Richard Figueroa, Director, Health & Human Services, The California Endowment Thanks to the great work of many community organizations around the state, Californians are beginning to understand that staying healthy is not only a matter of routine visits to the
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Kate O’Hara, Revive Oakland Campaign Director, East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy On February 7, the Oakland City Council unanimously approved a Good Jobs and Community Benefits plan for the massive redevelopment of the Oakland Army Base project. This
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Ingrid Chapman, Organizer, Alabama Coalition for Immigrant Justice and Alia Trindle, Catalyst Project Throughout Alabama, people are coming together – across differences in race, nationality, immigration status, gender, and political party affiliation — to fight for the repeal of Alabama’s
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Immigrant Family Fights Landlord Harassment By Patricia Zamora Gilberto and Elvia Nuñez were being harassed and accused by their landlord of being “illegal.” The landlord made harassing phone calls to them at all hours of the day including very early
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From Wisconsin and North Carolina to Tunisia and Egypt! Grassroots Global Justice Alliance Solidarity Statement Grassroots Global Justice would like to support the record number of protestors coming out to defend collective bargaining rights and the public sector in Wisconsin.
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Domestic Workers Organize to Win Respect and Recognition By Andrea Cristina Mercado, Mujeres Unidas y Activas and Ai-Jen Poo, National Domestic Worker Alliance   Domestic workers – who care for some of the most important elements of our lives like
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The Real U.S. National Security Budget No One Wants You to Know About By Chris Hellman, National Priorities Project What if you went to a restaurant and found it rather pricey? Still, you ordered your meal and, when done, picked
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POWER and MORE Public Transit Coalition win 12,000 free MUNI passes for SF youth By Alicia Garza On a recent rainy afternoon in San Francisco’s Mission District, members from People Organized to Win Employment Rights (POWER) and the MORE Public
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By Sheon Slaughter My name is Sheon Slaughter and I am a Causa Justa::Just Cause member. I have lived in North Oakland at 32nd Street and Telegraph Avenue for four years and while I love my neighborhood, there are some
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By Billy Trice Jr. I’ve been a member of Causa Justa::Just Cause since 2000. I first got involved in the work to get a Just Cause Eviction Ordinance passed in Oakland. This ordinance, called Measure EE was going to require
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Robbie Clark More than $3.5 million people in the United States are homeless and another 6 million people are on the verge of homelessness, paying more than half their income for rent and struggling to get by. The need for
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by MartaJuárez My name is Marta Juarez: I am an immigrant; I came to the Mission neighborhood in 1986. When I arrived in this neighborhood, I was very excited to find a place where the people and small businesses were
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by Joseles De La Cruz A family friend referred Rufina Murga to Causa Justa :: Just Cause’s San Francisco office because her landlord was attempting to evict her illegally. The landlord managed to convince two of Mrs. Murga’s roommates into
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Angelica is crying. She’s remembering when police stopped her husband while he was driving in a Bay Area city. It seemed like a random stop — perhaps a rosary hanging from the rear view mirror, maybe a drive through a
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