An Attack on Ranked Choice Voting is an Attack on Democracy
posted on MAY 02, 2012 by Jakada Imani and Esperanza Tervalon-Daumont | 1 comment
Ranked Choice Voting is good for democracy in Oakland. So why is City Council considering putting a ballot initiative to repeal RCV?

TAGS: Ranked Choice Voting, In Oakland, Soul of the City
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I March For...
posted on APRIL 30, 2012 by Jakada Imani | 1 comment
Tomorrow,  I will join my team from the Ella Baker Center and thousands of people in the streets for the May Day March for Dignity and Resistance.

TAGS: #M1GS, #Imarchfor, May Day March for Dignity and Resistance
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A simple solution to the serious problem of prison overcrowding.
posted on MARCH 09, 2012 by Jakada Imani | 0 comments
A joint Op-Ed explaining why SB 1506 is good common sense for California.

TAGS: In California
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Shame on you CCA!
posted on FEBRUARY 22, 2012 by Jakada Imani | 2 comments
I’ve been working on issues of police accountability, locked-up youth, violence, and community investment for a long time. Sometimes I think that no example of injustice could still surprise me. I was recently proved wrong.

TAGS: #oo, CCA, Corrections Corporation of America, Justice System, occupy, OccupyPrisons
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Shut 'Em Down
posted on JANUARY 23, 2012 by Jakada Imani | 0 comments
Governor Brown has done it again. He has proposed in the state budget to close the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) once and for all. The DJJ drains much-needed funds from our schools and vital community programs that would help California thrive.

TAGS: california budget, CDCR, CYA, djj, Governor Jerry Brown, youth prisons, In California, Books Not Bars
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I was a Poor Black Kid
posted on DECEMBER 16, 2011 by Jakada Imani | 3 comments
Gene Marks, author of the recent “If I were a Poor Black Kid” article in Forbes, seems to think that all that poor Black kids need to do differently to succeed is “be smart enough to go for it.” But if the only answer for poor youth is to be the exception to the rule, why aren't we then looking at the rules themselves?

TAGS: Economic Justice, forbes if I was a poor black kid, Oakland, racism, In Oakland, In California
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From the Sit-Ins to the Occupy Camps
posted on NOVEMBER 11, 2011 by Jakada Imani | 21 comments
   (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

TAGS: civil rights, eye on the prize, Freedom Rides, occupy, Occupy Oakland, Sit-Ins, In California, In Oakland
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#Occupy: Too Big to Fail, Too Big To Jail
posted on OCTOBER 27, 2011 by Jakada Imani | 1 comment
"If #occupyoakland was in Damascus, U.S.

TAGS: #ows, Mayor Jean Quan, occupy, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, OPD, Rebuild the Dream
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My Vision as a Port Commissioner
posted on OCTOBER 13, 2011 by Jakada Imani | 1 comment
Earlier this fall, Jakada Imani was appointed to the Port of Oakland Commission. Oakland City Council will be voting on his appointment on Tuesday, October 18th.

TAGS: jakada imani, Port of Oakland
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No Curfew for Oakland
posted on OCTOBER 01, 2011 by Jakada Imani | 2 comments
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is opposed to the proposed youth curfew in Oakland. Read why and then find out how to stand with us.

TAGS: Oakland, Oakland City Council, youth curfew, In Oakland
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