“To put it mildly, we live in interesting times. The future of national politics is as extreme as it is unpredictable, and yet we all have a place to engage, to do our part, guided by our own judgment and values. The presidential race is a colorful spectacle, and Read more…
Last Saturday, Oakland residents joined together to #SayHerName at the Breaking the Silence town hall, where girls and women of color testified to their stories of oppression, growth, struggle, pain, and resilience. I was reminded of a quote from Grace Lee Boggs: “Why is nonviolence such an important … Read more…
Check out the article about CDP in the East Bay Express! Creating a ‘People’s Budget’ The Community Democracy Project is pushing a radical ballot initiative in Oakland that would give citizens the power to decide how to spend taxpayer funds. By Nick Rahaim
Join CDP tomorrow, July 9 from 5-9pm for a mixer at Farley’s East! CDP has been named Nonprofit of the Month for July and will be celebrating with a mixer at Farley’s that will include games, prizes, a photobooth, and more! 20% of proceeds from the event will be donated to CDP, so come Read more…
If you want real change and to help deepen democracy in Oakland, then the Community Democracy Project (CDP) is where it’s at. However, perhaps you are still a little new to CDP and the idea of a peoples budget. You may be asking yourself what is participatory budgeting? Why are Read more…
We are building an #ourcityourbudget coalition. Organizations in Oakland that want the city budget to reflect the values and aspirations of the many rather than the fear and greed of the few are coming together to plot how we can combine our forces and reach our goal of 40K signatures Read more…
As you know, members, co-directors, and supporters of The Community Democracy Project (Oakland) (“CDP”) gather signatures every single day to get our initiative on the 2016 ballot. If our initiative passes, Oakland will have the strongest #PeoplesBudget in the United States! Our co-director Shawn McDougal is being charged with a misdemeanor: “Interfering with a Read more…
This week, two coalition groups – one alliance consisting of labor and community organizing organizations, and another collaboration of artists and stakeholders in the creative community, launched their campaigns this week for economic equity in Oakland. Community members agree: It’s time that Oakland’s budget supports the people who work every Read more…
One month down, five more to go! Over the past 35 days, CDP members and supporters have been all over Oakland, gathering signatures from West Oakland to East Oakland, downtown to uptown, Lake Merritt to Merritt College, and everywhere in between! This week we took a moment to pause on Read more…
Do you believe in people power in Oakland? This is what I often ask people on the street as I gather signatures. Do you believe in people power? What is people power? For me, it means democracy: government of, by, and for we the people. (Indeed, from the Greek: demos Read more…