Earl Thomas has been with Oakland Rising since the very first campaign we ran with a daily team in 2009 out of Ella Baker Center’s old office. He was a solid presence as an esteemed elder on our team…thoughtful, warm, sincere, helpful, wise, hard-working,...
Malkia Cyril is the Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice (CMJ). As an award-winning organizer and communications leader, Malkia has more than 15 years experience conceiving and managing grassroots communications and media organizing...
I’m Kopali Serna with Oakland Rising and California Calls, we represent over 23 community-based groups working together to restore the California dream. I’ve lived my entire life in the golden state and back when California ranked in the top 10 in...
Learn more about . My name is Lanese Martin and I’m with Oakland Rising and I support the Millionaire’s Tax. As a kid, growing up with an older brother who had a developmental disability I didn’t really understand what that meant for him especially...
On January 3, 2011, Kamala D. Harris was sworn in as California’s 32nd Attorney General. In representing the interests of the people of California, Attorney General Harris is committed to fighting transnational gang crime, protecting consumers from mortgage fraud and...
