Desley Brooks
Oakland May Name Road in Honor of Oscar Grant
Posted in Against White Supremacy, Community, Desley Brooks, History and remembering, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling, Rebecca Kaplan Community leaders join together to endorse naming road…
Oakland Pays Tribute to Outgoing Councilmember Desley Brooks
Posted in Desley Brooks, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated “Desley was the lightning rod who took all the bad energy…
Oakland Race & Equity Dept. Report Calls for End to Systemic Racial Disparities
Affordable housing protest at Oakland City Hall By Ken Epstein City Councilmembers this week took the “first step”…
Clergy Leaders Endorse Desley Brooks While Mayor and Developers Raise Money to Defeat Her
Posted in Affordable Housing, Business, Desley Brooks, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Politics, voting rights Brooks’ opponents are spending nearly…
Attacks on Desley Brooks Are “Shameful and Dishonest,” Say Community Leaders
Posted in Affordable Housing, Against White Supremacy, Desley Brooks, Economic Development, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Libby Schaaf, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Racial profiling, Responsive Government, Sanctuary City, voting rights…
Pastors, Black Panther Co-Founder, Residents React to Outside Money Pouring into D-6 Council Race
Posted in Coliseum City, Desley Brooks, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Labor, Libby Schaaf, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated Community leaders defend Councilmember Desley…
Open Letter: Who Should Be Making the Decisions, the Residents or Outside Millionaires?
By Desley Brooks A lot is at stake for District 6 voters in this election. We have…
Community Action Needed Against Illegal Dumping and Litter
Posted in Desley Brooks, Elections 2018, Illegal dumping, Responsive Government By Desley Brooks Litter has become a major problem in Oakland. Throughout…
Councilmembers, Community Groups Push Mayor for Funding for Homeless, Job Training and Trash Cleanup
Posted in Affordable Housing, Business, Desley Brooks, Economic Development, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Libby Schaaf, Oakland Job Programs, Oakland Talks Trash, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Rebecca Kaplan Members of East Oakland…
Opinion: “Oakland’s Democracy Is Strengthened by the Re-Election of Councilmember Desley Brooks,” Says Sandré Swanson
Posted in Commentary, Community, Desley Brooks, Elections & Voting Rights, Elections 2018, Gentrification, Homelessness, Housing/Foreclosures, Illegal dumping, Immigrant Rights, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government, Sanctuary City Desley Brooks and Sandré…