Collaborising is at the forefront of driving impactful policy changes.

With a rich history of advocacy, Collaborising has not only
influenced positive transformations for our communities, but has
also empowered Lea Murray to actively participate in shaping policies.

Supports advocacy campaigns and social justice movements by connecting emerging leaders to commissions to advance community-led solutions. Throughout the training, fellows learn from and collaborate with grassroots leaders, policy experts, and other advocates in their communities and across the region. As a result, they deepen their policy expertise, increase their knowledge of the region, and develop relationships with allies to help them champion solutions grounded in community experiences.

BCLI-trained commissioners ask critical questions about who benefits and who is burdened by policy decisions, and they provide solutions that integrate community participation and perspectives. By making race and class analysis a part of commission decisions, BCLI-trained commissioners help to ensure that decisions benefit communities who have been historically marginalized. Lea Murray completed this program in June, 2023.

The goal of this work is to empower community members to inform and influence governance and policy as we demand repair of harm to Black communities.

Consistent with our belief in the power, wisdom, and endless capacities of people, the PAO and PAR training is an opportunity to support impacted community members and deepen our collective knowledge about root cause issues, increase capacity to influence systems change, and learn about policy, organizing and equity as tools for change. Lea Murray began this work in March 2023 and she is still doing the work of helping Black people to achieve the right to return to Berkeley after being displaced.

This candidate training program was launched by the East Bay Leadership Council (a nonpartisan public policy advocacy organization) in 2017 with a mission to help more people who care about this community receive the tools, know-how, and connections needed to run for office.

Lea Murray completed this program in November, 2023.

Emerge California offers the only long-term, in-depth, intensive candidate training for Democratic women.

Emerge provides all the knowledge and resources needed to run a successful campaign. We address the issues, challenges, and big questions that are important to explore. And, we connect our program members to the leaders, elected officials, campaign experts, and organizations they need to know as a Democratic candidate.

Lea Murray was accepted into this program in December, 2023.

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Return to Black Wall Street is a 9-month educational experience where participants learn the history of Black cooperatives and mutual aid through an 8 week Collective Courage Book Club; understand the basics of business and the cooperative mindset through a proprietary curriculum; intern at an existing cooperative in the Bay Area; and receive 1-on-1 support to develop business skills.

The process of completing the program will give graduates a comprehensive understanding in areas associated with cooperative development, black cooperative history / legacy, team building fundamentals, business operations, technical insight into business and an individual/collective reflection of service, democratic stewardship and germination.

Fierce Advocates will launch an Anthology book Releasing The Power of HER! This book provides the opportunity to share our stories of triumph to inspire others. The book is a compilation of essays written by women associated with the nonprofit Fierce Advocates.

Lea Murray contributed a chapter on her transition to Mazatlan.

In response to the legacy of chattel slavery in the U.S., Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) is exploring the establishment of a program of reparations for BUSD students whose ancestors were enslaved in the U.S. the Task Force is charged with the duty to explore and make recommendations on:

How can BUSD fund reparations? What does reparations look like?How can and should BUSD implement such a program?

Lea Murray was appointed by the superintendent in March 2023. The taskforce is expected to conclude in June 2024.

On June 30, 2020, Richmond City Council heard Item I-1 to direct staff to prepare a plan to transition from Richmond's current "community policing" model to a plan conducive to the reduced police force and return to Council with the preferred policing model and a plan for implementation by the end of Fiscal Year 2020/2021. Following discussion on the item, the City Council directed staff to “create a transition accountability task force composed by members of the public, including community organizations, individuals who were impacted by law enforcement, and law enforcement.”

Lea Murray was appointed by the Mayor in February, 2023.

Coco GIP Working Group

Castro Advisory

California Organizations for Reparations Coalition

RAC

Homeless Task Force

CEP