Prisoner Solidarity Phone Lines
As a political organization working to abolish the prison industrial complex (PIC), Critical Resistance (CR) has had a practice of accepting imprisoned people’s collect calls through our national office in…
Victory in the Bay: No New SF Jail Coalition passes law to close SF County Jail 4
Critical Resistance Oakland has been working diligently since 2013 against jailing and criminalization in San Francisco through No New SF Jail Coalition. In 2015, the coalition successfully defeated plans for…
Story Telling & Organizing Project (STOP)
The StoryTelling & Organizing Project (STOP) is a community project started by Creative Interventions. Through STOP, Creative Interventions supported numerous organizations internationally to collect and share stories about everyday…
The Zachary Project 2019 Newsletter
The Impact of The Zachary Project “Being able to access the Zachary fund allowed me to pay my rent, which then allowed me to go through with a plan to…
The Impact of The Zachary Project
“Being able to access the Zachary fund allowed me to pay my rent, which then allowed me to go through with a plan to seek more comprehensive mental health care.…
Critical Resistance Campaigns: Going Strong into 2019!
Across our four chapters, Critical Resistance members have been leading strong campaigns against imprisonment and policing in 2018. Take a look at our end of year updates below and join…
Stop Urban Shield
Critical Resistance Oakland is a founding member of Stop Urban Shield, a broad coalition of organizations that came together in 2013 to end Urban Shield, which was the largest SWAT…
The Impact of The Zachary Project
“The Zachary Project allowed space for me to gain clarity while entangled in a battle with depression. I was able to tend to my mental health without concern about finance,…
Inside-Outside Reading Group for The Abolitionist Newspaper
In July 2017, we launched a reading group in a new type of partnership between CR Oakland members & volunteers and imprisoned activists & writers. The goal of the project…
Oakland Power Projects
After participating in over ten years of anti-policing work in Oakland, Critical Resistance launched the Oakland Power Projects (OPP) in 2015 in order to build Oakland’s capacity to resist the…