Ella Baker Center

Ella Baker Center on the Move
posted on DECEMBER 12, 2012 by Jakada Imani
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Our Executive Director shares the Center's plans for 2013.

TAGS: Ella Baker Center, mass incarceration, tradeoff
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INSIGHT: Jakada Imani
posted on FEBRUARY 17, 2012 by Meredith Fenton
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m/Oppenheim is a consultancy focused on recruiting non-profit executive leadership. They also produce INSIGHT videos featuring remarkable leaders. Watch this interview with Jakada Imani, our Executive Director, on strategies and solutions to youth violence.  

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INSIGHT: Jakada Imani
posted on FEBRUARY 17, 2012 by Meredith Fenton
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m/Oppenheim is a consultancy focused on recruiting non-profit executive leadership. They also produce INSIGHT videos featuring remarkable leaders. Watch this interview with Jakada Imani, our Executive Director, on strategies and solutions to youth violence.  

TAGS: Ella Baker Center, jakada imani
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Ella's Voice Seeking Ed Board Members!
posted on FEBRUARY 15, 2012 by Meredith Fenton
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Are you an aspiring blogger, journalist, or activist? Do you want to be a part of the Ella Baker Center's work to build a California where every person and community can thrive? Join the Ella’s Voice Editorial Board.

TAGS: Ella Baker Center, Oakland volunteer, Volunteer
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Run for Health. Run for the Movement.
posted on JANUARY 02, 2012 by Meredith Fenton
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I was the kind of kid that adults liked to call non-athletic. I wasn't uncoordinated or weird enough to be the last one picked for recess games. But I also was a better cheerleader and fun teammate than I was an actual athletic asset.

TAGS: Couch to 5K, Ella Baker Center, oakland running festival, OaklandMarathon, ORF, Running
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Happy Birthday Miss Baker!
posted on DECEMBER 13, 2011 by Meredith Fenton
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Today, Miss Ella Josephine Baker would turn 108 years old. The more I learn about this remarkable woman, the more in awe I become. She believed in freedom and she believed in the power of communities to change their lives.

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Join the Ella's Voice Editorial Board for 2012
posted on DECEMBER 02, 2011 by Meredith Fenton
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Looking for a way to get involved with the Ella Baker Center in 2012? Join the Ella's Voice Editorial Board.

TAGS: Ella Baker Center, Ella's Voice, Oakland, Volunteer, In Oakland
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My First Week at the Ella Baker Center
posted on NOVEMBER 16, 2011 by Denise Fan
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As the new Organizer for the Green-Collar Jobs Campaign, I feel privileged to have had a first week that grounded me in my work here.

TAGS: California, climate change, community service, Ella Baker Center, General Strike, green economy, Green-Collar Jobs
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Community Solar- Count me in!
posted on SEPTEMBER 17, 2011 by Meredith Fenton
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My sweetie works at a solar power company. Just one of many in the Bay Area. In fact, there are so many solar companies around the Bay that I often wonder why I don't actually see very many solar panels anywhere.

TAGS: Ella Baker Center, Oakland, Solar Mosaic, solar panels, Green-Collar Jobs
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15 Years of People-Power: Memories that Spark Hope
posted on SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 by Zachary Norris
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The author rallying at the Federal Building in Oakland

TAGS: Books Not Bars, Ella Baker Center, Superjail campaign
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