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 District. Earlier this year, OEA and its teacher members went on strike for 7 days Read more…
Join us on June 28 at the Oakland Progressives Party + Townie Awards as we celebrate the work of Oakland’s social justice warriors – the activists, organizations, and other leaders who advance community-led solutions that lift up the interests of our working-class, immigrant and communities of color. They include a close ally who’s bringing a racial justice lens Read more…
Oakland Rising Action’s 2017 Oakland Progressives Party + Townie Awards brings together social justice leaders, elected officials and community members committed to working together to build a united Oakland for everyone. Together, We will raise over $30,000 in community support to power our work to develop and elect progressive Read more…