InterdepenDance Day ★ A Party Of, By & For the People!

🇺🇸 Welcome to The ReUnited States of America v2.50 🇺🇸

This July 4th, America turns 250 years old. Rather than celebrating the country we inherited, we’re celebrating the country we can create!

On InterdepenDance Day, neighbors become collaborators, strangers become friends, and celebration becomes inspiration. Spend the day dancing, exploring interactive experiences, meeting fascinating people, and imagining what's possible when we come together.

Part Block Party ★ Part Backyard BBQ ★ Part Civil Laboratory ★ Entirely community-powered ★ That’s...

★ InterdepenDance Day ★ Oakland ★

Spend all Saturday July 4th exploring: 🎶 14+ hours of live music & DJs 🪩 Airpusher Collective 🍵 Tea Tribe 🎉 Interactive art & surprise experiences 🥙 Backyard BBQ, food trucks & local vendors 🎤 Lightning talks & Conversation Couches 🎭 Clothing Swap & Photo Booths🥳 All-ages atmosphere until 9 PM -- then the Big 9:30 PM celebration!💃 21+ Dance party until 2 AM 🕺

This event is non-partisan, non-profit, and organized as a community public-benefit celebration.

📍 See you at The Loom ·  1010 22nd Ave, Oakland, CA 94606

🚕 Get a free ride with Fare.Coop! Closest station is Fruitvale BART!

We’re excited to welcome Fare Co-op, a driver-owned rideshare cooperative now operating in the Bay Area, as our official transportation partner!

The first 50 rides to InterdepenDance Day will receive up to $10 off. If you're coming via 🚆 BART to Fruitvale, it'll be free! All you have to do is:

📲 Download the Fare Co-op Customer app and create your account using this link: https://fare.coop/referral/?ref=9FDIO5PZ

✋ Request your ride to the Loom: 1010 22nd Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606 >> BE SURE TO REQUEST THE "THE LOOM" RIDE TYPE.

🎟️ Enter promo code: USA250

Grab some friends and come early to get the free rides! And beyond that, you'll get discounted rides all day and night with Fare.Coop!

🤝 And let's support companies that will help us build the America v2.50 we dream of living in! Cooperatives rock!

Two-day Program

⭐️ Saturday, July 4 ⭐️ Put the party back in political!

🎺 Outdoor Live Music 🎻 (11 AM - 10 PM)

11:30am kickoff with Glory Jams, a rockin’ high energy funk jam collective with deep East Bay roots! 🎶1:00 PM Silver Bell Jazz Band (Jazz, Ragtime & Swing)3:00 PM LA GENTE SF (Latin Fusion)5:00 PM Tori Roze and the Hot Mess (Soul Funk Jazz)6:30 PM Mizuho Sato (Flamenco Dance)7:00 PM Soji Sai (Afrobeat/Highlife)8:30 PM King Kairos9:30 PM Special Event! Projection Mapping "Finale Fireworks" show on the Airpusher Art Car!

🎧 The Theater 🔊 (10 PM - 2 AM)

10:00 PM warble11:00 PM Colibria12:00 AM Lychy Jelly1:00 AM Izzy Wise

🔊 The Seed Barn 🎧 (10 PM-2 AM)

10:00 PM Funky Breezy w/ Andy Ammo11:00 PM Maculate12:00 AM Nurse Noise1:00 AM Manila Vanilla

🫖 Tea Lounges by Tea Tribe 🍵

⭐️ Civic Stage (Saturday, noon-6pm) ⭐️

11:00 AM Opening Arts Interventions - Welcome!

