Jun 25, 2025
“We have our City and County officials bending to knees of wealthy people, developers rather than just funding things like housing for all.” Jess Inson, Political Organizer of Oakland Rising speaks with Kari Malkki, Healing Justice Program Manager of...
Jun 24, 2025
“What does it mean to serve students who are most in need of our love and nurture?” Pecolia Manigo, Executive Director of Oakland speaks with Coriander Melious and Cintya Molina, Oakland Unified School District parents and disability justice advocates,...
Jun 11, 2025
Chaney Turner of Oakland Rising discusses the Oakland City Budget with two special guests from the Oakland People’s Budget Coalition: Vanessa Riles, born and raised in Oakland, is a queer, fat, Black, disabled, womanist, activist, organizer and lay minister....
May 13, 2025
For this Monday Meals discussion we covered the latest updates on the state of the California and Alameda County budget and how this affects our local access to essential community resources. “There’s multiple budgets happening right now – the State...
May 6, 2025
“There is no Town without the fabric of the people that make it.” -Leon Sykes, Co-Founder of 510 Day For this Monday Meals discussion, we feature cofounders and organizer of the annual 510 Day celebration of Oakland’s culture and history of culture....
