Oakland Rising Blog
5/3 Monday Meals: Just Recovery Budget & Housing
Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Producer, liz suk, joins Shaketa Redden from Causa Justa and Ken Tang from Asian Pacific Environmental Network to talk about the Oakland City Budget and how we need to prioritize housing....
4/26 Monday Meals: Reimagining Public Safety
Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, had a heartfelt conversation with James Burch, Policy Director of Anti-Police Terror Project about reimagining public safety, the Defund and Refund movement work and the recommendations on the table to refund and...
Joining our hearts and minds to speak out for justice
Wednesday night, after returning home from two back-to-back community vigils (either led or supported by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, Ella Baker Center, Anti Police-Terror Project, Restore...
Tonight Is About The Murders in Atlanta, But Our Grief And Faith Run Deep
The following words are adapted from the speech by liz suk, Interim Executive Director of Oakland Rising, at the March 23rd event “From Oakland to Atlanta,” a community-led vigil to mourn and honor the lives taken in the Atlanta-area spa shootings and to send love from the Bay Area.
3/29 Monday Meals: Reparations for Black students! Victory & next steps
Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, had another excellent conversation with Pecolia Manigo from Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network (PLAN) to discuss the passing of most of the amended Reparations for Black Students...
#LoveOurPeople: Oakland to Atlanta vigil
Tuesday, March 23, 2021, marked the one week memorial of the 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian women, by a white man in Atlanta Georgia. It’s been a heavy time for us and our community. It’s been hard to be ok, show up, and continue to push through. So we paused. Took a...
3/22 Monday Meals: Black Reparations for Oakland Students
Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, spoke with Kampala Rancifer from Justice 4 Oakland Students to talk about the Black Reparations Resolution up for vote at the OUSD School Board meeting on Wed, 3/24 at 5:30pm. Go...
What’s happening with OUSD?
We launched our Monday Meals series! We’re excited to have you join us every Monday in March at 12pm for Monday Meals, a weekly discussion with partner and ally organizations to learn more about issues that impact our communities most. This month we are focussed on...
Survey Results Tell It All
Our survey results for the Refund, Restore, Reimagine Oakland campaign are in! Thanks to our 23 amazing volunteers led by our fabulous IVE organizers, we ran a text bank program this Winter which invited 30,883 voters of color in the flatlands of East and West Oakland...
Monday Meals: Reopening School Buildings
Listen to Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, join Executive Director, Pecolia Manigo from Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network (PLAN) talk about what’s the low down on returning to school buildings in Oakland....
5/3 Monday Meals: Just Recovery Budget & Housing
Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Producer, liz suk, joins Shaketa Redden from Causa Justa and Ken Tang from Asian Pacific Environmental Network to talk about the Oakland City Budget and how we need to prioritize housing....
4/26 Monday Meals: Reimagining Public Safety
Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, had a heartfelt conversation with James Burch, Policy Director of Anti-Police Terror Project about reimagining public safety, the Defund and Refund movement work and the recommendations on the table to refund and...
Joining our hearts and minds to speak out for justice
Wednesday night, after returning home from two back-to-back community vigils (either led or supported by Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice, Ella Baker Center, Anti Police-Terror Project, Restore...
Tonight Is About The Murders in Atlanta, But Our Grief And Faith Run Deep
The following words are adapted from the speech by liz suk, Interim Executive Director of Oakland Rising, at the March 23rd event “From Oakland to Atlanta,” a community-led vigil to mourn and honor the lives taken in the Atlanta-area spa shootings and to send love from the Bay Area.
3/29 Monday Meals: Reparations for Black students! Victory & next steps
Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, had another excellent conversation with Pecolia Manigo from Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network (PLAN) to discuss the passing of most of the amended Reparations for Black Students...
#LoveOurPeople: Oakland to Atlanta vigil
Tuesday, March 23, 2021, marked the one week memorial of the 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian women, by a white man in Atlanta Georgia. It’s been a heavy time for us and our community. It’s been hard to be ok, show up, and continue to push through. So we paused. Took a...
3/22 Monday Meals: Black Reparations for Oakland Students
Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, spoke with Kampala Rancifer from Justice 4 Oakland Students to talk about the Black Reparations Resolution up for vote at the OUSD School Board meeting on Wed, 3/24 at 5:30pm. Go...
What’s happening with OUSD?
We launched our Monday Meals series! We’re excited to have you join us every Monday in March at 12pm for Monday Meals, a weekly discussion with partner and ally organizations to learn more about issues that impact our communities most. This month we are focussed on...
Survey Results Tell It All
Our survey results for the Refund, Restore, Reimagine Oakland campaign are in! Thanks to our 23 amazing volunteers led by our fabulous IVE organizers, we ran a text bank program this Winter which invited 30,883 voters of color in the flatlands of East and West Oakland...
Monday Meals: Reopening School Buildings
Listen to Oakland Rising's Interim Executive Director, liz suk, join Executive Director, Pecolia Manigo from Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network (PLAN) talk about what’s the low down on returning to school buildings in Oakland....
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