Nov 21, 2022
Leaders Saabir Lockett from our partner East Bay Alliance for Sustainable Economy and Jose Bernal from our partner Ella Baker Center joined us this Monday Meals to breakdown the preliminary election results. How will the election results impact us now and the future...
Nov 7, 2022
There’s 4 days until ballots are due, and only 15% of Oaklanders have cast their ballot! Vernetta Woods, Integrated Voter Engagement (IVE) Team Leader at Oakland Rising, joined us in conversation at this week’s Monday Meals to share more about getting out the vote...
Oct 31, 2022
Shaketa Redden, Executive Director of our partner Causa Justa::Just Cause, joined us this Monday Meals to discuss critical housing ballot measures to create a more equitable housing system in Oakland: Q, U, and V. Together, Measures Q, U and V: extend eviction and...
Oct 24, 2022
Thank you Ndidi Love from East Bay Anti-Displacement Collective for joining us on Monday Meals to talk about the how, where, when, why to vote. As Ndidi shared, “I always knew that my vote was the vote for my family’s subsistence and keeping that legacy alive. My...
Oct 11, 2022
What does public safety in our neighborhoods look like? Oakland Rising’s IVE Team Leader Vernetta Woods and East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economies’ Director of FAME Saabir Lockett join us in conversation. In response to a recent shooting in her...
Oct 3, 2022
“The Board of Supervisors, there’s only 5 of them, that’s it, 5. And they represent a broad, diverse, geographical area. Each vote is really important, and Alameda County has an annual budget, they just voted on it, it’s $3.8 billion.” – Jose Bernal Jose Bernal...
