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Omni Commons
FormationJuly 1, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-07-01)
Websitehttps://omnicommons.org/

The Omni Commons is a group of nine collectives in San Francisco's Bay Area devoted to DIY and community education.[1][2][3] It traces its inception to the Occupy movement, specifically Occupy Oakland, and was founded in 2014 on the principles of "community, positive creation and radical inclusion".[4][5]

Building

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Constructed in 1933, the building at 4799 Shattuck Ave in Oakland was conceived as the meeting hall for The Ligure Club,[6] the Italian garbagemen's social club. The 22,000 sq. ft. building hosts a 4,000 sq. ft. ballroom, a large foyer, a Disco room with formerly-illuminated floors, a children's play room, a large industrial kitchen under renovation, and many more spaces of varying sizes.[7]

Collectives

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The Commons currently consist of 9 member collectives ranging from activist groups to hackerspaces,[5][8] each of which have a representative in the Omni Commons' Delegates Council, the decision-making body of the group.[9] Collectives include:

Counter Culture Labs

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A biohacker and citizen science lab in Oakland’s Temescal neighborhood, Counter Culture Labs serves as a community laboratory and hackerspace for people of any skill level.[10]

Open Insulin is one of the projects housed at Counter Culture Labs. It was started in 2015 by Anthony Di Franco, himself a diabetic.[11]

Sudo Room

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An open-membership hackerspace in Oakland with an emphasis on community outreach and service.[12] Active projects hosted by Sudo Room include a weekly hardware hack night, regular programming hangouts, and People's Open Network, a community wireless network being developed by Sudo Mesh, in the San Francisco Bay Area.[13][14]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Stelzer, Andrew (2016-10-09). "5 Years After Occupy Oakland, Still Fighting for the 99 Percent". KQED News. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  2. ↑ Mark, Julian. "Newly Formed Multi-Disciplinary Collective Omni Oakland Eyes Former Omni Building". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Eric James (2014-11-18). "Oakland's Omni Commons space is where it's at - Oakland Local". Oakland Local. Archived from the original on 2016-09-06. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  4. ↑ Bethencourt, Ryan (2015-12-10). "Oakland's Tech Boom Will Be Very Different from San Francisco's — The Bold Italic — San Francisco". The Bold Italic. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  5. 1 2 "Spirit of Occupy lives on in new super-collective". The Mercury News. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  6. ↑ "History - Ligure Club of Oakland". ligureclub.com. Ligure Club, Inc. Archived from the original on August 26, 2018. Retrieved September 19, 2025.
  7. ↑ various authors. "Omni Commons Wiki-- Building". omnicommons.org/mediaWiki. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  8. ↑ "About Us". omnicommons.org. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  9. ↑ "Founding Document". omnicommons.org. Omni Commons. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  10. ↑ Harhen, Nora (2016-04-08). "Back and Forth: Counter Culture Labs". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  11. ↑ Tucker, Miriam E. (15 July 2015). "Biohackers Aim To Make Homebrew Insulin, But Don't Try It Yet". NPR. Retrieved 2020-08-16.
  12. ↑ "Sudo Room". Live Work Oakland. Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  13. ↑ "Sudo Room Calendar of Events". Sudoroom.org. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  14. ↑ Martin, Will. "Peoplesopen.net Network Map". Peoplesopen.net blog. Retrieved 24 July 2017.[dead link]
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