Press Room

Thank you for your interest in the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.

For more than ten years, we have been an important voice on racial & criminal justice; environmental justice; police accountability; and national progressive politics.

Ella Baker Center speaks out on critical issues, and connects the media to first-hand spokespeople with compelling stories - like members of our Families for Books Not Bars group; young people who have been part of California's youth prison system; and leaders in our effort to bring "green jobs" to urban America.

For reporters on deadline:


Please contact:
Abel Habtegeorgis
510.428.3939 x232
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To reach Ella Baker Center President Van Jones, Executive Director Jakada Imani, or any other Ella Baker Center staff member about speaking engagements:


Please contact:
Alli Starr
510.428.3939 x227

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Ildiko Polony
Executive Assistant
510.428.3939 x300

To reach Ella Baker Center President Van Jones, Executive Director Jakada Imani, or any other Ella Baker Center staff member about interviews or writing possibilities:


Please contact:
Kristin Hau'oli Schillinger
510.428.3939 x236

For the latest news on Ella Baker Center:


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Recent Press Releases


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Women are a key part of the climate change solution. But around the world, their voices are being ignored.
Thank you, Ella, Martin, Malcolm, Mom, Dad, and the many others who struggled -- and congratulations on work well done.
The shift is happening. It is the change we are working for.