitting and inspiring location for the gathering.

Through events like these, participating community members can share their voice and wisdom to inform the development of community-driven resiliency hub programs.

Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), Friends of Lincoln Square Park and the City of Oakland partnered with the event organizers to help co-host this event.