May 5, 2021
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...
Apr 26, 2021
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...
Apr 23, 2021
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 Oakland, Young Women’s Freedom...
Mar 30, 2021
POSTED BY STELLA RAMOS ON MARCH 29, 2021 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...
Mar 29, 2021
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...
Mar 27, 2021
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...
