Feb 11, 2020
Join pediatric health care experts, nurses, kindergarten and preschool teachers, child care providers, parents, and community leaders across the county in voting Yes on Measure C this March 3rd, 2020. Measure C, the Children’s Health and Child Care Initiative for...
Jan 28, 2020
It’s Schools and Communities First Education Awareness Week. Our Political Director, Liz Suk, is sharing her personal experience with growing up in underfunded Oakland public schools and seeing her daughters share their own personal frustrations growing up in an...
Jan 13, 2020
We’re looking for people to join our exciting campaign advancing economic, racial and environmental justice in East & West Oakland. Our team of social justice advocates will educate and mobilize residents around the 2020 Census and the March Primary...
Jan 8, 2020
Field Fundraising Team Member and Activist Super Mom Vernetta Woods received an award from Bay Area PLAN (Parent Leadership Action Network) this past fall. With two children who have been in Oakland public schools, PLAN recognized Vernetta’s tireless advocating within...
Dec 19, 2019
Today marks two months that I’ve been back at work part-time after maternity leave, and the six month birthday of our amazing little one and greatest teacher, Khalilah Rosa. What a whirlwind this year has been, marking a time of big transitions for me personally, for...
Dec 17, 2019
The results are in: After talking to nearly 6,000 residents in the flatlands of Deep East Oakland, 93% committed to filling out the 2020 Census! Our team of 16 outreach workers had 1-on-1 conversations primarily with Black residents this fall to ensure they know how...
