Are you ready to see… …more synergy between the hard-won wisdom of elders and the bold ideas of youth? …a broadly-shared sense of our interdependence, based on concrete experience, and not just good intentions? …public decision-making that reflects the diverse insights and experiences of all? The time has come Read more…
Hello, CDP community! Sonya here, dispatching to you live from the room where we held our first phone banking blast–the energy is still swirling around 🙂 Thanks to those who (literally) answered the call–your support is immensely energizing! In the next week, we’ll be visiting with fellow activists and Read more…
Welcome to post-election USA =) Many important battles were won and, as always, the movement building work continues. If you believe in social life beyond the rat-race… If you want public decision-making to reflect the diverse insights and experiences of all… If you are ready for a working model of Read more…
If you believe in social life beyond the rat-race… If you want public decision-making to reflect the diverse insights and experiences of all… If you are ready for a working model of collective power emphasizing the regular actions of many over the extraordinary actions of a few… The time Read more…
Greetings new and old friends of the Community Democracy Project! To those of you we met on our recent Street Team outreach at MacArthur BART or in Rockridge–welcome to the Community Democracy Project! If you haven’t yet, come visit us on facebook, and bookmark our website–updates coming soon, courtesy of a fabulous Read more…
Greetings Friends of CDP, both old and new! We are excited to kick CDP into high gear this fall! To Catch You All Up On The Latest: **We are revamping our website to include more forums for political discussion, resources on understanding the city budget, links to our blog sites, and more! **The Hack the Budget App–a Read more…
Greetings, friends of the Community Democracy Project, Hope you’re all enjoying this beautiful week here on the sunny side of the Bay. Here is this latest dispatch from CDP: Politics…. *Three of our members attended the City Council District 7 Candidate Forum last week, to hear candidates Sheryl Walton and Read more…
Greetings supporters of the movement to put the people in charge of public resources in Oakland! Normally we only send out one email per week, but a bunch of new folk have been signed up to our email list and we have updated info for everybody about upcoming actions. What Read more…
Greetings CDP Friends and Allies, CDP is turning its outreach into high gear and you can catch us at many gatherings across Oakland! We are excited to report the following places to find us this week: *We are continuing to develop our “Hack the Budget” from the Code for Oakland event on Read more…
Dear CDP community, We’ve missed you–and in our brief absence, we’ve gone out and made more friends– so to those of you we met this Saturday at Throw Down for the Town, welcome to the CDP community! We’ve been spending time reflecting on our organizing strategy, and are excited to Read more…