Our Mission
Oakland Rising educates and mobilizes voters in the flatlands to speak up for and take charge of the issues impacting our lives. We are a multilingual, multiracial collaborative with deep roots in East and West Oakland’s…
Our Vision
We envision an Oakland that realizes our shared dreams of health, happiness, safety and opportunity for all. A Town that stands for progress and sustainability, that models what is possible in American cities of the 21st century.
The Collaborative
We connect progressive organizations and activists, community members, leaders, labor and faith-based institutions to Oakland’s progressive political electoral and movement building work.
What’s New?
05/10 Monday Meals: Just Recovery Budget – Reimagining Public Safety
Oakland Rising’s Interim Executive Director, liz suk, talked with Cristina Flores and Breon Hatcher, Program Associates from Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) about the realities and hopes for Black and Brown systems-impacted youth in Oakland on...
5/3 Monday Meals: Just Recovery Budget & Housing
Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Producer, liz suk, joins Shaketa Redden from Causa Justa and Ken Tang from Asian Pacific Environmental Network to talk about the Oakland City Budget and how we need to prioritize housing....
4/26 Monday Meals: Reimagining Public Safety
Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, had a heartfelt conversation with James Burch, Policy Director of Anti-Police Terror Project about reimagining public safety, the Defund and Refund movement work and the recommendations on the table to refund and...
Press
The Mercury News: Oakland mayor’s proposed budget increases police spending
Allocates more for overtime By ANNIE SCIACCA OAKLAND — Mayor Libby Schaaf’s newly released budget proposal would increase police spending from the general purposes fund over the next two years, despite the Oakland City Council last year stating its goal to cut...
With The Late Release of Mayor’s Confusing Series of Web pages dubbed a “Budget”, the People of Oakland Demand: Prioritize Our Communities
Oakland, CA-The people of Oakland deserve clean streets, affordable housing, critical city services, and good jobs. From the flatlands to the hills, it is clear that in order to build a city where everyone can prosper, our city leaders must invest in the physical,...
94.1 KPFA: On the ground with protesters outside Oakland Mayor Schaaf’s home
Listen live at 94.1 KPFA website 1:08 – BREAKING NEWS: Residents are rallying outside Mayor Libby Schaaf’s home to protest her illegal delay of the 2021-2023 budget. liz suk (@liz_suk) is interim executive director for Oakland Rising, which mobilizes and educates...
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