The 2019 Townie of the Year Goes to…

The 2019 Townie of the Year Goes to…

Join us in celebrating this year’s recipient of the Townie of the Year: The Oakland Education Association (OEA)! OEA represents public school teachers who teach 37,000 students in 86 schools within the Oakland Unified School District. Earlier this year, OEA and...
Let’s Get Our Collective House in Order

Let’s Get Our Collective House in Order

Spring is a time to clean and get our collective house in order. This week we launched our campaign to bring our budget into alignment with our values by holding the richest corporations in California and Alameda County’s Sheriff Ahern accountable for the...

Partner Portal: Integrating Data across Our Collaborative

To move people up the ladder of civic engagement, our movement needs technology that effectively reaches voters and other residents, tracks their involvement, and analyzes the results. Currently, each individual organization across our collaborative manages their own...

Building Capacity for the Movement

This past March, we held two multi-day events to fortify the capacity and effectiveness for both our organization and collaborative partners. We are more committed than ever to increasing the political power of working-class people of color and immigrants to win...

Oakland Rising’s Family Is Growing!

We’re excited to share that Jessamyn Sabbag, our Executive Director, will be welcoming a baby spring/early summer. A 3-day retreat with our collaborative partners and a 2-day management training this past March provided crucial space and support to ensure that...