Ella's Voice

The Ella Baker Center
  • 5.0 (12)
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The official podcast of the Ella Baker Center, a nonprofit based in Oakland where everyday people organize every day to win change and build opportunities to make our communities safe, healthy and strong.

Episodes

  1. 06/07/2022

    The Organizing Power of a Stamp

    For more information: Ella Baker Center Stamps Campaign

    20 min

  2. 08/18/2021

    Safety Beyond Police, Prisons and Punishment

    If you’re interested in holding a Night Out for Safety and Liberation event in your neighborhood next August, and for more information, go to www.NOSL.us.

    35 min

  3. 04/16/2021

    Mutual Aid in Oakland

    For more information: Ella Baker Center Restore Oakland Causa Justa/Just Cause

    15 min

  4. 04/06/2021

    Defund Fear

    To buy Defund Fear and support your local bookstore, order a copy on IndieBound.org. To follow our guests: Rinku Sen from the Narrative Initiative Devone Boggan from Advance Peace Jeannette Bocanegra from Justice For Families Danielle Sered from Common Justice

    49 min

  5. 12/13/2020

    Who Was Ella Baker? pt. 1

    Follow Dr. Barbara Ransby on twitter. Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: a Radical Democratic Vision is published by the University of North Carolina Pres. Phil Hutchings page on SNCC Digital Gateway. Alfredo Lopez' wikipedia page and his current project, May First Movement Tecnology. Visit our website at www.EllaBakerCenter.org.

    58 min

  6. 10/31/2020

    Voting for Justice and Preparing for a Coup

    Read the Ella Baker Center 2020 voter guide. VOTE November 3rd! Count Every Vote: Defend Democracy rally in Oakland is on November 4th. More info on the Facebook page. Visit our website at www.EllaBakerCenter.org.

    58 min

  7. 08/18/2020

    Jails, Prisons and the Pandemic

    For more information and to get involved, go to Decarcerate Alameda County and #StopSQOutbreakDemands or #StopSQOutbreakEmails.

    1h 47m

  8. 06/22/2020

    Housing is a Human RIght

    Learn more about the Ella Baker Center's work to decriminalize Oakland's unsheltered residents.  Visit the Village in Oakland  and support #NoVacanacyCa, the effort to create immediate shelter for unhoused seniors, families with children, and unsheltered with serious pre-existing medical conditions in hotels.  Watch the video of OPD's attack on The Village in Oakland outreach workers.

    42 min

  9. 06/08/2020

    Life is More Sacred Than Property

    Watch Zach's KRON interview. Watch Ella Baker's full speech "The Voice that Says Life is More Sacred Than Property Must Be Heard!"  For information on upcoming protests in Oakland and the Bay Area, make sure to check the Ella Baker Center Twitter and Facebook pages. And if you are participating in actions, we encourage you to take all safety precautions recommended by public health officials.

    27 min

  10. 04/27/2020

    The Looming Crisis Inside Santa Rita Jail

    For information about community efforts to decarcerate Santa Rita Jail, go to: https://ellabakercenter.org/SRJwatch Learn more about Human Impact Partners' Health Instead of Punishment Project.  Lukas Guilket made a documentary about Barabara Doss' fight to learn what happened to her son inside Santa RIta Jail, go to What Happened to Dujuan Armstrong? to watch the trailer.

    46 min

  11. 04/14/2020

    COVID-19 vs. Tough On Crime Rhetoric

    Read James' piece "A Plea to Governor Newsom" at The Appeal Reduce CA's prison population #LetThemGo: tweet @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor, call (916) 445-2841, email: https://j.mp/letthemgogov2Send letters, drawings and words of encouragement to folks inside: https://j.mp/ebcprisonmailSend money to help incarcerated folks purchase extra food and hygiene items: https://j.mp/givecanteensupportVisit the Ella Baker Center website at www.EllaBakerCenter.org

    24 min

  12. 03/30/2020

    Solution Salon: Community Safety and COVID-19

    Links to the resources  Reduce CA's prison population #LetThemGo: tweet @GavinNewsom @CAgovernor, call (916) 445-2841, email: https://j.mp/letthemgogov2Invest county funds in health, not jails: call Alameda County Board of Supervisors President Richard Valle, 510-272-6692. Release folks from Santa Rita jail: call District Attorney Nancy O'Malley, (510) 272-6222Stop the sweeps, provide housing for all unsheltered Oaklanders: call your Oakland City Council member, https://bit.ly/HNHoakland Send letters, drawings and words of encouragement to folks inside: https://j.mp/ebcprisonmail Donate to support EBC’s movement work: ellabakercenter.org/give Send money to help incarcerated folks purchase extra food and hygiene items: https://j.mp/givecanteensupport

    47 min
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About

The official podcast of the Ella Baker Center, a nonprofit based in Oakland where everyday people organize every day to win change and build opportunities to make our communities safe, healthy and strong.

Information

  • Creator
    The Ella Baker Center
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    12
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Ella's Voice

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