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…
“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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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, Read more…
CDP–like Oakland itself–is made up of diverse and passionate individuals, individuals with different experiences who all share the commitment to making democracy real in our city. Below are the personal statements of just two of our members. My name’s Tia. I sue perpetrators of domestic violence for a living and Read more…
The time has come. Now is your chance to help make history in Oakland. Now is your chance to help build the new paradigm. The old paradigm is the paradigm of passivity–we the people sit idly by while decisions that shape our city, our communities, our future are made for Read more…
First and foremost, we want to give a shout out to YOU and the rest of our supporters, who have shown us an overwhelming amount of excitement and dedication as we get ready to launch our signature gathering campaign! Our amazing CDP members and volunteers have already committed to gathering Read more…
The Community Democracy Project’s signature gathering campaign launch date is quickly approaching. This means we need money to file and print our initiative. That’ll cost about $3,000 and we need to raise that much by May 1st! Please donate today and watch CDP’s animated video about our vision for a people’s budget. As you’ll learn from Read more…