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Reflecting on Tyre Nichols and How We Move Forward

Reflecting on Tyre Nichols and How We Move Forward

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...

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03.06.23 Monday Meals: Accountability with OPD

03.06.23 Monday Meals: Accountability with OPD

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 decision to...

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Revolutionizing our Economy for All Local People

Revolutionizing our Economy for All Local People

Last week I moderated the first discussion in The REAL People’s Fund's 3-Part Build Better Series. REAL stands for revolutionizing our economy for all local people. We're talking about a regenerative economy because we are taking on the extractive capitalist system...

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02.27.23 Monday Meals: Alameda County Landscape

02.27.23 Monday Meals: Alameda County Landscape

Frankie Ramos, Deputy Director of Campaigns and Organizing of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice and Jose Bernal, Organizing Director of Ella Baker Center joined us this Monday Meals to talk about the Alameda County Landscape. Learn more about the power...

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Sign On: Solidarity Statement condemning a pattern of attacks targeting Black political and community leaders

Sign On: Solidarity Statement condemning a pattern of attacks targeting Black political and community leaders

The Oakland Progressive Alliance (OPA) is a community-labor coalition of over 12 community, labor, housing and youth organizations, representing thousands of Oakland residents and the greater Bay Area.  OPA and our undersigned allies strongly condemn the increasingly dangerous, politically motivated attacks on Black women in leadership, including Councilmember Carroll Fife and community leader, Cat Brooks.

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Build a Better Oakland for our Small Businesses

Build a Better Oakland for our Small Businesses

The REAL People’s Fund invites you to join us for a 3-Part Build Better Series focused on building political power with our small business community in Oakland to learn how to participate in city decision-making that impacts all of our lives! Register Now I’ll be...

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02.15.23 Monday Meals: What’s In Store for 2023?

02.15.23 Monday Meals: What’s In Store for 2023?

Oakland Rising Voter Engagement Director Jon Bean joined us this Monday Meals to talk about campaigns we're working on this year. Learn more about our plans with budgets for both the City of Oakland and Alameda County, implementation of the Democracy Dollars program,...

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Our Oakland Rising Family is Growing!

Our Oakland Rising Family is Growing!

Are you passionate about building political power for and with BIPOC, immigrant, low-income, and formerly-incarcerated folks in Oakland and Alameda County? Want to build alliances with like-minded forces? Then you might be the perfect fit for Oakland Rising! We...

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Thank You for All the Support in 2022!

Thank You for All the Support in 2022!

With your help, we were able to advance community-led solutions, strengthen Oakland’s racial and economic justice movement building work, and build the political power of working-class, immigrant, and BIPOC communities.

read more
Reflecting on Tyre Nichols and How We Move Forward

Reflecting on Tyre Nichols and How We Move Forward

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...

read more
03.06.23 Monday Meals: Accountability with OPD

03.06.23 Monday Meals: Accountability with OPD

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 decision to...

read more
Revolutionizing our Economy for All Local People

Revolutionizing our Economy for All Local People

Last week I moderated the first discussion in The REAL People’s Fund's 3-Part Build Better Series. REAL stands for revolutionizing our economy for all local people. We're talking about a regenerative economy because we are taking on the extractive capitalist system...

read more
02.27.23 Monday Meals: Alameda County Landscape

02.27.23 Monday Meals: Alameda County Landscape

Frankie Ramos, Deputy Director of Campaigns and Organizing of Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice and Jose Bernal, Organizing Director of Ella Baker Center joined us this Monday Meals to talk about the Alameda County Landscape. Learn more about the power...

read more
Sign On: Solidarity Statement condemning a pattern of attacks targeting Black political and community leaders

Sign On: Solidarity Statement condemning a pattern of attacks targeting Black political and community leaders

The Oakland Progressive Alliance (OPA) is a community-labor coalition of over 12 community, labor, housing and youth organizations, representing thousands of Oakland residents and the greater Bay Area.  OPA and our undersigned allies strongly condemn the increasingly dangerous, politically motivated attacks on Black women in leadership, including Councilmember Carroll Fife and community leader, Cat Brooks.

read more
Build a Better Oakland for our Small Businesses

Build a Better Oakland for our Small Businesses

The REAL People’s Fund invites you to join us for a 3-Part Build Better Series focused on building political power with our small business community in Oakland to learn how to participate in city decision-making that impacts all of our lives! Register Now I’ll be...

read more
02.15.23 Monday Meals: What’s In Store for 2023?

02.15.23 Monday Meals: What’s In Store for 2023?

Oakland Rising Voter Engagement Director Jon Bean joined us this Monday Meals to talk about campaigns we're working on this year. Learn more about our plans with budgets for both the City of Oakland and Alameda County, implementation of the Democracy Dollars program,...

read more
Our Oakland Rising Family is Growing!

Our Oakland Rising Family is Growing!

Are you passionate about building political power for and with BIPOC, immigrant, low-income, and formerly-incarcerated folks in Oakland and Alameda County? Want to build alliances with like-minded forces? Then you might be the perfect fit for Oakland Rising! We...

read more
Thank You for All the Support in 2022!

Thank You for All the Support in 2022!

With your help, we were able to advance community-led solutions, strengthen Oakland’s racial and economic justice movement building work, and build the political power of working-class, immigrant, and BIPOC communities.

read more

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