08.14.23 Monday Meals: Mental Health & Diversion

08.14.23 Monday Meals: Mental Health & Diversion

We had Criminal Justice/ Police Practices Attorney at the ACLU Foundation of Nor Cal, Allyssa Victory, Esq., join us to talk about the ACDA Table’s Mental Health and Diversion Town Hall happening THIS THURSDAY (8/17). Learn about alternatives to incarceration and...
07.31.23 Monday Meals: Oakland Eviction Moratorium

07.31.23 Monday Meals: Oakland Eviction Moratorium

Thanks to Ty Kyser with Causa Justa Just Cause and Thomas Alexander with Oakland Tenants Union for joining us today to breakdown what happened, what’s happening, and what is going to happen with the Eviction Moratorium, and the impacts of it ending in July....
07.24.23 Monday Meals – Justice in July: Police Accountability

07.24.23 Monday Meals – Justice in July: Police Accountability

Check out our Monday Meals segment on Police Accountability with Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice Organizer, Amanda Blanco, and Decarcerate Alameda County Organizer Cynthia Nunes. We discussed police accountability in both Oakland and Alameda County,...
Budget Win: A Step Towards Equity and Community Investment

Budget Win: A Step Towards Equity and Community Investment

Thank you for your unwavering support and active participation in shaping Oakland’s City Budget for the upcoming 2023-25 fiscal year. And we thank our allies with whom we strategized and worked side-by-side in the Oakland People’s Budget Coalition, the...
06. 26. 23. Monday Meals: Keeping Black Children Safe in Oakland

06. 26. 23. Monday Meals: Keeping Black Children Safe in Oakland

“ Our Political Director, Pecolia Manigo, spoke with special guest, Nola Kesia Brantley, CEO of Nola Brantley Speaks and Co-Founder of M.I.S.S.S.E.Y., who joined us to discuss the critical issue of protecting Black kids in Oakland. Recently, there has been a...
Top 15 Wins Over 15 Years

Top 15 Wins Over 15 Years

In collaboration with our partners and allies It was 15 years ago that Oakland Rising emerged after planning by leadership from APEN, Ella Baker Center, EBASE, and Urban Habitat who recognized the need for an electoral strategy to complement the base building and...