Organizing Upgrade The new website OrganizingUpgrade.com runs a monthly “Fast Forum” column with the hope of drawing out new ideas and encouraging new voices to take a stab at the freshest challenges facing our community. This month, we asked four...
Oakland Local All community stakeholders are invited to come to this introductory gathering with Oakland’s new Police Chief, Anthony W. Batts, to hear how he plans to approach the complex issues in Oakland. The hosts of the event are community leaders and a wide-range...
Oakland Local The City of Oakland has a 17% reported unemployment rate, foreclosures are high, and times are rough for almost everyone, but that doesn’t mean everything in Oakland isn’t going well–there’s new vibrancy downtown, urban gardens...
