Organizational Background and Mission
Oakland Rising is a core team of six (6) community-based organizations who have a long term shared vision for building progressive power in Oakland. Our current work focuses on several major areas: 1) Permanent Civic Engagement: building permanent, city-wide, voter mobilization infrastructure, with the capacity to win electoral issues; 2) Organizational Alignment: maximizing and coordinating the campaign and organization-building work of Oakland Rising organizations and coalitions, and exercising influence with a broad range of progressive organizations and formations; and 3) Policy Change: Engaging with decision-makers and other key stakeholders to advance our issues, values and policy agendas.
