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Wizard of Oz Characters Come to Life at Goldman Sachs, Demand Senate Reject Corporate Greed, Pass Strong Build Back Better Act

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 10, 2021Contact: Kimi Lee, info@bayrising.org Protest is Part of a National Day of Action Targeting Corporate-Backed

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Money Talks: From “A Rich Person’s Game” to “Democracy Dollars”

The polls are closed. The votes have been counted. After months of chaos and uncertainty, Gavin Newsom will continue to

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Everyone Wins When Our Elected Officials Reflect the Diversity of the Region

By Michelle Huang of PolicyLink and Kimi Lee of Bay Rising This blog can also be found on the website

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As we approach the end of the year, we're still looking back on the amazing work that Bay Area organizations did to organize their communities for the 2020 Census.

PODER (SF)'s seven Promotoras (community leaders) were forced to shift their plans because of COVID-19, but the women in the program still found many ways to go out into the community and spread the word about the importance of completing the census. We celebrate you!

While we don’t have comprehensive data from all of our partner organizations, we have enough to confirm that we contacted over 1,000,000 community members to educate and support them in filling out the census.

“Housing Leadership Council (HLC) collaborated with an artist to create a graphic to be printed on tote bags that resonated with the Pacific Islander (PI) community. HLC partnered with Anamatangi Polynesian Voices in East Palo Alto, who have stronger connections with existing PI communities. Together, we gave away the tote bags to folks who completed their census.” Housing Leadership Council of San Mateo County