Oakland’s housing crisis is so dire that this week the United Nations called Oakland a “human rights violator” and our homeless encampments a “global scandal”. While time and again our current elected officials have stalled on actions to bring real solutions like Public Land for Public Good, voters have the Read more…
Our school system needs new direction for a new day where we stop school closures and ensure success for all. Clarissa Doutherd, a nationally recognized parent leader, is committed to a new way for Oakland schools. We at Oakland Rising Action along with students, families, teachers, and school workers endorse her call for accountability, transparency Read more…
October 2018 Dear Neighbors, We write as community organizers and residents of Oakland and District 2 to ask you to support Nikki Fortunato Bas for City Council District 2 in the November 6th election. It’s absolutely time for Oakland to have an Asian Pacific Islander voice on the Council, and Read more…
Oakland’s hotel workers, who are primarily women of color, face sexual assault on the job at alarming rates. In fact, our friends at the East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy conducted a survey of Oakland hotel workers and found that more than half have experienced a guest exposing himself, and 1 Read more…