It’s been a busy couple of months for the Building the California Dream Alliance in lead-up to the September 14th legislative deadline for each house to pass bills. Earlier this year the Alliance kicked off the 2023/2024 legislative session with a package of 28 progressive bills aimed at rebalancing California’s…

By Deputy Director Molly Watson Sponsored by Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Caribbean Heritage History Month was established through bipartisan efforts in 2005 and officially recognized by President George W. Bush in 2006. June provides an opportunity to acknowledge Caribbean people’s significant impact and influence in various fields, from art, music, literature…

By Chief Network Officer Rebecca Hamburg Pride month started as a commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall riots, and works to achieve equal justice and equal opportunity for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning and intersex (LGBTQI+) Americans. In June of 1969, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York…

It is with a heavy heart that we share the recent passing of California Donor Table Board member, Eva K. Grove. …

Today, the California Donor Table (CDT), an established network of donors committed to shifting power to progressive communities of color, has announced its endorsement of Representative Barbara Lee to take over Diane Feinstein’s open senate seat in 2024 elections. CDT is the oldest donor network in the country that invests…

After Jan 6th, Let’s Memorialize April 9 Ludovic Blain is the leading organizer of individual donors in California achieving progressive policy and electoral outcomes by investing in communities of color. As the Executive Director of the California Donor Table, California Donor Table Fund, and the Progressive Era Pac, Ludovic has…

Women’s history is everyone’s history, and while women make history every day of every month, each March our nation commemorates Women’s History Month to celebrate the vital role of women across history. We are grateful to all of the women-identifying leaders across the state who contribute to moving California from…

From Ludovic Blain, Executive Director of the California Donor Table. Over the last 17 years, CDT has raised, directed and distributed $48M dollars to community and political organizations that organize, educate, and turn out voters of color across California. This includes more than $4 million invested in Los Angeles progressive…

By Christopher Wilson from CDT partner Alliance San Diego Mobilization Fund Growing up in Detroit, my early life was one of struggle, revolution, and self-hatred. We struggled to survive poverty, a brutal social system built to tear black families apart, and government-sponsored mass incarceration. Black History Month is always an…