From Personal Experience

Genay, Rose, and Z are alums of the Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute (BCLI) a strategy and program under Urban Habitat in the Bay Area. We discuss how personal experience informs social activism and how BCLI empowers and equips people of color with the tools to join and run commissions. The ladies talk about what brought them to BCLI and how folks can get involved in their communities to make positive change. We shout out groups doing the work, our families and each other. Resources are below! https://actionnetwork.org/letters/support-ab-1436-stop-pandemic-evictions-statewide/ Bay Area Housing Justice Organizations Causa Justa https://cjjc.org/ Tenants Together https://www.tenantstogether.org/ ACCE https://www.acceaction.org/vol-prop15?splash=1 Oakland Tenants Union http://www.oaklandtenantsunion.org/ Non Profit Housing Association of Northern California https://nonprofithousing.org/ Oakland's Planning Commission The Planning Commission makes decisions on Oakland's (housing) development proposals and policy recommendations https://www.oaklandca.gov/boards-commissions/planning-commission