May 21, 2021
Launching this year, the Revolutionizing our Economy for All Local (REAL) People’s Fund is a community capital fund investing in creating economic and political power for the East Bay’s Black and Brown neighborhoods. Through the REAL People’s Fund, private, corporate,...
May 20, 2021
Image description: A woodcut artwork entitled “Puppet” by Korean artist Hong Song-Dam, of a hand wrapped in the US flag holding a stick with strings that are puppeting a soldier holding a knife in one hand and a rifle in another. Tuesday, 5.18 (Oh-Il-Pal),...
May 18, 2021
Oakland Rising’s Executive Director, Liz Suk, invites Ecat Burton from the Oakland Budget Bureau to Monday Meals to help explore and navigate how to use the new Online Budget...
May 14, 2021
It is a great pleasure to announce that liz suk, who has been holding down shop as our Interim ED, is Oakland Rising’s new Executive Director! After a robust public search, our Executive Committee offered liz the position knowing that her 25+ years of nonprofit...
May 13, 2021
Don’t be fooled: After careful review, Mayor Schaaf’s proposed budget for FY2021-23 makes significant increases to the police budget, ignoring both the demands of the People of Oakland to #DefundOPD and invest in community services and programs. Schaaf’s proposal...
May 10, 2021
Oakland Rising’s Interim Executive Director, liz suk, talked with Cristina Flores and Breon Hatcher, Program Associates from Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ) about the realities and hopes for Black and Brown systems-impacted youth in Oakland on...
