Fall 2026
Re-Elect Valarie Bachelor & Jennifer Brouhard
Re-electing the current incumbents on Oakland school-board is key to building the movement we need to make universal childcare a reality in Oakland
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Universal Childcare
The Oakland Unified School District serves over 35000 students across over 75 school sites and is well-positioned as the largest East Bay school district to support a universal childcare program through its existing pre-K and Early Childhood offerings, expanded state TK funding and the potential for new funding sources for the District to be implemented in coming years. EBDSA is fighting to expand OUSD's current childcare offerings and to fund full pre-K and Early Childhood in Oakland. To achieve this, we are working to re-elect EBDSA members to the OUSD school board, building coalitions, and planning a ballot measure campaign to expand staff and pay for necessary site improvements.
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🌹Universal Childcare: Canvass
5x,
3 Locations
Join the movement to fight for Universal Childcare, strong educator contracts, and building beautiful social housing by knocking on doors for Valarie Bachelor and Jennifer Brouhard. We want to show the charters, privatizers and money-interest opposed to our campaign that Oakland schools have Oakland values! Let's talk to our neighbors and win a better world for our families.
You can find more info about our priorities here
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🌹☎️ Universal Childcare + Alameda Labor Council Hybrid Phonebank
2x,
2 Locations
Weekly PhonebanksEvery Thursday leading up to Election Day, the ALC will host a member-to-member phonebank to support your campaigns. We will provide training, scripts, software, and dinner for in-person participants. - In-Person Start Time: 5:30 PM (includes dinner and training) - Virtual Start Time: 6:30 PM (Zoom training) - End Time: 8PM This staggered start allows us to provide focused training for both groups. The Zoom link below will remain the same for the entire campaign season:Zoom Meeting Details: - Topic: Alameda Labor Council OUSD Phonebank - Time: Every Thursday, Sep 24 – Oct 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM Pacific Time - Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81746230754?pwd=NL13s5wOi9lRQ2eeaZJtw8ILu1icZC.1 - Meeting ID: 817 4623 0754Outreach StrategyOur scripts will adapt across the election phases: - Pre-Ballot Drop (Current): Focused on voter awareness. - Ballots Mailed: Direct confirmation of ballot receipt, candidate endorsements, and voting assistance. - Final Phase (GOTV): Full Get-Out-The-Vote push. Our final phonebank on October 29 will focus on chasing outstanding ballots based on registrar records.
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Our Strategic Priorities
Re-elect Valarie Bachelor & Jennifer Brouhard to the OUSD school board.
Register & Activate student voters, giving them a voice in the running of their schools.
Establish an SIO program to work with school board officials & to improve communication with members, and support efforts to advance universal policies like childcare and social housing
Build a coalition with OEA, SEIU 1021, Teamsters local 70, AFSCME, UAOS, Black Organizing Project, APEN, AROC, JVP, ACCE and more
Expand OUSD’s pre-K and Early Childhood offerings as far as it’s possible within the limits of OUSD’s current funding.
Establish a plan to fund full pre-K and Early Childhood, including a ballot measure to expand staff and pay for necessary site improvements.
Form & lead a coalition to move this policy forward in the 2028 cycle.
Timeline
Spring 2027 -
Work with supportive School board members & Apply pressure to expand Pre-K
Simply getting Valarie & Jennifer re-elected isn't enough, we will need to work closely with them over their term to expand pre-K access within OUSD, as well as apply pressure to the entire school board via mass participation in public meetings.
In particular there are a lot of parents & prospective parents both within and outside of DSA that we can work with to apply this pressure
Summer 2027 -
Funding for expansion beyond current available state funding
While there is a currently funding available to OUSD that can be unlocked by transforming existing sites into pre-K hubs, which will also strengthen OUSD's budget by improving enrollment, it's possible that to get to universal childcare we will need additional funding of some sort (Bonds, special taxes, etc).
By the summer we will have a plan to get that funding, so will building the power to get the remaining funds we need so that everyone has access to free childcare.
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