Issues

ORGANIZING IS ABOUT PEOPLE, PEOPLE ARE ABOUT ISSUES.

We build our issue work based on our relationships with others. OCO leaders do extensive one-to-one listening campaigns with families of the community to deeply hear stories of stuggle and pain, and begin to develop possible solutions.

Great Schools

OCO is organizing to provide adequate and equitable funding, eliminate the achievement gap, and create the conditions necessary for every student to graduate ready for college, career and civic life,

Lifelines to Healing

OCO works to reduce gun violence, increase neighborhood safety and provide opportunity to individuals ensnared in cycles of violence

Immigration Reform and Pathways to Citizenship

OCO leaders work to make sure that all people have the right to become a U.S. citizen.

Bringing Health Care Home

OCO organizes to make quality, affordable health care accessible to all.

New Bottom Line

OCO works to address economic injustice and inequity, especially addressing the issues of foreclosure

Civic Engagement and Voting Power

OCO organizes to fully engage all citizens in public life and build voting power for communities of color

Upcoming Event »

Lifelines/Ceasefire Night Walk

05/31/2013 6:30 PM

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Join Us for Lifelines to Healing

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.

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Creating a Pathway for Citizenship

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!

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Fighting for Excellent and Equitable Education

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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