liz suk spoke with Charisma Acey, Founder and Principal at Outreach by Design, LLC and Elena Serrano, Founding member of Eastside Arts Alliance about redistricting in Oakland. Both have been deeply involved in the process, and answered questions before the Independent...

Your support of Oakland Rising helped us to advance community-led solutions, strengthen Oakland’s racial, economic and environmental justice movement building work, and build the political power of working-class, immigrant, and BIPOC communities.

Hear from Chaney Turner, Chair of the Oakland Cannabis Commission, founder of Townbiz Oakland and Beyond Equity who joined liz suk to talk about Oakland's cannabis industry and the impacts of recent robberies, and what you can do to support. We learned so much and you...

Jessica Dominguez from National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) and Keith Brown from Alameda Labor Council and Oakland Education Association joined liz suk today to talk about the contract negotiations and strikes currently happening at Kaiser Permanent....

Sizwe Andrews-Abakah from Spearitwurx talks with liz suk about Reparations for Black Students in Oakland Unified School District.

Victor Suarez from California Calls and liz suk discuss the We Are California political power building project. Learn how we’re building power locally and across the state so that we can win bigger in 2022 and beyond. If you believe that returning to the way things...

Our community experienced a tragic loss yesterday as Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan was fatally injured. Our hearts and prayers go out to her family. The loss is reverberating throughout the community as her leadership and commitment to environmental health,...

Lili Gangas, Chief Technology Community Officer from Kapor Center and Chair of the Oakland Redistricting Commission, and liz suk hold a conversation about redistricting in Oakland, why it’s important and ways for you to get involved....

Danny Thongsy from the Justice Reinvestment Coalition (JRC) joined liz suk to share his personal story from being a refugee to incarceration to parole and back to school. Also hear about the work of the JRC and how you can get involved....

We are building a stronger California in 2022 and we want you to be a part of this large people-powered movement to get true representation in the office and push to prioritize the issues that matter the most to our communities. We are Oakland and we are California....