Oakland Community Organizations is seeking a full time Chief Operating Officer. The COO will manage the fund development, finance, data and administrative operations of the organization and will work closely with the Executive Director as part of the Management Team. The deadline for application is May 10, 2013.
May 08, 2013
For the last several weeks, OCO organizer Emma Paulino has been traveling every other week down to Bakersfield to help build the capacity of PICO's Campaign for Citizenship in the Central Valley. In this post, she shares her experience so far.
May 02, 2013
On Tuesday, April 30, leaders from across Oakland held a community education forum at Castlemont High School to call attention to Gov. Jerry Brown's bold new education initiative, the Local Control Funding Formula. The Local Control Funding Formula, which is currently being debated in the state Legislature, would bring much-needed resources to schools in Oakland and other urban cities across the state that are struggling with overcrowded classes and high dropout rates after years of budget cuts and funding inequalities.
April 19, 2013
OCO and the Revive Oakland! Coalition held a rally April 16 to encourage the city and the Port of Oakland to complete the good jobs pipeline promised at the former Oakland Army Base that will move local residents into good jobs.
April 01, 2013
After reading the story in the Oakland Tribune about the three homicides that occurred within 12 hours on Easter Sunday, OCO felt the need to respond as a key partner in the Oakland Lifelines to Healing/Ceasefire Campaign.
05/24/2013 6:30 PM
Now that Lifelines to Healing has started back up in Oakland, OCO is joining forces with other faith leaders to stop the gun violence in our community. Why are we on the streets for Oakland Ceasefire? We care! We want young men to stop being so violent toward one another! And we want to find out what are their needs! Join us every Friday for the night walks if you want the gun violence to end in Oakland neighborhoods.
OCO leaders joined the national PICO network and its allies to create the power to push for a comprehensive immigration bill in 2013. We are working on the local, state and national level in a joint effort to push for national legislation for citizenship. Join us and let's make this happen!
OCO leaders have dedicated themselves for over a decade to ensuring excellent and equitable education for every student in Oakland, particularly low-income students of color in the flatland schools. Building off our successes and learnings from the small schools movement, parent and student leaders are prepared to focus on lowering the drop-out rate and improving academic outcomes in our high schools through Linked Learning, which prioritizes academic rigor, work-based learning and robust student services. West Oakland leaders are ready to take STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) to the next level in neighborhood schools.
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