Nov 30, 2011
People power has been on display throughout our city this fall. In the last few weeks Oakland Rising talked to over 6,000 voters in East and West Oakland who overwhelmingly support creating good jobs at the old Oakland Army Base. Over 90% of the voters we talked to...
Oct 27, 2011
On October 23rd, 2011 Andre Rawlins passed away. The Oakland Rising family will truly miss him. Andre leaves behind his father, Pastor Albert Wayne Rawlins Sr., his step mother Joyce Rawlins, an extended family, and most tragic of all his only child, Mathew Rawlins....
Oct 24, 2011
On October 13th,2011,Esperanza Tervalon-Daumont, the Executive Director of Oakland Rising, shared with the women of Ignite CA her personal story and approach to civic engagement in the city she calls home; Oakland. Ignite CA is a promising program serving low-income...
Oct 17, 2011
Although Oakland Rising isn’t taking any positions on any of the three ballot measures, we want to make sure that Oakland voters have the access to information about what the measures are and will do in Oakland. Oakland is having a mail-in only special election on...
Aug 25, 2011
From September 30th – October 2nd a big group of Oakland Rising’s staff, core partners, volunteers, daily team members, and grassroots activitsts will join forces with our statewide partners from California Calls in a 3 day conference about our statewide...
