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 hungry! Here are a few[…]
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 residents in Oakland volunteering their[…]
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 by November. There are a[…]
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 Business” (California Penal Code Section[…]
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 day to make Oakland great.[…]
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 our successes so far and[…]
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 = the people, kratia =[…]
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~Margaret Meade Hello from the Community Democracy Project! We want to give a big thanks to ALL of our volunteers, members, and directors for keeping the motivation going as we work to[…]
For the past two weeks, we have talked with thousands of people in just enough moments to hopefully strike a chord. Sometimes it’s a favorable interaction, sometimes not. Sometimes it results in a signature, sometimes even a volunteer or organization contact. It’s a chance to talk about something that matters to people in your own[…]
As you may have heard by now, our signature gathering campaign launched with a BANG. We’ve been all over Oakland– marching on May Day against Police brutality, hitting up First Friday Art Walk, and taking action at West Oakland BART (just to name a few..) It’s only been a week, but we have already gathered[…]