Sep 28, 2021
As a We Are California partner, our campaigns are part of a larger statewide movement to build our political power and strategy throughout the state. In order to win big change, up and down the state groups like Oakland Rising are mobilizing thousands of Californians...
Sep 22, 2021
Oakland Rising is working with allies including Common Cause and Bay Rising as part of the Bay Area Political Equality Collaborative to educate and mobilize voters in support of bringing campaign finance reform to Oakland in the form of Democracy Dollars. Such...
Sep 21, 2021
If you walk around Oakland Chinatown you’ll probably see groups of people wearing the same color vest. They’re volunteer foot patrols, several of which have popped up in the last year in response to a spike in crime and violence in the neighborhood. That spike...
Sep 20, 2021
Violent attacks have left some residents demanding increased police presence. But others say it sends the wrong message about the actual public safety needs of the neighborhood, and that it pits the Asian community against other communities of color. Reporting from...
Sep 15, 2021
Clarissa Doutherd from Parent Voices Oakland joined OR’s Executive Director, liz suk to talk about what’s been going down in Oakland to #SaveHeadStart and continued support of offering Head Start public childcare so families can...
