Jun 24, 2021
Funding and community safety decisions happen at all levels of government including statewide. Residents in Assembly District 18 – portions of Oakland, San Leandro and Alameda – will vote on who replaces Asm. Rob Bonta (recently appointed to...
Jun 21, 2021
Thank you so much to Ayodele Nzinga (@wordslanger), Founder of Lower Bottom Playaz and BAMBD CDC, Oakland’s Poet Laureate for joining us today to talk about breaking open the door and holding the door open for artists and cultural...
Jun 15, 2021
This week City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas and Councilmembers Carroll Fife, Noel Gallo, and Dan Kalb presented their amendments to the Mayor’s proposed budget. Working closely together, Councilmembers and community organizations reprioritized budget areas...
Jun 14, 2021
Today, City Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas joined Oakland Rising’s Executive Director, liz suk, to talk about her just-released proposed amendments to the Mayor’s budget proposal. Learn about the proposed budget, what got us here, and how you can get...
Jun 1, 2021
This May with Bay Rising, California Calls and We Are California, we launched our first field campaign since the beginning of the pandemic. The Healthy Future Program CA pushes for health equity, ensuring our most impacted communities have the access to and...
May 24, 2021
Our Executive Director, liz suk, spoke with Sonya Karabel, Researcher & Cynthia Morfin, Oakland Organizer from East Bay Alliance for Sustainable Economy (EBASE) to talk about the specific demands from the Refund Coalition’s People’s Just Recovery Budget for Worker...
