Our struggles are local to global. Our struggles are intertwined therefore our liberation is intertwined. So show up in every way you can. Show up to the fight for Palestine. Show up for Oakland.

Oakland Rising's Executive Director, Liz Suk, invites Ecat Burton from the Oakland Budget Bureau to Monday Meals to help explore and navigate how to use the new Online Budget tool. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vquK0pHVso

It is a great pleasure to announce that liz suk, who has been holding down shop as our Interim ED, is Oakland Rising’s new Executive Director! After a robust public search, our Executive Committee offered liz the position knowing that her 25+ years of nonprofit...

Don’t be fooled: After careful review, Mayor Schaaf’s proposed budget for FY2021-23 makes significant increases to the police budget, ignoring both the demands of the People of Oakland to #DefundOPD and invest in community services and programs. Schaaf’s proposal...

Oakland Rising’s Interim Executive Director, liz suk, talked with Cristina Flores and Breon Hatcher, Program Associates from Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) about the realities and hopes for Black and Brown systems-impacted youth in Oakland on...

Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Producer, liz suk, joins Shaketa Redden from Causa Justa and Ken Tang from Asian Pacific Environmental Network to talk about the Oakland City Budget and how we need to prioritize housing....

Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, had a heartfelt conversation with James Burch, Policy Director of Anti-Police Terror Project about reimagining public safety, the Defund and Refund movement work and the recommendations on the table to refund and...

Wednesday night, after returning home from two back-to-back community vigils (either led or supported by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, Ella Baker Center, Anti Police-Terror Project, Restore...

The following words are adapted from the speech by liz suk, Interim Executive Director of Oakland Rising, at the March 23rd event “From Oakland to Atlanta,” a community-led vigil to mourn and honor the lives taken in the Atlanta-area spa shootings and to send love from the Bay Area.

Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, had another excellent conversation with Pecolia Manigo from Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network (PLAN) to discuss the passing of most of the amended Reparations for Black Students...