Oakland Progressives Party – 12/2 @ 5-6:30
From YouTube Channel: December 3, 2020 at 10:01AM
ONN – Oakland Progressives Party YouTube Fundraiser Celebrating Oakland Rising’s Jessamyn Sabbag
This YouTube video comes from the new YouTube Channel for the Oakland Progressives Party. It features a fundraiser that was held on December 2nd from 5 PM to 6:30 PM, and to celebrate Jessamyn Sabbag’s 12 years of work.
Jessamyn Sabbag is the Executive Director of Oakland Rising and Oakland Rising Action. The organizations “is a multi-racial progressive organization working in service of working-class, immigrant and communities of color living in the flatlands of East and West Oakland,” which remind me a lot of what the Oakland Citizens Committee for Urban Renewal (OCCUR) did for years under David Glover and Paul Cobb, before him.
Jessamyn most recently blasted the Oakland City Council for a rather tepid attempt at defunding the police department (because of the rise in homicides), saying “It is telling that in this massive movement to move away from militarized, punitive and violent policing that the so-called “equity caucus” has become increasingly obstructionist on the Council. They frequently stand in the way of more progressive councilmembers and block their policies – policies constructed from listening to Black and brown constituents – from moving forward. Recently, around both the Black New Deal and the Gross Receipts Tax introduced by Councilmember Bas, these Councilmembers co-opted the policies, watered them down, bullied their way through, feigned community engagement, and claimed victory that is not, in fact, due to their hard work or partnership with community. This past Tuesday, they refused to support any proposals that would have further reinvested money from the police department to community services.”
It should be noted that of the “Equity Caucus” of Councilmembers Larry Reid, Lynette Gibson-McElhaney, Loren Taylor, Noel Gallo, and Mayor Libby Schaaf, Larry is retiring, and his daughter Treva’s set to come in, and Lynette was topped in voting by Carroll Fife. So, let’s see how this plays out for 2021. But I digress.
Jessamyn is moving on, and Oakland Rising has an open position: her job as executive director.
Here’s the position:
Start Date: January 4, 2021
Location: Oakland, CA
Schedule: Full-time
Salary: $80,000 – $100,000; Competitive salary ranging from $80,000-$100,000, depending on experience, plus a competitive compensation and benefits package, and a team-oriented yet flexible working environment.
The deadline to apply was November 13th, 2020, yet, the organization still has the position posted as “open”, so you should go ahead and apply for it, if you are interested in it.
Stay tuned.
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