The REAL People's Organizing Collective (RPOC) is a member-led space that centers the needs of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, AAPI small businesses, co-ops and entrepreneurs of color, in the East Bay to organize towards an abundant economy that is grounded in care not extraction.

Steps to join our collective!

1. Sign up for a 1:1 check-in with one of our organizers
2. Watch our RPOC infosession video and take the RPOC quiz
3. View our RPOC infosession slides
4. Read our RPOC collective onboarding guide
5. Email jessie@restoreoakland.org for questions

No Oakland Without Us: a citywide survey of small businesses and worker co-ops on what we need to thrive. Complete our survey before Mayor Lee's 100 days in office is up (by August 28th)

Led by Restore Oakland and the REAL People’s Fund, we exist to organize the small businesses to contest for power and become active daily stewards in governing our communities. We know people want an economy that works for them, rather than against them. BIPOC small businesses are the backbone of Oakland’s economy. Without community ownership, we risk losing the vibrancy and culture that make our cities livable. If there are no people, there is no economy.