 The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society ® (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. Founded in 1949, we are relentless in pursuit of our mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. For more information about our mission, blood cancers and emerging treatments, visit www.lls.org . LLS's Team In Training ® (TNT), the world’s first and largest charity sports training program, provides coaching and support for approximately 39,000 people annually to reach their goals at marathons, triathlons, century rides, hikes and cross-country ski events. For information about TNT or to register for an information meeting, visit www.teamintraining.org
 The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is thrilled to be a part of our third Oakland Running Festival with the theme of Oakland Love Runs Deep. The Ella Baker Center is named for an unsung hero of the civil rights movement who inspired and guided emerging leaders. We build on her legacy by giving people opportunities and skills to work together to strengthen our communities so that all of us can thrive.
People in Oakland share the same concerns- we want safe and healthy neighborhoods, quality education for our children, and the ability to thrive, even in a tough economy. Recognizing the many ways change happens, the Ella Baker Center organizes people-powered campaigns in Oakland and across California to replace harmful policies, reallocate resources and generate opportunities so that all can live to their fullest potential.
We're honored to participate in our third Oakland Running Festival to show Oakland -- and the world -- that in spite of the challenges in our neighborhoods, there is also much love and hope. Let's run together to show how strong and healthy Oakland can be. Join Team Ella Baker Center today: send an email to RunOakland@ellabakercenter.org to sign up!
Urban Promise Academy is an Oakland public middle school in the heart of the Fruitvale neighborhood. Members of “Team UPA” help to send 7th and 8th grade students on a life-changing trip to Washington DC. Since over 80% of our families fall below the poverty line, opportunities like this, to empower youth with experiences that go far beyond the school walls, would be impossible without the support of our community. “Team UPA” runners, whether they participate in the 5km run or the full marathon, or anything in between, can use their participation in the Oakland Running Festival to help kids by simply emailing friends and family to ask for their sponsorship. We make it really easy by providing email templates, a website for tax-deductible donations, and ample “thanks” directly from kids to all donors. In addition, runners get a day-by-day custom designed training plan and can join us for twice-weekly training runs if you like. We hope you’ll join our team! For more information see http://sites.google.com/site/upamarathon/and contact dguikema@yahoo.comto sign up.
 Since 1997, CALICO, the Child Abuse Listening, Interviewing and Coordination Center, has served as a multi—disciplinary hub of police officers, child welfare workers, and prosecutors that respond collaboratively to child abuse allegations, hear children’s testimonies, and link children and families with vital therapeutic, medical and legal support services in Alameda County. CALICO provides a supportive environment to interview children and facilitates a collaborative response to child abuse in which the needs of children take precedence.
Each year, CALICO conducts over 700 forensic interviews at our child-friendly spaces in San Leandro and the Family Justice Center in Oakland. The goal of our forensic interviewing services is to minimize the number of times a child must describe his/her abuse, reduce trauma from participating in a child abuse investigation, and collect high-quality information that can withstand court scrutiny. Research and CALICO's own data show that a single recorded forensic interview - conducted by a professional child interviewer such as those employed at our center - minimizes investigation-related trauma, improves the systems' response, and promotes the healing process.
To learn more about CALICO and the many ways that it serves children visit http://www.calicocenter.org/. To join Team CALICO send an email to run@calicocenter.org.
 Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland is northern California's only freestanding and independent children's medical center. Focused 100 percent on kids, Children's Hospital provides expert, compassionate care in a family-centered medical center. All day, every day, we give kids our undivided attention. Children's is an internationally recognized leader in pediatric healthcare, and a world-class research institute.
For almost 100 years, we have served as a medical safety net for families with little or no health coverage. Our mission is to provide healthcare to every child, regardless of their family's ability to pay.
 Causa Justa :: Just Cause (CJJC) is a multi-racial, grassroots organization building community leadership to achieve justice for low-income San Francisco and Oakland residents. We provide free tenant counseling and case management services, while also bringing together our membership base to fight campaigns that win concrete improvements in the lives of low-income Bay Area residents. Whether we’re fighting foreclosure cases or winning more tenant protections against unfair eviction, CJJC is pacing to win the marathon, not the sprint. To demonstrate, we’re going to take part in the Oakland Running Festival for our second year!
Join CJJC’s all-star team to have fun, get in shape, celebrate Oakland, and help achieve housing and immigrant justice for all. As part of our team, you will receive a CJJC t-shirt, take part in a beautiful event, get tons of love and encouragement for taking on this challenge, raise funds for a fierce grassroots organization, and celebrate with us in a post-marathon party.
If you are interested in joining the CJJC Team, please contact Alia at alia@cjjc.org or 510.763.5877, ext. 313. To learn more about CJJC, check us out at www.cjjc.org.
We believe that all people have a right to a clean, healthy, environment in which their communities can live, work, play, and thrive.
Towards this vision, APEN brings together a collective voice to develop an alternative agenda for environmental, social, and economic justice. Through building an organized movement, we strive to bring fundamental changes to economic and social institutions that will prioritize public good over profits and promote the right of every person to a healthy safe, affordable quality of life, and the right to participate in decisions affecting our lives. APEN holds this vision of justice for all people.
For more information on APEN go to: http://www.apen4ej.org/. If interested in running for this cause send an e-mail to:megan@apen4ej.org
 Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS) is a community-based nonprofit organization that helps families and individuals overcome homelessness and rebuild their lives. For 40 years, BOSS has fought homelessness and poverty in Alameda County communities by providing housing, health, economic development, and social justice programs that serve over 1,500 new people each year.
Over 50% of BOSS staff and 25% of our Board of Directors are from our target population, and have personal experience with the issues they are helping people overcome. BOSS believes that all people are capable of improving their lives, with the right kind of resources and support. TURNING LIVES AROUND ~ www.self-sufficiency.org.
 Oakland Rising educates and mobilizes voters in Oakland's flatlands to speak up for and take charge of the issues impacting our lives. We are a multilingual, multiracial collaborative with deep roots in East and West Oakland's neighborhoods, proving that everyday residents working together have the power to change the way our city is run. With longtime Oakland families and our newest neighbors working shoulder to shoulder, we are building on Oakland’s incredibly rich history to advance smart, community-first solutions for a thriving town.
To register with the Oakland Rising Team, please contact Kopali Serna at Kopali@OaklandRising.org or call (510) 261-2600.
 SquashDrive is an after school enrichment program serving Oakland youth. Our mission is to promote academic, athletic, and personal growth through a program of squash instruction, individual academic support/tutoring, health and fitness instruction, and community service. SquashDrive is a 501(c)(3) organization. To get involved or donate please go to www.squashdrive.org.
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