About Us

Empower Oakland is a volunteer-led organization of 150+ Oakland residents working in education, technology, non-profits, media, development, and government with a wide range of political affiliations and opinions.

 

For many of us, this is our first foray into politics — and it’s none of our full-time jobs. We’ve collectively spent hundreds of hours building Empower Oakland, all as volunteers. We have no full-time or paid campaign staff.

 

We do this because we believe Oaklanders deserve to be well-informed about local elections and because we are committed to a better future for Oakland. Learn more about our organization.

Endorsement Committee

Isaac Abid

Megan Baciagalupi

Jessica Chen

Arielle Fleisher

Harold Lowe

Tyfahra Milele

Garrick Monaghan

Jessica Ramos

Loren Taylor

Hae-Sin Thomas

Trishala Vinnakota

Sarah Yoell

Digital Leadership

Gagan Biyani
Digital Director

Reze Wong

Editor-in-Chief

Volunteer Team

A few of our Empower Oakland volunteer leaders.

Front row: Stephen Salinas, Matthew Barnes, Trishala Vinnakota, Loren Taylor, Gagan Biyani, Matt Cobos, Reze Wong. Back: Jonathan Lewis, Chris Hadley, Jacob Klein, Arielle Fleisher, Stephanie Quan, Alex Taylor.

A packed house at our Voter Guide kickoff event!

Want to help bring competent leaders and common sense solutions to Oakland? Join our volunteer team.