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 Resolution. What’s next? How...

Tuesday, March 23, 2021, marked the one week memorial of the 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian women, by a white man in Atlanta Georgia. It’s been a heavy time for us and our community. It’s been hard to be ok, show up, and continue to push through. So we paused. Took a...

Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, spoke with Kampala Rancifer from Justice 4 Oakland Students to talk about the Black Reparations Resolution up for vote at the OUSD School Board meeting on Wed, 3/24 at 5:30pm. Go...

We launched our Monday Meals series! We’re excited to have you join us every Monday in March at 12pm for Monday Meals, a weekly discussion with partner and ally organizations to learn more about issues that impact our communities most. This month we are focussed on...

Our survey results for the Refund, Restore, Reimagine Oakland campaign are in! Thanks to our 23 amazing volunteers led by our fabulous IVE organizers, we ran a text bank program this Winter which invited 30,883 voters of color in the flatlands of East and West Oakland...

Listen to Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, join Executive Director, Pecolia Manigo from Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network (PLAN) talk about what’s the low down on returning to school buildings in Oakland....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJDEgh928SE&ab_channel=TheHAVENProject Eastside Arts Alliance presents The Haven Project Video Mixtape. The Haven Project is a cultural media development and distribution strategy to affect voter sentiments and citizen sentiments...

You can help inform the upcoming 2021-23 City budget process by sharing your thoughts and opinions on public safety. We invite Black, Indigenous, People of Color living in the East and West flatlands of Oakland to complete the survey. Please also spread the word by...