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About The Ella Baker Center
The Ella Baker Center is named for an unsung hero of the the civil rights movement who inspired and guided emerging leaders. We build on her legacy by giving people opportunities and skills to work together to strengthen our communities so that all of us can thrive.
- For more information read our About Us page
- For Analysis, Inspiration and Action please visit our widely read blog Ella's Voice
- For our news coverage visit: In the News
To interview Mr. Imani, other staff, or learn more about our work, contact:
Nwamaka Agbo, Deputy Director
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Office: 510-428-3939 x247
Interview Opportunities
The Ella Baker Center is home to more than 25 human rights activists working to promote creative solutions to some of our communities' most pressing problems. Our staff provide a grounded voice on various issue areas including:
- Juvenile justice and prison reform
- Race in urban America
- Building the green economy
- Community empowerment and civic engagement, especially in communities of color and low-income communities.
- Violence prevention, and
- The legacies and relevance of civil rights movements in today's social change work.
Jakada Imani, Executive Director
Mr. Imani is a native Oaklander with over 20 years of experience as a leader, speaker and organizer. He has appeared in diverse media outlets including:
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Press Releases
New Laws Promise Funds for Underserved Communities from Cap-and-Trade Program.
Justice for Families and the DataCenter will release a new research report, Families Unlocking Futures: Solutions to the Crisis in Juvenile Justice.
Bills on Governor’s Desk Would Authorize Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Investments to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Disadvantaged Communities
We are deeply concerned for the residents of Richmond California following the fire at Richmond Chevron Refinery.
Award winning Ella Baker Center for Human Rights hosts annual ceremony in Oakland featuring live music, food, and special guests.
More than 30 service projects and more than 300 volunteers confirmed throughout the city followed by music festival at Snow Park dubbed "Throw Down for the Town"
Dangerous Time Adds Provision No Longer Allowed in California Youth Prisons, Impacting 1,000 Youth
We welcome the decision but call for more action on issue affecting hundreds of Californians.
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is disappointed with the State Senate’s failure to pass common-sense drug reform on May 31, 2012.
Voters overwhelmingly believe that California’s prisons and jails are overcrowded and want more alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders, according to new poll released today. Support for the shift is truly bipartisan and consistent across the state, explained researcher Ben Tulchin of Tulchin Research.
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