12:00 PM WORKSHOP! Art & Activism, Plus Principles & Lessons from 10 Years of Protest Sign-making. Hugh D'Andrade, Radical Activist & Artist (hughillustration.com)

12:45 PM Civic Volunteering & Mobilizing for changePatricia Nabti, Volunteerism specialist; Author, Learning to CAR

1:15 PM Liquid Representatives & Democracy 101 Jesse Katz, Founder, Speech Without Borders (speech.ngo)

1:45 PM Arts, Culture & Activism — Fireside ChatRafa Sarria, Founder, LAGENTEmusicSF.com, with David Munir Nabti

2:15 PM Thinking Bigger: Global Democratic Governance. Peter Schurman, co-founder, GlobalCommonsFund.org; prev, ExDir MoveOn.org

2:45 PM Co-Creating Our Principles of Interdependence. David Munir Nabti, NextDemocracy.us / InterdepenDanceDay.org · Daveed Benjamin, founder of GovHub.live

3:15 PM Creative Reimagining of Local Media. Dan Hu (CalMatters.org) · Lila LaHood (SFPublicPress.org)

4:00 PM Restoring Democracy & the MAD Act. Jamie Joyce, President & ED, SocietyLibrary.org

4:30 PM CA Creative Economy Plan - Get ready! Thor Young, OroVistaArts.org

5:05 PM Digital Rights & Graphic Design. Hugh D’Andrade, Creative Director for Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org)

5:35 PM Local Action for Interdependence & the Next 250. Duncan Autrey, EastBayCivicHub.org

5:50 PM Building an Economy that Works for Everyone. Lauren Goetze, California Doughnut Economics Coalition (CalDEC.org)

⭐️ Sunday, July 5 ⭐️ Civic Jam + Hackathon

If you leave inspired, come back Sunday for the ★ Civic Jam Hackathon ★For too long, our attention has been hijacked by slick slogans and competitive campaigns! On July 5th, let's transform dreams into actions, and start building America v2.50.

Ideas become experiments

Consumers become contributors

Conversations become action

Code become connection

High-tech, low-tech, or no-tech. For a startup, a nonprofit, a civic project, or simply your neighbors. From local to national, come build a piece of the America v2.50 you want to live in!

👉 Click the link below to RSVP for free:

Inclusive Event - Ticket Options Available

"Pay-what-you-can" options available. Nobody is turned away for lack of funds! Please reach out directly via 👉 together@interdependanceday.org

🚗 Getting Here

Parking at The Loom is very limited. We encourage everyone to take BART, rideshare, bike, or carpool whenever possible.

Please use  1010 22nd Ave, Oakland, CA 94606 to find event.

If you drive, please allow extra time for street parking and be respectful of our neighbors by parking legally.

Volunteer Opportunities

Use code VOLUNTEER to purchase refundable volunteer tickets. Apply here.

The future you want isn't something that just happens - it is something we create, together!

👉 Sign up now

💛 Collaborators:

NiCE Agents United • NextDemocracy.us ◦ The Loom ◦ Entheos Rising ◦ California Doughnut Economics Coalition ◦ East Bay Civic Hub ◦ TeaTribe ◦ Big Fun Stuff

🤝 Community & Outreach Partners:

SF Public Press • Good Neighbor Lab • SF Civic Tech • Fare.Coop • Social Impact SF • CivicMakers • Future of Us Festival

👉 BECOME A PARTNER

💪 Get Involved

Want to help shape InterdepenDance Day?

Giving a lightning talk

Bringing a game

Sharing your organization

Helping with the event

Wearing a costume that represents the future you'd like to help build

👉 CO-CREATE WITH US

Questions? Reach us at together@interdependanceday.org

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The future is all you!

This is America v2.50.

This is our InterdepenDance Day.

This is your time to celebrate!

👉 InterdepenDanceDay.org 🔗 👈

Photo/Video Notice:

Photos/video will be taken at this event and may be used for event coverage, promotion, archives, sharing with media outlets or artists/partners, or other uses. By attending you're agreeing to be included with no expectation of further notification or compensation, unless you tell us otherwise in advance. Email us partner@interdependanceday.org beforehand and we'll do our best to keep you out of the frame. For those taking photos/videos, personal noncommercial use is ok, just be mindful of others' privacy, especially in close-up shots. No professional, commercial, or revenue-generating use without our written OK.

Please be safe, and have fun! Happy birthday America! And all of us! :-)