Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center

10/09/2026

“My dear friends: Your vote is precious, almost sacred. It is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have to create a more perfect union.” –John Lewis quote on voting, 2012 speech in Charlotte, North Carolina

Honor the sacredness of the vote!
Honor the work and legacy of the civil rights movement’s foot soldiers!

There are 25 days until the November Election!

Don’t wait until Election Day! Vote early and drop your ballot at a ballot drop box or early voting location.

Bring someone with you to drop theirs off too!

You Plus One!!

10/08/2026

The Freedom Center is honored to be a featured panelist in the Black Women Organized for Political Action’s 2026 Civic Power Academy: From City Hall to Capitol Hill, a civic engagement and leadership experience designed to help strengthen civic knowledge, advocacy skills, and ability to create meaningful change in the community.

Freedom Center community organizer Karen Bustamante and other panelists answered questions moving participants from knowledge into action! Discussing topics on how to build civic power through organizing, advocacy, coalition building, public testimony, voter participation, and sustained community engagement. Karen shared about our personal responsibility to get one other person to the polls! You Plus One!

What an honor to join Black Women Organized for Political Action, elected officials Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley Nate Miley, Assemblymember Mia Bonta and ACBOE Trustee Aisha Knowles as well as other panelists from Urban Peace Movement, Oakland Rising, League of Women Voters of Oakland, and Million Voters Project.

Let’s continue the fight for a stronger democracy!

BWOPA OakBerk Chapter Oakland Roots Sports Club

10/07/2026

Democracy is not a spectator sport. Get in the game!

Freedom Center student Thu pictured holding our organizing tool “You Plus One,” developed by Freedom Center staff and youth, as she walks the streets of Oakland, CA.

The best way you can take responsibility to increase voter turnout is…

Recruit someone you know who does not vote.

Take them to the polls to vote with you.

Bring them to your dining room table, to a coffee shop, or join them in their living room.

Get them to the ballot box! Get them to the polls!

You Plus One!

09/25/2026

Thank you Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley and United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County for a day of honoring and serving our elders!

We look forward to seeing everyone at next year’s Healthy Living Festival!

09/25/2026

Thank you to Alameda County Supervisor Nate Miley for the wonderful opportunity to serve our elders on a day filled with so much joy!

The 23rd Annual Healthy Living Festival at the Oakland Zoo is the county’s largest annual gathering dedicated to older adults, celebrating those who are living longer, staying active, and embracing healthier lifestyles.

Thank you Supervisor Nate Miley and United Seniors of Oakland and Alameda County for the opportunity to celebrate and serve our elders!

09/15/2026

Happy National Voter Registration Day!

Register someone you know to vote today!! https://registertovote.ca.gov/

Take the next step and make sure they submit their ballot!

Pick someone you know who does not personally vote: a coworker, neighbor, family member or friend. Meet with them. Go to their home, invite them to yours, go to a coffee shop. Simply talk to them!

Ask them to vote.

Our right to vote was won by the people, not handed to us! Honor the sacredness of the vote.

Voting in a democracy is an act of care and concern for our families and our community.

We take good care of one another when we vote for community development and transformation.

Voting helps us help ourselves, our families, and our communities through systematic change.

Check out our voter engagement tool “You Plus One” https://heyzine.com/flip-book/48ae25ca71.html

Get out and Vote!! Take people with you!

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09/14/2026

The Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center is proud to join our friends at the Alameda Labor Council, AFL CIO Unionist of the Year Dinner. All gas no breaks!

It is always a pleasure to honor those who fight every day for fair wages, safe workplaces, and workers rights!

Congratulations to the honorees! Thank you for your outstanding leadership, dedication, and continued commitment to working families.

Thank you to the Alameda Labor Council for your tireless work, strong advocacy, and continued fight for working people across Alameda County.

09/14/2026

Thank you to our dear friends and partners at Allen Temple Baptist Church for hosting “A Conversation with Sarah Collins Rudolph.”

The Freedom Center had the honor of meeting and hearing Mrs. Collins Rudolph’s story of survival, strength, and resilience.

Mrs. Collins Rudolph is a survivor of the 1963 bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. On September 15, 1963, five girls were gathered in the basement ladies' lounge of 16th Street Baptist Church when members of the Ku Klux Klan bombed the building. Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Denise McNair were killed. Sarah Collins Rudolph, Addie Mae's younger sister, was twelve years old. Severely injured and permanently blind in one eye, Mrs. Collins Rudolp’s life was forever changed by this tragic event.

This horrific act of violence shocked the nation and became a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, fueling the fight for justice, equality, and voting rights.

Thank you Mrs. Collins Rudolph for making your story heard!

09/10/2026

The best way you can take responsibility to increase voter turnout is... YOU PLUS ONE!

Recruit someone you know who does not personally vote – a coworker, neighbor, family member or friend. Meet with them. Go to their home, invite them to yours, go to a coffee shop.

Ask them to vote. You do not need to get them to vote for the policies or people you support. Honor the sacredness of the vote.

If we each bring one new voter with us to the polls next election, we can quickly double the number of people turning in ballots. We can soon reach 100% voter turnout.

Our communities need us, and our neighbors, to show up at the polls!

Let's inspire everyone to vote!

YOU PLUS ONE!!

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07/15/2026

Power begins when we discover who we are. We are also a self that is of other selves. Our unique self is that part of us that no one else is like. Discover ways to spend time, money and energy on your self that is of other selves.

We are thankful for Ms. Margaret Dixon, President of the Oakland Police Activity League Board of Directors, along with Oakland PAL Youth and their dedication to our community.