Mar 11, 2023
You’re invited to join us at Real Peoples’ Fund Small Businesses & The City of Oakland on Monday, March 13, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm for the final installment of our 3-Part #BuildBetter Series. This virtual session will focus on the city’s budgeting process and...
Mar 8, 2023
I’ve been thinking about Tyre Nichols for weeks. I’m guessing you have too. It’s been a little over a month since the video of Tyre’s murder was released, and we are still waiting for real accountability. In my mind, full accountability looks like a complete...
Mar 8, 2023
Deanne Liu, Oakland Political Coordinator of APEN Action, George Galvis, Executive Director of CURYJ, and Davey D, Professor and Journalist joined us to talk about about Building Accountability with Oakland Police Department. Learn more about Mayor Thao’s...
Mar 6, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 6, 2023 Press Contacts: Joshua Stickney, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights [email protected], 405-315-4151 Ashley Chambers, Ella Baker Center for Human [email protected], 510-285-8227 “The death of Cody and three...
Mar 6, 2023
Note from Oakland Rising: Regardless of people’s past choices and lifestyles, it does not give police and prisons the right to kill someone. We acknowledge how framing in the media is complicit in dehumanizing Black, Indigenous, People of Color in order to...