Jan 10, 2012
JOIN NOW! The Oakland Rising All-Star team has a New Year’s resolution to RUN the 510 in 2012 and we’re starting with a strong team to represent at the Oakland Running Festival. JOIN OUR TEAM TODAY and strengthen not only your own heart muscle but also...
Jan 10, 2012
At the close of 2011, Oakland Rising set out to run our first ever end-of-year fundraising drive and raise $3,500 by the end of 2011. We reached out to our circle of donors, supporters, and volunteers and asked you once again to stand with Oakland Rising by supporting...
Dec 16, 2011
We are excited to announce that we are hiring a Field Coordinator in early 2012! Please see the full job description and application instructions below and on our Jobs page. OAKLAND RISING FIELD COORDINATOR Oakland Rising educates and mobilizes voters in the...
Nov 30, 2011
People power has been on display throughout our city this fall. In the last few weeks Oakland Rising talked to over 6,000 voters in East and West Oakland who overwhelmingly support creating good jobs at the old Oakland Army Base. Over 90% of the voters we talked to...
Oct 27, 2011
On October 23rd, 2011 Andre Rawlins passed away. The Oakland Rising family will truly miss him. Andre leaves behind his father, Pastor Albert Wayne Rawlins Sr., his step mother Joyce Rawlins, an extended family, and most tragic of all his only child, Mathew Rawlins....
Oct 24, 2011
On October 13th,2011,Esperanza Tervalon-Daumont, the Executive Director of Oakland Rising, shared with the women of Ignite CA her personal story and approach to civic engagement in the city she calls home; Oakland. Ignite CA is a promising program serving low-income...
