Team Ella Baker Center:
Every Step Counts

Thank You!

Thanks to all the members and supporters of Team Ella Baker Center! Our work would not be possible without community members like you. Your commitment to the Ella Baker Center and Oakland has allowed us to take that important first step to building a movement focused on creating a healthy Oakland for everyone.

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Sponsor a runner or Team Ella Baker Center and have your gift matched, dollar for dollar, thanks to the Mitchell Kapor Foundation.

Team Ella Baker Center Inspiration:

  • "I love Oakland and I love EBC."
    -Stacey Murphy
  • "1st, because I respect and am inspired by the work you do.  2nd, I've already been training, mostly solo, for the marathon, and it'd be great to run in support of your org!"
    -Barry Luck
  • "I am studying  for my bat mitzvah  in June 2010.  I have signed up  with an organization to remember a girl that had died in the Holocaust. The girl I was assigned was 11 years old and was a victim of a human rights violation. In remembering her I thought it would be an important idea to support the Ella Baker Center. I love running and this is a cause that meant something to me."
    -Georgia Kidson
  • "I want to live a longer, healthier life for myself, my family and my community."
    Jakada Imani
  • "I wanted to run my first half marathon.  I found out about the Oakland Running Festival via Active.com.  Once I found out proceeds were for Park and Recs, and other local charities I signed up.  I came across your link on the Festival Web page and it inspired me to put a bigger meaning to my run/training.  I feel I have a responsibility to support such causes as Ella Baker Center.  I figured the run is in Oakland let's keep the money raised in Oakland.  I was born and raised in the Bay and I owe a lot to the East Bay...(I went to UC Berkeley, I've enjoyed traveling with my brother's Basketball team to Oakland for some memorable games, I have family in Oakland, I grew up a Warriors Fan, etc.)"
    -Adam Victorino
  • "I support the organization's effort to empower communities and offer positive alternatives such as education and jobs rather than jail and poverty."
    -Brian Baghai
  • "This is an amazing opportunity to join the community and celebrate Oakland while getting fit at the same time!"
    -Jennifer Pae

Team Ella Baker Center's Top Fundraisers

Thanks to all the members of Team Ella Baker Center who raised money to help Ella Baker Center continue our work to to build justice in the system, opportunity in our cities and peace in our streets. Congratulations to our top fundraisers:

  1. Lillian Goodman (Half Marathon) - $1060
  2. Harrison Pollak (Marathon) - $1025
  3. Rachel Marcus (Half Marathon) - $585
(Amounts exclude check and cash donations received on 3/27 and 3/28. Final amounts to be annouced by 4/2/2010.)

Thanks to our sponsors:

Thanks to the These Businesses for Donating Prizes

Dona Tomas, Grand Lake Theater, Fenton's, Men's Wearhouse, Montrail, Mountain Hardwear, Oakland A's, Oakland Zoo, and Touchstone Climbing
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
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