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Join us for EBASE’s 2018 Annual Event!
July 24, 2018
Celebrate Our Resilience as We Reclaim Our Cities and Democracy
This year we won key victories to create good jobs, sanctuary cities, and housing security. In the face of hateful attacks, we redoubled our efforts to engage our communities in the decisions affecting their lives in workplaces, neighborhoods and at city hall. We came together as workers, communities, and people of faith to prove that a just economy is possible.
Join EBASE for a night of fun, food, drinks, and music as we celebrate our accomplishments and recognize the work of key community partners!
We will honor:
- Reverend Ken
White People Must Fix White People
October 27, 2017
Between the political attacks on our communities from the Trump administration and the fires, hurricanes, and earthquakes, there is hardly anyone that hasn’t woken up feeling flattened in the past year. The hate and racism that people have experienced throughout history has been magnified. We are in the fight of our lives. But to say that this hate is new is coming from a place of privilege.
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Ban the Box for Racial Justice
October 27, 2017
When we met in 2014, I was canvassing to raise Oakland’s minimum wage, and John was working as a Burger King security officer. He had recently been released after spending one-third of his life in prison and was focused on...Read More
Immigration Wins in Contra Costa County
October 27, 2017
A few months ago, a friend was visiting her parents and placed a Black Lives Matter sign in her old bedroom window. Her family lives in the heart of Contra Costa County, but given their liberal values, she thought they wouldn’t mind it. Yet when she recently returned, it was gone. As someone who grew up in that part of the East Bay, I recognize the dynamic: people are liberal, yet not willing to stand up for racial justice....Read More
FAME: Resistance Through Faith
October 27, 2017
On January 28, 2017, when news began to spread that immigrants and refugees were being detained at U.S. airports, many of us knew we had to go to SFO and stand up against this injustice. Why did we do this? For the members of the Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy (FAME), it is our faith which calls upon us to Resist – to become the justice that the world so needs....Read More
I’m an Immigrant and Mom: Join Me in Fighting Hate
February 9, 2017
Like many of you, I was one of the tens of thousands of people at airports across the country protesting Trump’s ban of refugees and immigrants from seven Muslim countries.
As I held my sign at SFO, I thought about...Read More
Housing Measures Move Forward
November 22, 2016
This fall, affordable housing and renter protection measures moved forward throughout the Bay Area. In Oakland, EBASE and our Protect Oakland Renters Coalition partners helped pass Measure JJ with 74% of the vote to strengthen rent control, expand eviction protections,...Read More
Emeryville Passes Fair Workweek Policy
November 22, 2016
Every once in a while, we win big. Last night was a special night in Emeryville where City Council voted unanimously 5-0 to pass a Fair Workweek policy with no loopholes!
You were there last year when Emeryville passed the...Read More
Op-ed: Opportunities for the Formerly Incarcerated
November 22, 2016
Following is an oped originally published in the Oakland Post from Willie Saabir Lockett, a Revive Oakland member.
In my younger days, I made some mistakes and served 22 years in California Penal Institutions. Since my release, I’ve worked really...Read More
Elect Justice
June 6, 2016
We’re Standing Up for Our Communities 365 Days of the Year
2016. It’s a big election year. But EVERY day EBASE, our allies, and supporters like you work hard to create good jobs and healthy, vibrant, and diverse neighborhoods.
Let’s...Read More