Nov 4, 2013
The Mercury News By Tracy Seipel When she answered her front door the other day, East Oakland resident Cynthia Williams, who’s been unemployed and without medical insurance for nine years, was greeted by a bubbly 25-year-old woman wondering if she’d heard...
Sep 25, 2013
Oakland Local More than 70 Oakland residents came together on September 18th at Hub Oakland to share their vision for Oakland and ideas about new district boundaries for City Council and School Board. The event was hosted by the Oakland Votes coalition, of...
Aug 13, 2013
Oakland Local By Lanese Martin Oakland Rising This fall, Oaklanders may not be heading to the polls to vote, but the City Council will be making an important decision that will impact our future elections. This fall marks three years since the 2010 Census, and based...
Jun 3, 2013
Oakland Local By Esperanza Tervalon-Daumont Executive Director, Oakland Rising The beautiful possibility of Oakland is that there is real opportunity for everyone, not just people from some neighborhoods. Working together to build a 21st century Oakland we can be...
Sep 27, 2012
BeyondChron The last weeks of summer are supposed to be a lazy time, but hundreds of Californians have been hard at work throughout August and September preparing for November’s high-stakes elections. California Calls, a statewide alliance of 32 organizations, is...
Feb 10, 2012
Oakland Local Rose Morton, an Oakland ironworker, testifies in support of the good jobs plan at City Council by Kate O’Hara, Oakland Local, Posted: Fri, 10 Feb at 11:13 a.m. Late Tuesday night, the Oakland City Council unanimously pproved a good jobs and...
