Brothers Michael and Reuben Buckley, raised on the streets of West Oakland, who were incarcerated, and now are both tech developers heading up OAW’s Tech Business Center: Power B.I.T. ("Blacks In Tech").  Our OAW Tech Business Center will be an incubation hub for innovative technological products and services, including 3-D printer products and app design. 

The restaurant A Taste of Power, being organized by Maury McFadden and Tashara Newton,  will resurrect the spirit and vitality of 7th Street back in the day, before racist gentrification destroyed it, when it was known all over the country as “Harlem West”. It will make West Oakland a destination for great food and live entertainment.

Seventh and Campbell is a food desert. The OAW Neighborhood Market will bring high quality, affordable, fresh food, produce and household products to the West Oakland community and will be accepting food stamps.

Joli Zahra Drevitch is a formerly incarcerated fitness trainer who is organizing our Body & Soul Fitness Center. The fitness center will be equipped with the finest workout equipment for members and residents. Fitness center classes will include yoga, boxing, cardio, strength training and health and wellness programs.

Kelly Carlisle is leading the development of the West Oakland Farms, launched in 2015 as OAW's first business. West Oakland Farms was operated by a group of formerly incarcerated people. Crops on the farm were produced through sustainable organic growing methods and were sold to local grocers and restaurants. West Oakland Farms has been dismantled and will be incorporated into The Black Panther building and is organized by both Kelly Carlisle and Tashianna Brown.

In September 2021, OAW launched Soul on a Roll, a food truck business cooperatively owned by formerly incarcerated people. The Oakland A's made a significant contribution to the launch of Soul on a Roll. Look for our truck on the streets of Oakland.