Want Oakland Local to keep publishing? Donate $20 or more--today

Susan Mernit Fri, 7 Jan at 9:56am
money, by jake wasdin, http://www.flickr.com/photos/64895104@N00/2393137359/

money, by jake wasdin, http://www.flickr.com/photos/64895104@N00/2393137359/

THANK YOU to our community members, volunteers, funders, writers, photographers, videographers, trainers, staffers, non-profit partners, family, friends and colleagues.  Working together, we're creating a new kind of community media for Oakland that helps make more voices be heard and more issues be surfaced.

However, as we head into our first ever community-powered fund-raising appeal, we have a ways to go to reach our $5,000 goal.  $10, $25, $50, $100 or more--we will gratefully accept what you can give and use it to pay our writers.

Click here to donate today!

If you read our stories, please help us out--it WILL make a big difference. Your donation is tax deductible and goes right to funding the pieces  our writers, photographers  and editors create.

Best,
Susan, Kwan, Amy, Michelle, and the OL team

P.S. Don't forget to follow us on Facebook for vibrant discussion and on Twitter as well.

About Susan Mernit
Susan Mernit is the founder of Oakland Local. She is also a circuit rider for The Community Information Challenge, a program of The John S and James L Knight Foundation, and a consultant to non-profit and community organizations. Susan lives in North Oakland, near the Santa Fe school, with her partner, her housemate, a rescue dog named Cazzie, and a yard full of ants. She is an aspiring gardener, a long-time blogger & entrepreneur, and a recovering journalist who's found home in Oakland.