Blog
February 11, 2022
Steering Committee Recap: Dec-Jan
We're a little late with recaps thanks to the end-of-year holidaze. Some unfortunate Twitter trolling upped the urgency in resolving some existing project account management challenges but we identified a path forward that appears feasible to all. We made some exciting progress as we continue to commit to collaborative culture building and brigade strategy, so read on for some community training opportunities...
February 9, 2022
OpenOakland Voices: Tracking Local Legislation
OpenOakland Voices Open Data
Jackson shares the Council Data Project's approach to making city councils more accessible to the public, tracking legislative action, improving inclusion through machine learning and other challenges.
February 8, 2022
Help Oakland Build Better Tech: Join the 2022 OpenOakland Steering Committee
Our all-volunteer collective runs on people power. We’re a nonprofit but unlike most nonprofits, our leadership is elected by OpenOakland’s general membership each year. We’ve gone through a lot of reflection and refocusing over the last couple of years and are so excited to welcome in a new team of Oaklanders to guide our vision as we bridge community and technology for a thriving and equitable Oakland...
December 15, 2021
Sharing Gratitude
OpenOakland welcomed nearly 150 volunteers over the course of 2021! We're blown away by the dedication of so many, despite the tumult and challenges of the year. Earlier this month, we took a moment to pause and invite our brigade to recognize each others' perseverance, contributions and commitment to this community we're all building together. Here's what our volunteers had to share with each other...
December 13, 2021
Moving the Leadership Election Cycle (Nov. Steering Committee Recap)
Last month, our Steering Committee focused on governance, approving changes to OpenOakland’s elections cycle and committing to efforts that we hope will make brigade participation more accessible and representative...
October 21, 2021
Progress on OpenOakland’s Priority Areas
Progress may feel slow to many of us, even invisible sometimes. But we’ve actually made some meaningful changes this year as a result of establishing brigade priorities...
October 4, 2021
September Steering Committee Recap
We had a light crowd at this month’s Steering Committee meeting last Tuesday but still managed to cover a lot of ground...
September 12, 2021
OpenOakland's Priority Areas
How do we ensure that all members have a voice and those voices are not only heard but are able to shape decision-making? Earlier this year, OpenOakland defined a set of priority areas based on existing member feedback...
August 23, 2021
August Steering Committee Recap
We had a light crowd at this month’s Steering Committee meeting last Tuesday but still managed to cover a lot of ground...
July 28, 2021
July Steering Committee Recap
Accountability came up more than once at this month’s Steering Committee meeting, as we discussed two core action items: hiring professional expertise to support culture change and reviving our former Civic User Testing program to ensure impacted audiences are more directly involved in developing and validating our project work...