National Night Out 2014

As part of ‘National Night Out’, senior executives including Michael Beardsley and Motoko Kamiyama organized and sponsored a block party in a neighborhood in Oakland’s Koreatown Northgate District. Festivities included Chinyakare Ensemble (Music & Dance of Zimbabwe), a street side potluck barbeque, Oakland Police and community involvement, and burritos from local merchant, ‘Burrito Express’. National Night Out is an annual event which takes place in neighborhoods across America with the goal of reducing crime and increasing community cohesion.