Oakland
Local Organizations
Organization supporting LGBTQ+ prisoners through art publications, direct financial assistance, and pen pal programs. Provides essential items, legal support, and resources while amplifying prisoner voices through comics and art.
Grassroots collective organizing for prison abolition and building solidarity between communities inside and outside prison walls.
Building an international movement to abolish the prison industrial complex through grassroots organizing, coalition building, political education, and direct action. Their Oakland chapter leads campaigns against imprisonment and policing while developing community-based alternatives.
Building power in Asian immigrant and refugee communities for environmental, social, and economic justice through grassroots organizing, mutual aid, and policy advocacy in Oakland and Richmond.
Multi-racial, grassroots organization building community power through tenant rights advocacy, mutual aid, and organizing against gentrification and displacement in Oakland and San Francisco.
Youth-led organization building power through healing, leadership development, and community organizing to end youth incarceration and transform the criminal justice system through mutual aid and restorative practices.
We stand with all poor and houseless people and are working with others to build a movement in Oakland for housing as a human right.
A mutual aid collective providing direct support, harm reduction services, and community care in Oakland. They coordinate food distribution, resource sharing, and harm reduction supplies while building networks of solidarity through street outreach and community organizing.
A worker-owned cooperative organizing mutual aid and community care through accessible, trauma-informed support services in Oakland. They coordinate direct care, resource sharing, and solidarity networks while building sustainable models of community-based care and support.
A grassroots collective managing a community center focused on mutual aid, social justice, and radical generosity in Oakland. They host multiple mutual aid initiatives including Food Not Bombs, citizen science projects, and free technology resources while providing space for community organizing and solidarity networks.
A grassroots collective organizing mutual aid and solidarity initiatives in support of Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico. They coordinate direct support for autonomous education, resource sharing, and community organizing while building connections between Oakland and Indigenous movements through cultural events and political education at the Omni Commons.
A community-owned and operated wireless network providing mutual aid through free internet access in Oakland. They coordinate peer-to-peer infrastructure, digital literacy resources, and community workshops while building autonomous networks for digital equity and community empowerment.
A grassroots organization coordinating mutual aid and community response initiatives in Oakland. They organize direct support through Mental Health First (MH First) crisis response, community education, and solidarity networks while building alternatives to policing through collective action and transformative justice.
A worker-owned restaurant and mutual aid hub providing sliding-scale meals and community support in Oakland. They coordinate food distributions, resource sharing, and solidarity networks while building community power through sustainable food systems and creating spaces for collective care and nourishment.
A grassroots, non-profit media, arts and education organization providing voice and visibility for communities in poverty through mutual aid and revolutionary journalism. They coordinate media training, publishing projects, and indigenous news coverage while building power through poor people-led organizing, radical education, and solidarity networks.
A grassroots arts organization fostering mutual aid and solidarity through cultural programming and community spaces in Oakland. They coordinate art exhibitions, music events, and solidarity networks while building power through accessible arts education, youth mentorship, and creating spaces for cultural expression and collective creativity.
A cultural center fostering mutual aid and community power through arts, culture, and social justice organizing in East Oakland. They coordinate cultural events, youth programs, and solidarity networks while building power through cultural preservation, political education, and creating spaces for community-driven arts and resistance.
Harnessing community resources in solidarity with our unhoused neighbors in Oakland.