“…But if you have come because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.”
– Lilla Watson
Beloved Community,
At NBOP our coalition is our strength. You are our power! You were with us all year ensuring our impact and scaling solutions. In 2022-23 we amplified the voices of tenants for national audiences, developing nationwide policy on housing and climate change. We led state-wide organizing in co-founding the California UndocuFund Network and advanced a novel regional promotora co-op. We formed a leadership team for the first Latinx and Indigenous farmworker-led agrarian trust in Sonoma County and more youth than ever trained in our two-week summer program, Academia del Pueblo. There are victories that words cannot do justice: waves of mobile home park residents across the county standing up and fighting to stay in their homes and parents demanding language justice in schools.
In a future driven by climate catastrophe, there will not be less organizing. There will need to be more effective, disciplined organizing. NBOP is a democratic collective of determined leaders on the frontlines of this future. I am honored to steward a courageous mission of twenty member organizations, UndocuFund, and the Sonoma County Tenants Union. Thank you for seeing that your liberation is bound up with ours and investing in a bold vision for justice in 2024.
Belén Lopez-Grady,
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
KEY MILESTONES
Convened NBOP’s biennial Issues Assembly and reaffirmed core issues: Immigrant Defense, Police Accountability and Climate Justice.
Grew our coalition with 4 new member organizations: Raizes Collective, Positive Images, VIDAS Legal Services, and First United Methodist Church.
Developed 3 new tenant associations, including Burbank Heights & Orchards, Littlewoods Neighbors United, and 890 Rockwell Tenants United.
Trained 45 Latinx youth in NBOP’s
flagship two-week leadership training program, Academia del Pueblo.
Organized the 3rd annual Sonoma County Renters Assembly with tenants across the county.
POLICY VICTORIES
TENANT PROTECTIONS
Secured permanent Just Cause renter protections in Petaluma with relocation assistance. The first citywide ordinance of its kind in Sonoma County.
POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY
Ensured IOLERO can conduct simultaneous investigations when a person dies in custody or as a result of the actions of Sheriff employees.
OUR YEAR BY THE NUMBERS
932
Hours spent training community leaders
46%
Increase in press and
editorial coverage
36
Direct actions organized
100+
Organizations engaged
in building coalitions
WE ARE THE FRONTLINES OF THE FUTURE
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