Advocacy Group Makes Grants To Mobilize Voters

Advocacy Group Makes Grants To Mobilize Voters

A racial justice advocacy group announced this week that it is making available $265,000 in grants to support six racial justice organizations to mobilize voters to get to the polls in Alameda County. Akonadi Foundation President Lateefah Simon, who also serves on the...
Yes on Y: Protect Oakland Renters

Yes on Y: Protect Oakland Renters

Oakland’s housing crisis is so dire that this week the United Nations called our homeless encampments a “global scandal”. We know that “no cause evictions” lead to displacement of our neighbors, some of whom end up on the streets.  With...
Yes On Z: Stand with Hotel Workers

Yes On Z: Stand with Hotel Workers

Oakland’s hotel workers, who are primarily women of color, face sexual assault on the job at alarming rates. In fact, our partners at the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy conducted a survey of Oakland hotel workers and found that more than half have...
Celebrate Our 1st Graduating Movement Tech Cohort!

Celebrate Our 1st Graduating Movement Tech Cohort!

Join us December 11 as we celebrate the graduation of our first cohort of the Movement Technology Fellowship (MTF)! The fellowship prepares participants as technology leaders for their organizations, who can provide trainings, support, and develop new tools. Five...