Next week, Oakland Rising will celebrate 5 years of working in low-income, immigrant and communities of color to ensure that our voices are heard at City hall and at the ballot box. Together, we have identified 47,000 voters in Oakland who support our agenda to build...
Oakland Local By Esperanza Tervalon-Daumont Executive Director, Oakland Rising The beautiful possibility of Oakland is that there is real opportunity for everyone, not just people from some neighborhoods. Working together to build a 21st century Oakland we can be...
Today, Oakland native daughter and Oakland Rising’s Executive Director, Esperanza Tervalon-Daumont, received the annual “Making Democracy Work” award from the League of Women Voters. Our work to increase authentic local democracy by building the...
Mayor Quan released her proposed 2013-2015 city budget earlier this week, on Wednesday, April 17th. Over the next couple of months, Oakland residents and our elected representatives must work to provide input, present alternative proposals, and pass a balanced budget...
ELECTION RESULTS: We won big! Oakland Rising and our partners around the state were the margin of victory for both Prop 30 and Prop 32. Thanks for getting out and voting! Oakland Rising talked to 25,000 voters in Oakland this last fall, increasing voter turnout...
