"I'm ready to work, when is the next campaign?" The voice coming through the phone is tinged with urgency, excitement and a glimmer of hope.
Field Team Leader Dayna Williams has received one of these phone calls at least two to three times a day, everyday since the close of Oakland Rising's 2010 campaign cycle. On the other side of the call is likely one of the 111 people hired from Oakland Rising’s target neighborhoods and communities, who spent six days a week for five and a half weeks, as a paid member of Oakland Rising's field team.
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