Oakland Progressives Party + Townie Awards
Oakland Progressives Party + Townie Awards is back in person Thursday, June 23rd from 5 to 8PM at the Black Cultural Zone – Liberation Park! We are celebrating 14 years of building community power and driving a progressive agenda for Oakland’s working-class, immigrant and communities of color. Help us honor our local social justice leaders at the premier summer event for movement builders and change makers. Your support bolsters our political power-building work so that we can win community-solutions and develop leaders who champion racial, economic & environmental justice.
The 2022 winners are:
Townie of the Year: Reparations for Black Students
Government Official Townie: in memory of Sup. Wilma Chan
Local Business Townie: Wahpepah’s Kitchen
Culture Maker Townie: Black Cultural Zone
Your ticket comes with food from Tacos Sinaloa and the Damel, drinks from House Kombucha, Drake’s beer, Frey Vineyards, and Barefoot Wine. Free onsite childcare is available.
COVID-19 Guidelines: Masks are strongly recommended when not eating or drinking. We ask all guests to pre-register and upload a PCR test result or proof of current vaccination to Crowdpass. A limited number of rapid tests will be on site for those who are unable to upload their info to Crowdpass. Given the changing nature of COVID, we reserve the right to change the requirements.
A special thank you to all of our generous sponsors and co-hosts!
Sponsors
Warriors
SEIU Local 1021
Change-Makers
AFSCME Council 57
Bank of San Francisco
Policy Link
San Francisco Foundation
Leaders
ACLU of Northern California
Anti Police-Terror Project
Oakland Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas
Bay Rising Action
California Federation of Teachers
California Nurses Association
Center for Story-based Strategy
Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
IFPTE Local 21
Justice Funders
Oakland Councilmember At-Large Rebecca Kaplan
National Union of Healthcare Workers
BART Board Director Lateefah Simon
State Senator Nancy Skinner
Working Partnerships USA
Partners
Asian Pacific Environmental Network
Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson
Center for Empowered Politics
East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy
Congresswoman Barbara Lee
Mujeres Unidas y Activas
Oakland Councilmember Treva Reid
Oakland Council President Pro Tempore Sheng Thao
UNITE HERE! 2850
Allies
AC Transit Director Jovanka Beckles
Black Organizing Project
Californians for Justice
Filipino Advocates for Justice
Fun with Financials
In-Advance
Just Cities
Oakland Education Association
Oakland Not for Sale
BART Board Director Robert Raburn
Sierra Club Northern Alameda County Group
Sierra Club SF Bay Chapter
St Mary’s Center
Urban Habitat
Allyssa Victory
Co-Host Committee
Mandy Au Yeung | Donna Bransford | Cat Brooks | Ecaterina Burton | Margi Clarke | Tracey Corder | Shay Franco-Clausen | Nancy Friedman | Greg Hodge | Floyd Huen & Jean Quan | Lailan Huen | Lindsay Imai Hong | Jakada Imani & Laura Todaro | Dave Kakashiba | Keyvan & Andrea Lee | Carina Lieu | Allistair Mallillin | Bilen Mesfin Packwood & Damon Packwood | Jonathan Mehta Stein | Michelle MiJung Kim | Kỳ-Nam Miller | Luke Newton | Dang Nguyen & Gala King | Meg Renik | Dee Rosario | Jessamyn Sabbag | Jill Shenker | Dan Siegel | Evelyn Torres | Malia Vella | Sheryl Walton | Kenya Wheeler | Calvin Williams & Leila McCabe | Marla Wilson | Pete Woiwode | Alvina Wong
