Oakland Rising Blog
Tuesday Lunch Special: Just Recovery Budget with Cat Brooks
Justice Teams Network Executive Director and Anti Police-Terror Project Co-founder, Cat Brooks, joined me today for #TuesdayLunchSpecial to cut the lies and fear being peddled about defunding the police. If you enjoyed this video, please consider donating at...
BUDGET WIN! Celebrating years of organizing & collaboration
Last Thursday in a landslide win, City Council voted 6 – 2 to approve City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas’ proposed budget amendments which include reallocating $18M to fund violence prevention rather than the mayor’s proposed two additional police academies.
6/28 Monday Meals: OUSD Budget – Saving the Soul of our Public Schools
OUSD Board of Education Directors Mike Hutchinson (D5) and VanCedric Williams (D3) joined us to talk about the OUSD budget up for vote this Wednesday, June 30th, and the role OUSD plays in the development of public land and housing for our communities. Much is at...
Special Primary Election: Vote by June 29th!
Funding and community safety decisions happen at all levels of government including statewide. Residents in Assembly District 18 - portions of Oakland, San Leandro and Alameda - will vote on who replaces Asm. Rob Bonta (recently appointed to Attorney...
6/21 Monday Meals – Art for the People: Just Recovery Budget
Thank you so much to Ayodele Nzinga (@wordslanger), Founder of Lower Bottom Playaz and BAMBD CDC, Oakland’s Poet Laureate for joining us today to talk about breaking open the door and holding the door open for artists and cultural makers....
Proposed Budget Amendments Prioritize Housing, Jobs & Vital Services!
This week City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas and Councilmembers Carroll Fife, Noel Gallo, and Dan Kalb presented their amendments to the Mayor’s proposed budget. Working closely together, Councilmembers and community organizations reprioritized budget areas...
6/14 Monday Meals: Real People’s “Just Recovery” Budget
Today, City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas joined Oakland Rising's Executive Director, liz suk, to talk about her just-released proposed amendments to the Mayor’s budget proposal. Learn about the proposed budget, what got us here, and how you can get involved....
Door Knocking for a Healthy Future
This May we launched our first field campaign since the beginning of the pandemic. The Healthy Future Program CA is about health equity so that our most impacted communities have the access to and information about getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
5/24 Monday Meals: People’s Just Recovery Budget – Worker Protections
Our Executive Director, liz suk, spoke with Sonya Karabel, Researcher & Cynthia Morfin, Oakland Organizer from East Bay Alliance for Sustainable Economy (EBASE) to talk about the specific demands from the Refund Coalition’s People’s Just Recovery Budget for Worker...
REAL People’s Launch
Launching this year, the Revolutionizing our Economy for All Local (REAL) People’s Fund is a community capital fund investing in creating economic and political power for the East Bay’s Black and Brown neighborhoods. Watch the video to learn more.
Tuesday Lunch Special: Just Recovery Budget with Cat Brooks
Justice Teams Network Executive Director and Anti Police-Terror Project Co-founder, Cat Brooks, joined me today for #TuesdayLunchSpecial to cut the lies and fear being peddled about defunding the police. If you enjoyed this video, please consider donating at...
BUDGET WIN! Celebrating years of organizing & collaboration
Last Thursday in a landslide win, City Council voted 6 – 2 to approve City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas’ proposed budget amendments which include reallocating $18M to fund violence prevention rather than the mayor’s proposed two additional police academies.
6/28 Monday Meals: OUSD Budget – Saving the Soul of our Public Schools
OUSD Board of Education Directors Mike Hutchinson (D5) and VanCedric Williams (D3) joined us to talk about the OUSD budget up for vote this Wednesday, June 30th, and the role OUSD plays in the development of public land and housing for our communities. Much is at...
Special Primary Election: Vote by June 29th!
Funding and community safety decisions happen at all levels of government including statewide. Residents in Assembly District 18 - portions of Oakland, San Leandro and Alameda - will vote on who replaces Asm. Rob Bonta (recently appointed to Attorney...
6/21 Monday Meals – Art for the People: Just Recovery Budget
Thank you so much to Ayodele Nzinga (@wordslanger), Founder of Lower Bottom Playaz and BAMBD CDC, Oakland’s Poet Laureate for joining us today to talk about breaking open the door and holding the door open for artists and cultural makers....
Proposed Budget Amendments Prioritize Housing, Jobs & Vital Services!
This week City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas and Councilmembers Carroll Fife, Noel Gallo, and Dan Kalb presented their amendments to the Mayor’s proposed budget. Working closely together, Councilmembers and community organizations reprioritized budget areas...
6/14 Monday Meals: Real People’s “Just Recovery” Budget
Today, City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas joined Oakland Rising's Executive Director, liz suk, to talk about her just-released proposed amendments to the Mayor’s budget proposal. Learn about the proposed budget, what got us here, and how you can get involved....
Door Knocking for a Healthy Future
This May we launched our first field campaign since the beginning of the pandemic. The Healthy Future Program CA is about health equity so that our most impacted communities have the access to and information about getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
5/24 Monday Meals: People’s Just Recovery Budget – Worker Protections
Our Executive Director, liz suk, spoke with Sonya Karabel, Researcher & Cynthia Morfin, Oakland Organizer from East Bay Alliance for Sustainable Economy (EBASE) to talk about the specific demands from the Refund Coalition’s People’s Just Recovery Budget for Worker...
REAL People’s Launch
Launching this year, the Revolutionizing our Economy for All Local (REAL) People’s Fund is a community capital fund investing in creating economic and political power for the East Bay’s Black and Brown neighborhoods. Watch the video to learn more.
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