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Stop Phillips 66 Tar Sands Tanker Expansion!
August 20, 2017
Phillips 66 hasn't heard of "buying locally": apparently they want Canada's toxic tar sands oil, and they're pushing for a permit that would more than double the number of ocean tankers they can use to get it. The Bay Area "Air Quality Management" District...
Read MoreMaximo Rivera Presente!
August 19, 2017
Our beloved compañero, Maximo Rivera, passed away on August 16. He lived in North Richmond and was an active member of RPA and ACCE for many years, advocating on housing, environmental justice and immigration issues. He brought to our events and actions his soft...
Read MoreAda Recinos is the RPA!
August 13, 2017
Who is the RPA? It’s made up of volunteers with passion, progressive values, and who love Richmond. In this series, we get to know the new faces on the RPA Steering Committee. This month, we had the pleasure of speaking with Ada Recinos. In...
Read MoreTrump Budget Would Eliminate Chemical Safety Board
August 09, 2017
Check out this new Opinion-Editorial in the New York Times, “A Dangerous Idea: Eliminating the Chemical Safety Board.” Steve Early points out one of the many ways in which Trump’s budget would be harmful for people and the planet. RICHMOND, Calif. — The United...
Read MoreAct Now to Protect Prison Reforms
August 09, 2017
In 2016, about two-thirds of California voters supported Proposition 57, which helps California reduce its costly overreliance on prisons through parole and sentencing reforms and incentives for rehabilitation. But now the CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is proposing regulations that threaten to undercut...
Read MoreThe RPA Spreads the Progressive Revolution
August 09, 2017
In the last few months, the RPA Outreach Team has been busy, making presentations up and down California, and to states as far flung as Texas, Connecticut and New York. Most of these meetings are with volunteers who are inspired by the RPA story...
Read MoreThe RPA Featured in The Nation
August 09, 2017
Check out a new article from The Nation, “These Cities Are Putting Our Fractious Federal Government to Shame,” with a great section about the RPA: THINKING LOCALLY, ACTING STATEWIDE Gayle McLaughlin led something of a revolution in the small, Bay Area city of Richmond,...
Read MoreRPA Backs United of Teachers on Charter Issue
August 09, 2017
A few weeks ago, as demonstrators in Denver protested Education Secretary Betsy DeVos (in town for a meeting of the right-wing American Legislative Exchange Council), the RPA endorsed a recent resolution adopted by the United Teachers of Richmond on charter schools. The RPA Schools...
Read MoreKeep Up the Pressure for Single Payer
August 09, 2017
On June 23rd Speaker Anthony Rendon chose to stall SB 562, the Healthy California Act, putting it on hold in the Assembly Rules Committee instead of moving it forward to a committee for a hearing, vote, and where amendments could be made. Friday, July 14th...
Read MoreEndorsement Requests Due August 15
August 07, 2017
Are you interested in filling Gayle McLaughlin’s vacant seat on the Richmond City Council? If so, August 15th is the deadline to complete the City Clerk’s process for candidates. It is also the deadline to request a Richmond Progressive Alliance endorsement. See below for...
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