Shift Local is not only committed to enriching East Bay communities but we are also dedicated to sustaining local economies everywhere to go. Watch out for future postings on how we shift local during our travels.
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About Shift Local
Inspired by national support local movements such as Project 3/50, Independent We Stand and Cash Mobs, high school sweethearts Marc and Mari aspire to unite the East Bay communities into creating a long-term shift from spending at national chains to supporting local businesses. We hope to challenge and engage others and ourselves in developing a collaborative environment where East Bay residents and local businesses can partner up to build strong local economies.
Marc grew up in Alameda and San Leandro. A recent UC Berkeley graduate, Marc is an aspiring social entrepreneur with experience in real estate, property management and banking. He is an active member of the community serving as the Financial Secretary at First Christian Church of Alameda, volunteer at food banks and tutored children with Autism.
Mari is a Hayward resident who grew up in San Leandro. Mari is also UC Berkeley graduate and is now a third-year law student at UC Hastings, College of the Law. Since middle school, Mari has taken on leadership roles in student government and associations and continues to be involved in the community through volunteering in legal clinics and outreaching to underprivileged students.
Hey Shift Local! Love what you are doing and Cash Mobs. Gotta buy me a cupcake! Hope we can work together on something like this. A map of all your journeys would be cool.
Hi WeLocally! We love what we are doing too
We should definitely collaborate on future events. Keep us posted if you have anything and we’ll do our best to participate and/or help publicize. Thanks for the tip, we’re still editing our travel edition posts so watch out for those….that’s definitely a great idea so we will look into mapping them out.