Oakland Rising has just opened our job application process for a Paid Canvasser Team Leader for our upcoming Ranked Choice Voting education campaign.  Please find the job description and application instructions below.  Read more »

Oakland Rising & Causa Justa :: Just Cause
Paid Canvassing Programs
Job Description
 
Oakland Rising (OR) is a multilingual, multiracial alliance of social justice organizations that educates and mobilizes voters in the flatlands to speak up for and take charge of the issues impacting our lives. Cause Justa :: Just Cause (CJJC) is a multi-racial, grassroots organization building community leadership to achieve justice for low-income Oakland and San Francisco residents.
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Oakland Rising
Job Description
Development Associate Read more »

It's almost Election Day and we've gotta make sure everyone VOTES!  Read more »

Oakland Rising is teaming up with Oakland's Young Progressives to usher in a new era of political power that is committed to building an Oakland for everyone. Oakland has a long history of progressive activism and, like you, we want to see our legacy grow. We have an amazing group of young progressive leaders who are proud to serve as a Co-Hosts for Oakland Rising’s first Young Progressives Party and we want you to join us and Oakland Rising as part of a new vanguard of progressive leadership ready to lift Oakland to new heights. Read more »

In the next 7 months Oakland Rising will be contacting at least 20,000 voters in the flatlands to talk with them about Ranked Choice Voting (also known as Instant Runoff Voting).  In November 2010, voters will be using Ranked Choice Voting for the first time since it was approved by 68% in the November 2006 election.  It's been a battle to get City Council to move it forward, but we're finally on the path!  Below is an article written by our Field Director that outlines the struggle and the victory of Instant Runoff (Ranked Choice) Voting. Read more »