PVO organizes parents and caretakers to build political power to increase child care subsidies, so that parents are able to work and provide for their families.
Community Organizing is the heart of PVO. We empower parents to organize each other and their own communities through trainings, a 10 week intensive Leadership Academy course, and through frequent leadership opportunities.
Current Campaigns Include:
Stop School Closures/ Privatizing Public Spaces
We are calling on our elected leaders to make a commitment to policy and budget solutions for the quality early education our children deserve. We must stop school closures from harming our youngest Oaklanders and Black and Brown families.
- Accountability Demands: English & Spanish
- AB 1912
- FCMAT Action
Voices for Health Justice
Black communities are living through an unprecedented time, engaging in political and social racial and economic justice struggle while also contending with a global pandemic impacting Black communities disproportionately. In Alameda County, we are working hard to lift up this reality and fight for systems change that increase the well-being of Black communities in Alameda County who are faced with disproportionate and disparate rates of Infant Mortality and SUIDS deaths. Through our Voices for Health Justice and Black wellness work, we are working to shift the practices within local government and social systems to allow Black communities to grow in wealth, health, and power.
Save Head Start
Oakland Head Start is under attack! While we won $14.4 million in emergency funding to prevent 3 site closures and 50 layoffs, we demand that the future of Head Start is shaped by parents and workers directly impacted.