“I was arrested a number of times...
I never thought in terms of fear.
I thought in terms of justice.”
– Emma Tenayuca
Beloved Community,
Action under oppression is an audacious demonstration of faith in community. We do this because the consequences of not acting are too great. Rent is too high, deportations tear families apart, we can’t feed our children, healthcare is still inaccessible, and disaster response systems remain inadequate.
Our vision is to seed an intergenerational and multiracial network ready to demand dignified working and living conditions. We organize for structural change and build new systems of self-governance, rooted in belonging, that keep us safe.
This year, our leaders grew this vision of people power:
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We organized the North Bay’s only deep canvassing program, hearing the concerns of 5,000 folks while door knocking before, during, and after the election
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Spanish-speaking parents successfully rose to demand the reinstatement of the only bilingual specialist in their school district, and
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We set national precedent with the first disaster-triggered tenant protection ordinance in the country and more. See our milestones below.
Since 2017, under extraordinary circumstances, including historic wildfires, floods and a misogynistic, white supremacist administration, our leaders organized for radical change. We developed the tri-County North Bay Rapid Response Network, co-founded UndocuFund, the first of its kind in the country, and co-founded the California UndocuFund Network. We won tenant protections, language justice, and immigrant defense policies. And we will do it again.
We’ve been sharpened for this moment.
By investing in us, you affirm that another world is possible – one that centers joy, healing, and action.
Join us and find your political home with NBOP.
Belén Lopez-Grady,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Milestones: Emergent Visions in Action
Bilingually trained 40 grassroots leaders in our first weeklong organizing training.
Built County-wide network of mobile home parks to end abuse by their corporate landlord.
Organized 2-week
youth leadership training led by majority BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ facilitators.
Cultivated collective governance structure for County’s first Indigenous, Latine Agrarian Land Trust.
Organized our third annual Renters Assembly to inspire action on rent strikes and community control of land.
POLICY VICTORIES
Tenants & Disasters
Sonoma County renters win first in the nation eviction protections during declared disasters and emergencies
Language Justice
Immigrant moms organized and won language justice demands at their school, re-instating the bilingual cultural and language liaison
OUR YEAR BY THE NUMBERS
45,000
All voters of the New American Majority in Sonoma County engaged
5,500
Doors knocked in historically disenfranchised neighborhoods
686
Hours training resilient leaders in community organizing
392
Trainings developing leadership among
youth of color across 10 campuses
120
Organizations activated in coalitions for structural change
82
Direct actions organized by our leaders to contest for power
36
Spanish-speaking frontline leaders trained
in worker cooperatives and collective governance
WE ARE THE FRONTLINES OF THE FUTURE
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