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While the wealthiest corporations avoid paying their fair share, our schools have the most crowded classrooms in the nation and our local communities are struggling to respond to the impact of COVID. It’s time to put Read more…
Over the past six months, our Leadership Transition Committee has been working hard to prepare for Executive Director Jessamyn Sabbag’s leadership transition. We are deeply grateful to Jessmyn for the passion, vision, commitment, and heart Read more…
As California moves forward with its plan to distribute millions of mail-in-ballots to registered voters, we continue to see far-right attacks on our vote-by-mail election system. There’s too much at stake this election to let Read more…
Do you believe that public land should serve the public good? The City and Port of Oakland are considering a new mega baseball stadium complex on public land at Jack London Square. With displacement and gentrification at Read more…
Alma Blackwell’s love and dedication to equity for Oaklanders shines like a true Social Justice Warrior. So much so, that this year we made a new category for our Townie Awards – Social Justice Warrior Read more…
Our elected officials will vote on how to spend 10’s of Millions of our tax dollars this month. Right now, the Mayor’s budget would spend the majority of our money on police and police overtime. We Read more…
We are proud to honor Stop Urban Shield with the Volunteer Townie of the Year Award on June 20. (Join in the celebration!) Through years of organizing resulting in victory, Stop Urban Shield struck a Read more…
Join us in celebrating this year’s recipient of the Townie of the Year: The Oakland Education Association (OEA)! OEA represents public school teachers who teach 37,000 students in 86 schools within the Oakland Unified School Read more…
By liz suk, Leadership Development Manager A few weeks ago when the Oakland Education Association announced that teachers would strike, I spoke at their press conference asking other parents of Oakland public school students to join Read more…
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