Mar 6, 2023
Note from Oakland Rising: Regardless of people’s past choices and lifestyles, it does not give police and prisons the right to kill someone. We acknowledge how framing in the media is complicit in dehumanizing Black, Indigenous, People of Color in order to...
Mar 2, 2023
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Mar 2, 2023 Press Contacts: Joshua Stickney, Ella Baker Center, [email protected], 405-315-4151 Michael G. Bare, CURYJ, [email protected], 347-239-3656 OAKLAND – The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights released the following...
Feb 16, 2023
For Immediate Release February 16, 2023 Contact: Saabir Lockett 510-987-6987 | Debra Grabelle 510-368-6381 An Alliance of Community and Labor Leaders Issue Statement Supporting Mayor’s Recent Action to Restore Accountability, Compliance with Federal Monitor ...
Feb 1, 2023
The Alameda County DA Accountability Table seeks justice for all families affected by police violence, urges Price to go further. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2023 CONTACTS: Kyung Jin, Urban Peace Movement, [email protected] Joshua Stickney, Ella Baker...
Jan 11, 2023
An Oakland ballot measure creating a public campaign financing option and strengthening transparency in election spending passed with strong support. “For too long, our elections have been funded by wealthy special interests and out-of-state donors,” said liz suk,...
Nov 29, 2022
Bob Egelko | San Francisco Chronicle | Nov. 29, 2022 The financing of election campaigns, and their results, have been increasingly dominated by a small number of wealthy donors. But a newly approved ballot measure in Oakland is likely to give everyday people more of...
