Oakland Thanksgiving: Jakada Imani, Executive Director, The Ella Baker Center
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Tue, 22 Nov at 8:21am.

Tell us about your Thanksgiving traditions

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From the Sit-Ins to the Occupy Camps (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Jakada Imani.
Last updated at Fri, 18 Nov at 7:04am.

Watching the developments of the Occupy Oakland camp and activism over the past month has been at turns inspiring, complicated, challenging, and powerful. At times, it seems like finally the world is waking up to say people and our planet are more important than profits. And to demand that we will no longer conduct ‘business as usual’ as the community or society.

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Do-over for Port of Oakland Commission nominations takes place at Tuesday's Council meeting
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Mon, 31 Oct at 9:01am.

As a result of a major snafu by the Oakland City Council, the appointment of Jakada Imani and Victor Uno to the Port of Oakland Commission will now go back in front of the Council this Tuesday for a "do-over" vote.

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Oakland Council approves Imani as new port commissioner
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Thu, 20 Oct at 9:55pm.

Progressive leader Jakada Imani is Oakland's newest Port of Oakland commissioner.

Imani's nomination was finally approved, after two previous tries, by the Oakland City Council Tuesday night. Imani is the executive director of Ella Baker Center, a nationally-known, progressive organization in Oakland.

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Port appointments snagged in Oakland City Hall battle
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Tue, 11 Oct at 4:47am.

The drama around appointing commissioners to the Port of Oakland continues.

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Oakland's Ella Baker Center honors work of visionary leaders in annual gala
Article by shades Magazine s....
Last updated at Tue, 13 Sep at 10:46pm.

By Marcus Osborne, shades Magazine

When globally recognized, award-winning human rights pioneer Van Jones help create the Ella Baker Center For Human Rights, he certainly could not have predicted that more than a decade later the center would bloom from what was essentially closet space into an organization occupying its own building.

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Oakland throws it down at Mosswood Park
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Mon, 15 Aug at 7:53am.

After a hard day of volunteering across Oakland cleaning up, planting gardens and helping at libraries, hundreds of Oaklanders got their boogie on Saturday at Mosswood Park for the first "Throw Down for the Town" put on by the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights.

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Throw Down for the Town: The Oakland Service Festival with Ella Baker Center - Saturday, Aug. 13
Blog entry by Oakland Local edi....
Last updated at Wed, 10 Aug at 7:46am.

From our friends at the Ella Baker Center:

We are leading Oakland in a City-Wide Day of Service and we hope that you will join us!

We've confirmed 15-plus service projects throughout Oakland, however, it's not too late to submit your proposal to host a project and help Oakland thrive.

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