East Bay Communities For Action (EBCFA)

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EBCFA Mission

Our group of activists joined the Wellstone Club as a committee in 2012 to move various progressive campaigns and goals forward on the local, state, and sometimes national level (see also the Wellstone National Political Committee for the latter). Our aim is to do, not just to talk.

Examples of Activities

Local campaigns we’re engaged in include

• Reforming and reimagining policing in Berkeley and Oakland
• Canvassing for and otherwise supporting progressive candidates in Oakland, Berkeley, and other city council and school board elections, county supervisor, sheriff, and district attorney elections, and special district elections

Statewide, we’ve been working on (among other activities)

• Enacting single-payer healthcare in California
• Supporting progressive state legislators and executive branch candidates
• Reforming Prop 13 to close the corporate property tax loophole

Nationally, we participate in

• Demonstrating for single-payer health care and writing to or calling our congress members to support good bills (or oppose bad ones) on this issue
• Canvassing, postcard writing, and phone banking in flippable congressional races, presidential campaigns, and purple state legislative elections
• Joining other groups in demonstrations, marches, and other activities to protect abortion rights, prevent environmental catastrophe, support labor rights, fight discrimination, and other key issues

Join Us

We meet monthly to report on and plan activities (on Zoom or in-person depending on member preferences). We are open to new ideas about campaigns and tactics to engage in. To learn more, to attend a meeting, or to join this committee, contact Zippie Collins.