Here is the information you need to have a smooth voting experience — from where to vote, how to use rank choice voting, and more. Do your part and VOTE!

This Fall through phone-banking, field canvassing, and texting, we will talk one-on-one with thousands of voters from our base — immigrant, working-class, and communities of color — about ballot issues and getting out to vote. Check out our Voter Guide and take this cheat sheet with you to the polls!

This past April, Oakland Rising launched the Movement Technology Fellowship to support our member organizations to expand their capacity by cultivating organizers and leaders with technological tools.

Laneisha reports back on the Netroots Conference and the Bay Rising Communications Fellowship.

This month staff went went to Seattle to cross-train with canvass vets at Washington’s oldest social justice grassroots organization, Washington Community Action Network.

The School & Communities First Act qualified for the 2020 ballot with over 860,000 signatures! Watch press conference footage of Oakland Rising’s Laneisha Butler as she connects the dots between SCF and increasing opportunities in our communities.

With the 2020 Census less than two years away, California is at serious risk of an undercount and losing billions of dollars in Medicaid, SNAP, and Medicare resources as well as a congressional seat. Submit a public comment by AUGUST 6 to ensure that we all count!

On behalf of all of us at Oakland Rising, we’re outraged by the actions of “Jogger Joe” (real name: Henry Sintay) first throwing the belongings of Drew, an Oakland community member, into Lake Merritt and then assaulting and robbing our friend and activist Matt Nelson when confronted about his abhorrent actions.

Join us on June 28 at the Oakland Progressives Party + Townie Awards as we celebrate the work of Oakland’s social justice warriors – the activists, organizations, and other leaders who advance community-led solutions that lift up the interests of our working-class, immigra

Here is the information you need to help have a smooth voting experience. Do your part and VOTE!