East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy

For 25 years, EBASE has been fighting for a thriving East Bay where everyone can afford to live, work, and grow. 🌍 Together, we’re turning community struggles into solutions—because housing is a human right, workers deserve dignity, and power belongs in the hands of the people. 💪 📽️ Watch our new video to see how we’re making change happen. https://lnkd.in/gFwr5dTQ

Since its inception, EBASE has stood in solidarity with workers, tenants and Black and Brown communities in the East Bay, waging strategic campaigns and creating deep alliances to advance solutions that benefit tens of thousands of people and to create a strong movement for justice. Leadership development has been a critical aspect of this, and we're excited to be sharing the stories of four East Bay community leaders whose leadership was bolstered and grown by EBASE. Read more at https://lnkd.in/gBnZjzwv.

We are thrilled to be celebrating 25 years of building power towards a Thriving East Bay! As we push forward, pursuing campaigns for housing as a human right, worker power and liberation, and community governance, we look to our wins and lessons from EBASE's 25 years of organizing, building coalitions and winning campaigns for racial and economic justice. Throughout this year, we will be celebrating with you, our allies, our supporters, and community, as a way to center the joy and hope that will fortify us today and for the next 25 years. Many thanks to Innosanto Nagara for the beautiful logo design!

For the last 25 years, EBASE has been an anchor of movement building in the East Bay. We’re so excited to share a sneak peak of a new video we’ll be releasing soon to highlight our vision for a just economy, core strategies, and values over the past 25 years that have made us who we are and what we hold close as we move towards a Thriving East Bay. This video was created thanks to the generosity of Walter & Elise Haas Fund's Endeavor Fund and the skills of Silent Victory Films. Visit the link in our bio to find the trailer on YouTube, and keep your eyes peeled for the full video launch soon!

We're hiring! Join EBASE as our Director of Development. If you are a seasoned fundraiser and relationship-builder who thrives in advancing social justice, this is your opportunity to make a lasting difference in the East Bay! Apply here: https://lnkd.in/g45TfP53

Are you a seasoned leader passionate about social justice, organizational culture, and strategic impact? Join EBASE and help shape a Thriving East Bay! The Managing Director, People & Resources is a pivotal leadership role at EBASE. Reporting to the Executive Director, you’ll oversee finance, HR, operations, and communications—critical backbones to our success. Your work will directly impact the implementation of our long-term agenda and the thriving of our multi-racial and highly committed staff team, ensuring EBASE is effective as a values-driven, mission-oriented organization. This is an exciting opportunity to lead with purpose, cultivate organizational culture, and build systems within an impactful organization in the East Bay. FMI, visit the link below or on our website! https://lnkd.in/dw6unU7X

We’re so thankful to the individuals and organizations below, whose work inspired us greatly in building this vision for EBASE’s future. It truly took a village to create our long-term agenda, and it will take all of us to see it come to fruition. Visit the link in our bio to learn more about the LTA and receive updates about how you can be involved. Xareni Consulting LLC PowerSwitch Action California Coalition for Worker Power Grassroots Power Project

Last week, EBASE hosted a funder learning session at East Bay Community Foundation's beautiful space to share our vision of a world where all jobs have dignity, where housing is a human right, and where workers, tenants, and BIPOC communities have decision making power. We know that although the landscape will continue to change and challenges will continue to come our way, if we stay rooted in hope and connected to each other, we will continue working tenaciously towards this vision. Many thanks to our cohosts, The California Endowment, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, East Bay Community Foundation, and San Francisco Foundation. EBASE's long-term agenda embodies the values and aspirations that we seek to create in the world. As an anchor organization, we are seasoned at building power through base building and coalition building among workers, tenants, and BIPOC communities, and we have a track record of winning and seeing through our wins.  In our 10-year plan, EBASE will take on fights that are building blocks toward our far-reaching vision of a Thriving East Bay along three strategic pathways: Housing Is A Human Right, Worker Power & Liberation, and Community Governance. Our wins will bring decision-making power and wealth to workers, tenants, and BIPOC communities for the next fifty years. We see the work to achieve structural transformation along these pathways as stretching out over time, across generations. As Martin Luther King, Jr., said, “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” EBASE’s long-term agenda is a part of that long arc, stretching toward a vision of a flourishing East Bay.

Our long-term agenda lays out three pathways that EBASE will follow to realize our transformative vision: Housing is a Human Right, Worker Power & Liberation, and Community Governance. Our pathways will weave together and overlap over time to reflect the intersectionality of these issues in the lives of East Bay residents. In our journey, we will rely on our strategies, values, and commitments to guide and orient us. We know the fights we take on and the power we build today will be the stepping stones for structural transformation in this multigenerational journey toward justice and liberation. Read more about each pathway at https://lnkd.in/gbuR7e8q. 

This summer, the EBASE team gathered for a mid-year retreat. We reflected on the highs and lows. The pathway to justice and liberation is not a straight line. Through all the unexpected curveballs, this team has embodied hope and tenacity, two values that undergird EBASE’s ten year long term agenda. I’m inspired by how our team continues to grow and evolve while caring for each other and being super impactful in our work. East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy