In Honoring Cesar Chavez Day, The Ella Baker Center’s own Maya Garza sat down with Ella Baker Center Families Organizer Lourdes Durate and discussed Chavez’s legacy. M: What was the most important lesson you learned from Cesar Chavez and his work? L: Cesar Chavez is a hero because he… Read more
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights has long been a leader in the fight for a cleaner, greener, more equal world that puts people and the planet before profits. Today, on March 22nd, we are happy to celebrate World Water Day. We affirm that quality, quantity and… Read more
The following blog was written by Oakland Voices project coordinator Christopher Johnson. The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights works to improve the lives of some of our most vulnerable communities and believes that empowering individuals to speak up about their trials and tribulations in their day-to-day lives is… Read more
The following blogpost was authored by Heal the Streets Campaign Director Crystallee Crain with contributions by various members of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights staff.
The Ella Baker Center has a long history of creating an environment for activists to come together and work for change on… Read more
There are many things I love about San Francisco. The vibrant communities…the energy of its residents…its progressive politics. In 2007, Mayor Gavin Newsom vowed to maintain San Francisco as a sanctuary city for immigrants. He promised no employee of the city and county of San Francisco… Read more
The following post is written by Heal The Streets Intern Aja Minor, 24. Aja is a Bay Area native and holds a BA in International Studies with a minor in Music and a MA in Migration and Diaspora Studies from California State University Long Beach. By working with Heal The… Read more
On Monday, March 1st, the director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs and other high-ranking federal officials visited Oakland to tour some of the city’s federal stimulus projects. Ella Baker Center’s Jakada Imani, Executive Director, and Ian Kim, Campaign Director of our Green Collar Jobs Campaign were two… Read more
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is proud to announce that Joyce Cook, one of our Books Not Bars Campaign’s Family Organizers, has been named one of KQED’s Women’s History Month Local Heroes
Joyce started at Ella Baker Center as a member of our Families for Books… Read more
We, at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, congratulate our founder Van Jones for winning a 2010 NAACP Image Award. This award honors Van’s innovative work in social justice and equality and comes on the heels of the news that Van will be joining the Center for American Progress,… Read more