Refund, Restore, & Reimagine: Oakland Faith Community Panel

***Note: Please click the link above to register. Thank you!*** We extend an invitation to people of faith and congregations in Oakland from the Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy and the Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity.

The recent wave of anti AAPI violence and the ongoing impacts of policing and the COVID pandemic on Oakland communities give us reason to consider what it would look like to refund local communities, restore dignity, and reimagine public safety. Many communities and congregants are struggling to pay their rent; fear eviction and are living in distress. The most vulnerable of Oakland residents — low-wage workers, undocumented, immigrants, refugees, Latinx and Black community members — are disproportionately suffering from COVID and the economic impacts of the pandemic.

We want Oakland to be a safe and welcoming place for all its residents where there are enough resources to support everyone to thrive, so that our communities are living in solidarity and not pitted against each other.

Join us for a timely conversation about how the Oakland city budget can support this vision, strengthen families and communities, and address root causes. We will hear from pastors of impacted Oakland communities and progressive council members, Council President Nikki Fortunato Bas (D2) and Carroll Fife (D3) as they talk about reimagining community safety and a just recovery.

Co-hosted by:

** The Faith Alliance for A Moral Economy (FAME), mobilizes faith leaders and their communities to act in solidarity with low wage workers, particularly communities of color and immigrants, through interfaith dialogue, policy advocacy, and public actions via Economic Justice for Black Oakland, and we are an initiative of the East Bay Alliance for A Sustainable Economy (EBASE).

** The Interfaith Movement for Human Integrity (IM4HI), mobilize congregations to take a stand on issues of social justice like immigration and mass incarceration, and engage people of faith to develop their own leadership so they can stand up against racism, discrimination and the political challenges of our time.