Press and Media
The Martin Luther King Jr Freedom Center Boot Camps in civic engagement offer community based, out of school peer-coaching leadership experience, that strengthens inter-generational, interracial social relationships to increase civic engagement, success in school, and resiliency. They are residential and correspond to school breaks: Thanksgiving, Winter Break and Summer.
Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center Tour Participants preach at Grace, Martinez
Post News Group: MLK Jr. Freedom Center Youth Leaders Embark on 29th Summer Civic Engagement Tour
Press Release: 2021 To Us, You Matter Civic Engagement Tour
ABC7 News: Getting out the Vote
https://abc7news.com/brianna-noble-oakland-ride-out-the-vote-voting-campaign-black-lives-matter-rally/7470605/
Bay City News: Oakland Got-Out-The Vote Campaign takes on news urgency
https://localnewsmatters.org/2020/10/26/oakland-get-out-the-vote-campaign-takes-on-news-urgency/
Oaklandside: These Oakland civic groups are finding new ways to mobilize voters during the pandemic
https://oaklandside.org/2020/10/19/these-oakland-civic-groups-are-finding-new-ways-to-mobilize-voters-during-the-pandemic/
East Bay Times: Oakland revives city law that requires contractors to disclose historic ties to slavery
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2020/10/07/oakland-revives-city-law-that-requires-contractors-to-disclose-historic-ties-to-slavery/