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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE What: Photography Exhibit San Francisco Fleet Week and the Military Humanitarian Assistance Exhibit curated by Eric Murphy and Sticks+Stones Gallery in conjunction with PSAI Old Oakland and Lake Merritt/Uptown Community Benefit District When: October 7 October 28, 2011 Opening Reception, Friday, October 7th, 5-8 pm Where: Old Oakland 831 Broadway Oakland, Ca 94607 Who: SF Fleet Week the Military Humanitarian Assistance Missions For more information please contact: Curator: Eric Murphy, eric.aioakland@gmail.com, (510) 472-7872 or Sticks+Stones Gallery: Jason DiBari or Melisa Galvan, sticks.stones.Oakland@gmail.com, (510) 689-1280 Lake Merritt/Uptown Community Benefit District, PSAI Old Oakland, Sticks and Stones Gallery and A.I. Oakland in conjunction with the SF Fleet Week Association is proud to present, The San Francisco Fleet Week and the Military Humanitarian Assistance Mission Exhibit; a retrospect of Bay Area photographs depicting the heroic efforts of the United States Military providing humanitarian assistance throughout the world. The San Francisco Fleet Week and the Military Humanitarian Assistance Mission photo collection depicts the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Marines, U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force providing humanitarian assistance. Photographs include the 1906 earthquake, 1923 response to the great earthquake in Japan, 2007 Cyclone in Pakistan and 2010 flooding in Bangladesh, 1956 Suez Canal evacuation, 2010 Haiti earthquake, 2011 Japan earthquake and more. In sharing these photographs with the public, it is our hope to raise awareness and recognize the U.S. military for all they do, not just in the United States but also around the globe. ###

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The Downtown Oakland and Lake Merritt/Uptown District Association were formed in February 2009. Property owners in both Downtown Oakland and the Lake Merritt/Uptown Districts voted by a margin of almost 8 to 1 to support a voluntary property tax to fund services that would improve the quality of life in their respective communities. The associations meet and function jointly. Services funded by these Districts include maintaining cleanliness and order in the public rights of way, improving district identity and advocating on behalf of the areas property owners, business owners and resident.

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