Oakollectiv is one of our Use Your Money businesses. Nwamaka Agbo spoke with Rachel Konte about this unique local business. Learn more about the Use Your Money campaign.
Tell me a little bit about you and what brought you to create a business like this?
I am Afro/Danish, born… Read more
The last 24 hours have been a nightmarish whirlwind in the city of Oakland, and I honestly don’t think that it had to be this way.
Say what you will about the Occupy Wall Street Movement- critique the cause, the organizing strategy, the participants and whatever else you… Read more
Akaya Windwood, President of Rockwood Leadership Institute, is one of our awardees who will be honored on 9/22/11 at the 2011 Ellas: 15 years of People-Powered Change.
When I started out as the Campaign Director of Soul of the City, Akaya Winwood was someone that… Read more
The June 30 deadline is fast approaching for Oakland City Council and Mayor Jean Quan to pass a budget that closes the $58 million budget deficit looming over the city. And organizations and staff of the Oakland Rising are pressing our elected officials to pass a… Read more
In between reading the latest updates about the massive earthquake off of the coast of Northern Japan, you may have also heard that the 2010 Census numbers are coming out. And the numbers are definitely confirming some things about Oakland, that many of us have… Read more
This morning, January 10th, President Barack Obama called for a moment of silence to acknowledge the Tucson, Arizona shootings over the past weekend. Among the six individuals killed at Congresswomen Gabrielle Gifford’s constituent meeting on Saturday were a 9-year old girl and Federal Judge John… Read more
The past week has been an emotional roller-coaster of finger biting and anxiously awaiting the official, certified announcement of Jean Quan as the incoming Mayor of the City Oakland.
When the first round of ballots were counted on election night, it looked as though former Senate Pro Tem, Don Perata,… Read more
I’m looking forward to spending a day outside, hopefully in the sun (if this funny weather lets-up) at tomorrow’s Fresh Fest, organized by Grind for the Green.
The “green” movement has really taken off in the United States over the past few years, but… Read more
This week marks the anniversary of the federal law officially ending the enslavement of African Americans in the United States. Although most celebrations typically take place on June 19, slaves in the south did not receive the news of the law for some days later, hence Juneteenth.
As we’re… Read more
