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Oakland mayor considering major shift to encampment approach: Here’s what to know
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee is considering a major shift in strategy for handling homeless encampments, including paying unhoused to clean up. By Tara Campbell Monday, February 16, 2026 OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee is considering a major shift in strategy for handling homeless encampments. She wants fewer sweeps and more city workers cleaning…
San Francisco expands program to help unhoused find their way back home
San Francisco is expanding its “Journey Home” program to help unhoused return to their hometowns. By Lyanne Melendez Tuesday, February 10, 2026 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — For years, San Francisco has funded a program to send those who are unhoused back home. The program has been tweaked, renamed and expanded but all with mixed results. Now,…
No ICE immigration operations planned in Bay Area during Super Bowl, officials say
By Zach Fuentes Tuesday, February 3, 2026 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Officials said there are no planned ICE operations surrounding the Super Bowl week in the Bay Area, as NFL leaders and law enforcement held a Tuesday press conference. Some of the Bay Area’s top law enforcement leaders gathered Tuesday to wrap up 18 months of…
Pro-ICE billboard pops up in San Francisco ahead of Super Bowl
By Suzanne Phan Tuesday, February 3, 2026 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — With millions of eyes on the San Francisco Bay Area for the Super Bowl, many wonder if federal officers will be looking to make arrests here. On Monday, several immigrant rights groups held a rally making it clear that ICE is not welcome in the…
SF changes method to count unhoused; advocate believes it’s political, will lead to undercount
‘Point in Time’ count will now happen from 5 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Historically, it happened overnight. By Luz Pena Wednesday, January 28, 2026 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — For the first time in more than two decades, San Francisco is changing the way it counts the number of unhoused individuals on its streets. “This is a…
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie signs measure to create reparations fund for Black residents
Friday, January 2, 2026 SAN FRANCICO (KGO) — San Francisco is taking another step towards possibly paying reparations to some African-American citizens. Mayor Daniel Lurie signed a measure last week to create a fund to help Black residents harmed by past city laws. The measure, however, does not allocate any city dollars for those payouts; Lurie…
Local Organizations
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We need clean land, clean water, clean air, and reparations for all colonized and oppressed peoples on the planet. Black and Indigenous Women, non-binary, trans, and queer folks are the leaders of the movement for food sovereignty and must be centered and uplifted in order to achieve true and absolute liberation.
Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization.
We help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 7 million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.
Black Organizing Project
The Black Organizing Project is a grassroots organization in Oakland working on issues of racial, social, and economic justice
People's Kitchen Collective
People’s Kitchen Collective is a food-centered, Oakland-based political education project offering educational workshops, exhibitions, and community dining events to discuss social justice issues.
East Oakland Collective
The East Oakland Collective (EOC) is a member-based community organizing group invested in serving the communities of deep East Oakland by working towards racial and economic equity. They are also currently collecting money to bail out protesters and bringing meals to those on the front lines of protesting.
OCCUR
OCCUR is a community capacity building organization supporting the economic development and civic inclusion of marginalized communities.
Ella Baker Center
Ella Baker Center is a grassroots organization in Oakland that focuses on shifting resources away from incarceration and punishment toward opportunities.
La Cocina
La Cocina is a nonprofit working to solve problems of equity in business ownership for women, immigrants, and people of color. They are also currently raising money for a COVID-19 relief fund to help business born out of their program.
Mandela Grocery Cooperative
Mandela Grocery Cooperative is a worker-owned grocery store located in West Oakland working to strengthen and diversify the local economy. They source from local entrepreneurs and farmers in California with a focus on black and brown farmers and food makers. Their Karma Jar fund helps people in need purchase food.
Cycles of Change
Oakland-based creates healthier East Bay communities by helping youth and adults gain tools for more environmentally and economically sustainable living through school-based bicycle education, job training, watershed education, and community earn-a-bike programs. By exploring our neighborhoods and beyond on bicycles, we are more connected to the people and the land that sustain us.
Upcoming Events
Advocating for your child with significant healthcare needs
Parents and guardians of children or young adults with significant health care needs bring a wealth of information to their health care team. Combining your personal knowledge with advocacy skills can help ensure that your child or young adult receives the best quality of care. This workshop will review using service plans (IHPs, IEPs, and…
Gift Cards For Guns
The Sacramento Police Department is offering gift cards for guns. You can trade in old or unused firearms at Kinney Police Station, 3550 Marysville Blvd. in Sacramento, in September, according to its post on X. “No questions asked. No identification required. No ammunition allowed,” the department said. According to the police department, there is a…
Women’s Empowerment Camp 2024
Modesto Junior College and the Modesto Fire department are partnering to provide a one day specialized camp. The program is designed to inspire and educate young women about careers in firefighting and emergency services. The Camp will allow the campers to learn from professional women firefighters from fire departments throughout the state of California. This…
Navigating Our Present: I/DD Advocacy Challenges and Experiences
Join the NC Advocacy Leaders Network for an exploratory and discovery session to assess the current state of advocacy in North Carolina. Reunite with fellow leadership program alumni and help shape the future of advocacy in the state. The NC Advocacy Leaders Network aims to unite, empower, and elevate the voices of advocacy leaders within…
A Two-Way Mirror: Double Consciousness in Contemporary Glass by Black Artists
A Two-Way Mirror is an exhibition of contemporary Black artists who have used glass to create work that deconstructs social, cultural, gender, and racial identity concerns. The artists range in background from African American, to British, to Puerto Rican. Each artist uses glass to reflect thoughts and bodies that have historically been fraught with exploitation.…
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS: The Miracle League of the Triangle
In 2004, after watching a television program about the national Miracle League, local businessmen Robin Rose and Tony Withers were inspired to establish the Miracle League of the Triangle. The goal was simple–provide children with special needs the opportunity to play America’s favorite pastime. Their hope was to have 40 children and at least 100…
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