Jon shares his vision for Oakland Rising and what brought him back to our team in this new role.

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...

Right now we need to raise an additional $15,000 by November 16 so we can immediately expand our programs and build power for the coming election year. Will you step up and help us reach our goal?

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...

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...

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...

(Español abajo, Spanish and Chinese below) In California, you can legally register to vote up to the day of the election – meaning you can register on June 7, 2022 at your polling location and get an absentee ballot. The last day to register to receive a...

Today, Mike Hutchinson, OUSD D5 Board Member and organizer from the Oakland Public Education Network, joined OR's Executive Director, liz suk, to talk about the ways you can get involved with how OUSD and the School Board have responded to the return to in person...

OR's Executive Director, liz suk, spoke with Cat Brooks from Anti Police-Terror Project and Justice Teams Network to talk about CHP patrolling Oakland Streets at the request of Libby Schaaf. Cat shares more about the “trifecta” of law enforcement in Oakland. Listen in...

…We must not only imagine but craft into existence a different world and not one that is only in response to these oppressive systems and the daily acts of violences but a world that is embedded in our DNA and seeded by our ancestors.