SoOakland LLC, is a community events organization based in Oakland, Ca. Founded in July 2015, by Oakland Native Shayla’Bang’Jamerson.

SoOakland’s main goal is to preserve the culture of Oakland through events, and community service, while creating safe spaces for the Black and Brown communities. Safe spaces of familiarity are very important to sustaining true feels of authenticity, therefore, SoOakland makes sure that every event is a true representation of what Oakland truly feels like from the eyes of a native.

SoOakland has worked hard to maintain amazing rapport, break stereotypes, and build relationships and trust within the city; even received recognition from Mayor Libby Schaff, who awarded SoOakland with a proclamation, making July 30th officially SoOakland Day in the city of Oakland.