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Makibaka! Huwag Matakot! Reflections on 25 Years of Resourcing Oakland’s Movements
By Gina Acebo, Program Officer, People at San Francisco Foundation For more than three decades, I’ve had the privilege of organizing, creating, and resourcing Oakland’s movements for racial…
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Caring and Loving Our People
Q&A with Shana Lancaster, Special Projects Manager + Office Manager While Akonadi’s role as a racial justice grantmaker is a key part of our work, our role as…
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Co-creating an Inclusive Community in Alameda County
Q&A with Nikki Fortunato Bas and Ray Colmenar In Alameda County, 1 out of 3 residents is foreign born and half of the county’s children live in a…
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Power and Progress: A 25-Year Journey Rooted in Love for Oakland
By: Quinn Delaney, Founder and Board Chair of Akonadi Foundation and Ray Colmenar, President of Akonadi Foundation On October 10, 2025, we were honored to gather with our…
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Building Power, Centering Community, and Sustaining Change
By Geraldine Alcid, Executive Director at Filipino Advocates for Justice For over 50 years, Filipino Advocates for Justice (FAJ) has been at the heart of organizing in the…
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All in for Oakland: How Communities Transformed Youth Justice
By Cecilia Chen, Akonadi Foundation As Akonadi Foundation celebrates its 25th anniversary, we reflect on a milestone initiative that demonstrates our commitment to advancing racial justice in Oakland:…
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Reflections on Justice, Culture, and Community: A Q&A with Congresswoman Lateefah Simon
By Ray Colmenar, President of Akonadi Foundation Congresswoman Lateefah Simon has a long history of public service that is deeply rooted in Oakland and the Bay Area, just…
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What It Means to Resource Culture as a Frontline Strategy
By Vanessa Camarena-Arredondo, former Program Officer at Akonadi Foundation; and current Initiative Lead, Cultural Self-Determination at Tao Rising When I first encountered Akonadi Foundation, I had just returned…
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Investing in Healing Justice for Sustainable Movement-Building
By Iris Garcia, former Program Officer at Akonadi Foundation, and current Program Officer at Kataly Foundation When I joined Akonadi Foundation in 2015, what drew me in was…
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Building Power, Hope, and Belonging in Oakland’s Chinatown
By Kenneth Tang, Oakland Organizing Director, Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) At Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), our roots run deep in the Bay Area. We started organizing…
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