A racial justice advocacy group announced this week that it is making available $265,000 in grants to support six racial justice organizations to mobilize voters to get to the polls in Alameda County. Akonadi Foundation President Lateefah Simon, who also serves on the...
Oakland’s housing crisis is so dire that this week the United Nations called our homeless encampments a “global scandal”. We know that “no cause evictions” lead to displacement of our neighbors, some of whom end up on the streets. With...
NBC News By Bay City NewsWe got power in our veins. Those were the words of young Oakland poet Anatasia King, who kicked off an hour-long panel discussion on voter turnout among young people held tonight in Oakland. King’s words mirrored the message of the five...
Oakland’s hotel workers, who are primarily women of color, face sexual assault on the job at alarming rates. In fact, our partners at the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy conducted a survey of Oakland hotel workers and found that more than half have...
Join us December 11 as we celebrate the graduation of our first cohort of the Movement Technology Fellowship (MTF)! The fellowship prepares participants as technology leaders for their organizations, who can provide trainings, support, and develop new tools. Five...
