Archive for January, 2016

Building Community Trust

January 13, 2016

If you’re interested in public safety, here is an opportunity to learn and weigh in.

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D7 MLK Day of Service

January 13, 2016

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Wellstone DRC Meeting to Endorse CA Assembly and Senate Candidates

January 13, 2016

BBBON has endorsed Sandre Swanson for California State Senate, 9th District (which includes Oakland).  Now those of us who are also members of the Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club will have another chance to vote to support him.  With the endorsement in hand, the Club’s delegates to the Alameda County Democratic Central Committee will be able […]

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Oakland Police Commission Fundraiser

January 13, 2016

The Coalition for Police Accountability has been working for months to craft a ballot initiative to create an oversight body to step in when Federal oversight of the OPD ends.  BBBON is part of the coalition and our lead representative is Allene Warren.  While the preferred course to the ballot is to convince the City […]

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Peace Ambassador Training

January 13, 2016

BBBON member Jennae Wallach has been working on peace building and peace education in Oakland for the past several years. As part of that work, she learned about the Global Peace Ambassador Training sponsored by the Shift Network (TSN). Jennae writes, “It is an amazing but expensive course. For the last five years, TSN has […]

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