Blog
July 10, 2021
Voices: Sean Martinez of OpenOakland
OpenOakland’s volunteer Treasurer/Recorder talks to us about the unique perspective his intersectionality brings to the brigade, the role of empathy in policy making, and the challenges—and joy—of learning and growing from a diverse community...
June 19, 2021
June Steering Committee Recap
Lots of great discussion about new project ideas, synthesizing member feedback, returning to in-person meetups, and more...
February 23, 2021
OpenOakland Voices: Delivering Services to Oakland's Unhoused Communities
OpenOakland Voices Homelessness
The Code for America Oakland Community Fellows discuss their work with the city designing an app to help front-line workers connect Oakland's unhoused communities with the services they need, how the South African Zulu principle of Ubuntu fuels their design work, the challenges of government platform constraints, and so much more.
February 3, 2021
Catch Our Monthly Demo Nights
Demo Night
On the first Tuesday of each month, OpenOakland project teams share brief progress updates at our Demo Night. Watch highlights from past sessions on our YouTube playlist.
January 9, 2021
OpenOakland Condemns the Anti-Democratic Insurrection
OpenOakland unequivocally condemns the actions of those who’ve attempted to undermine our democracy...
September 22, 2020
OpenOakland Voices: Oakland's Equity Analysis Framework
OpenOakland Voices Equity
Darlene shares her work on the city's Equity Analysis framework, followed by a Q&A and member discussion about how to apply these principles to our work.
September 12, 2020
Alameda County Ballot Drop-off & OpenOakland Access
National Day of Civic Hacking Accessibility
OpenOakland and area brigade members focused on access this year, documenting drop-off voting locations across Alameda County and making openoakland.org more accessible to those interested in engaging with our brigade.
March 2, 2020
Public Record Requests as Open Data
Open Data Day
Our panel discusses how to file a data request in California and Oakland, and the Sunshine laws that govern requests and data retention.
September 21, 2019
Civic Action for Justice
National Day of Civic Hacking Criminal Justice
Oaklanders of all stripes joined OpenOakland and the Code for America brigade network to help improve the experience of those impacted directly by the criminal justice system. We conducted usability reviews of Alameda County's and California's records clearance process and developed Know Your Rights guides.
May 11, 2019
Civic Engagement in the Digital Age
National Day of Service
Oakland residents, students, community leaders, city staff, artists, developers and designers, and journalists spent the day tackling our partners' tech challenges through collaboration and service delivery.