Volunteer with Us for Commercial Property Tax Reform!

Volunteer with Us for Commercial Property Tax Reform!

We are looking for volunteers for our Make it Fair campaign. We are talking to voters about Commercial Property Tax Reform and protecting Laney College, Chinatown and Eastlake from increased threats of gentrification. This campaign is about holding corporations...
Community Voice Needed on Our Planning Commission

Community Voice Needed on Our Planning Commission

Want more affordable housing? Public land that serves the public good? Decisions about what Oakland looks like and who is welcomed here are largely made by the Planning Commission – which is already stacked with corporate developers and real estate specialists....
Join us in the Streets: May Day March!

Join us in the Streets: May Day March!

This Monday, May 1st, we will leave our jobs for the day to stand up for workers’ rights! And by workers, we mean all workers – undocumented and unpaid workers included. Our mission here at Oakland Rising is to mobilize and educate low-income people of color...
Promising Crop of Leaders Apply to Lead East Bay

Promising Crop of Leaders Apply to Lead East Bay

By Shanthi Gonzales What does it take to have public leaders who are accountable and responsive to the East Bay’s most impacted communities? We believe that it requires recruiting, training and supporting leaders from our working class communities of color. To...