Oakland Rising Blog
Are you and your loved ones prepared?
As we gear up for a hot summer, it’s important we prepare for and stay alert to California’s natural disasters, such as wildfires and earthquakes. Since COVID-19 hit our communities, the gaps in our safety net allowed for some of our most vulnerable communities to...
Huge win for Oakland workers!
On Tuesday night, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously to pass the The Emergency Paid Sick Leave for Oakland Employees measure. The legislation will provide numerous protections for our frontline service workers - from grocery clerks to delivery drivers - who...
There’s still time left to urge City Council to protect Oakland workers now!
The emergency paid sick leave ordinance has been rescheduled and is up for City Council vote this Tuesday, May 12th at 1:30pm. Will you join us and show your support for Oakland frontline essential workers?We’re disappointed by Oakland’s City Council failure to...
Protect Oakland workers! Urge City Council to expand paid sick leave now
As we continue into the new month of sheltering in place, many of us are dependent on service workers on the frontline – from delivery people to ride-share drivers – to be able to meet our daily needs. Many of these workers are predominantly people of color who not only carry out necessary essential work but are also the most financially burdened by the current public health crisis.
Local Resources Amidst COVID-19 Public Health Crisis
[Last updated: March 25, 2020] Please visit our up-to-date resource page (updated weekly) Times are challenging and difficult. More than ever, we need to rely on each other. When our elected officials at the national level fail to provide guidance, our local elected...
Know Your Voting Rights!
Do your part and VOTE!
March 3rd 2020 Primary Election Voter Guide for Alameda County and Oakland
We’ve created a voter guide with our recommendations on the measures and propositions you’ll see on your ballot. (TLDR, vote yes on everything!)
Join us in the fight for high-quality child care & health care for all Alameda County children!
Join pediatric health care experts, nurses, kindergarten and preschool teachers, child care providers, parents, and community leaders across the county in voting Yes on Measure C this March 3rd, 2020.
A Generation Later, Corporations Are Still Cheating Oakland Kids Out of Good Schools
It’s Schools and Communities First Education Awareness Week. Our Political Director, Liz Suk, is sharing her personal experience with growing up in underfunded Oakland public schools and seeing her daughters share their own personal frustrations growing up in an underfunded school, a generation later.
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We’re Hiring Outreach Workers for Winter 2020 – Apply Now!
We’re looking for people to join our exciting campaign advancing economic, racial and environmental justice in East & West Oakland. Our team of social justice advocates will educate and mobilize residents around the 2020 Census and the March Primary Election. JOIN OUR TEAM!
Are you and your loved ones prepared?
As we gear up for a hot summer, it’s important we prepare for and stay alert to California’s natural disasters, such as wildfires and earthquakes. Since COVID-19 hit our communities, the gaps in our safety net allowed for some of our most vulnerable communities to...
Huge win for Oakland workers!
On Tuesday night, the Oakland City Council voted unanimously to pass the The Emergency Paid Sick Leave for Oakland Employees measure. The legislation will provide numerous protections for our frontline service workers - from grocery clerks to delivery drivers - who...
There’s still time left to urge City Council to protect Oakland workers now!
The emergency paid sick leave ordinance has been rescheduled and is up for City Council vote this Tuesday, May 12th at 1:30pm. Will you join us and show your support for Oakland frontline essential workers?We’re disappointed by Oakland’s City Council failure to...
Protect Oakland workers! Urge City Council to expand paid sick leave now
As we continue into the new month of sheltering in place, many of us are dependent on service workers on the frontline – from delivery people to ride-share drivers – to be able to meet our daily needs. Many of these workers are predominantly people of color who not only carry out necessary essential work but are also the most financially burdened by the current public health crisis.
Local Resources Amidst COVID-19 Public Health Crisis
[Last updated: March 25, 2020] Please visit our up-to-date resource page (updated weekly) Times are challenging and difficult. More than ever, we need to rely on each other. When our elected officials at the national level fail to provide guidance, our local elected...
Know Your Voting Rights!
Do your part and VOTE!
March 3rd 2020 Primary Election Voter Guide for Alameda County and Oakland
We’ve created a voter guide with our recommendations on the measures and propositions you’ll see on your ballot. (TLDR, vote yes on everything!)
Join us in the fight for high-quality child care & health care for all Alameda County children!
Join pediatric health care experts, nurses, kindergarten and preschool teachers, child care providers, parents, and community leaders across the county in voting Yes on Measure C this March 3rd, 2020.
A Generation Later, Corporations Are Still Cheating Oakland Kids Out of Good Schools
It’s Schools and Communities First Education Awareness Week. Our Political Director, Liz Suk, is sharing her personal experience with growing up in underfunded Oakland public schools and seeing her daughters share their own personal frustrations growing up in an underfunded school, a generation later.
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We’re Hiring Outreach Workers for Winter 2020 – Apply Now!
We’re looking for people to join our exciting campaign advancing economic, racial and environmental justice in East & West Oakland. Our team of social justice advocates will educate and mobilize residents around the 2020 Census and the March Primary Election. JOIN OUR TEAM!
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