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Moms4Housing Hosts Oakland Mayoral Forum

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Moms4Housing speak on this video about the Oakland, CA housing crisis, homelessness and what the Moms want mayoral candidates to do. See video at https://twitter.com/moms4housing/status/153531125915058176

Editor’s Note: The following is from a Twitter post from Moms4Housing at @moms4housing. Moms4Housing is a collective of unhoused and insecurely housed mothers, organizing to reclaim vacant homes from real estate speculators.

Five months from now, #oakland will elect a new mayor for the first time in eight years.

Hear from #OakMayor candidates on their plans to address #homelessness and the housing affordability crisis at the #OakMayor Forum on June 18, 2022 at 3 PM west coast time. Oakland Mayoral Candidates will speak on the issues impacting your family in a free, nonpartisan forum presented by Moms 4 Housing with support from Care 4 Community.

Check out the Moms4Housing promo video for the event: https://twitter.com/moms4housing/status/153531125915058176

Candidates will give opening and closing statements. Local grassroots organizations will ask questions of importance and concern for the communities they serve, and each candidate will have the opportunity to make their position on these issues clear to the public. Community members can submit questions for the forum by emailing info@oaklandc4c.org.

This event requires advance registration and is expected to fill to capacity, so register today! Register to attend here: bit.ly/OaklMayorForum/





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Moms4Housing is a collective of unhoused and insecurely housed mothers in Oakland, California. Moms4Housing fights for Housing as a Human Right.

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