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• Helped to stem a measles epidemic threatening to sweep through Oakland by winning extended area clinic hours and aggressive public outreach, resulting in 30,000 youth and adults receiving vaccinations (1989)

• Developed and implemented a nationally recognized lead poisoning prevention and abatement program adopted by Alameda County (1989-1992).

• Won increased access to public clinics and hospitals in Oakland and established improved, comprehensive translation services (1992).

• Achieved increased access for low-income children to free and reduced meals programs in public schools (1992-1993).

• Improved community health in East Oakland by working with the two largest industrial polluters in Oakland, Owens Brockway and American Brass and Iron, to end lead emissions (1995).

• Providing assistance to victims of police misconduct including referrals for legal aid, incident documentation, and legal support before the Citizens' Police Review Board (1995-present).

• Working with the Fruitvale community to advocate for technology solutions to end the dioxin emissions from Integrated Environmental Systems (IES), the only commercial medical waste incinerator in the state (1997-present).

• Pressured the City Council to change Oakland's "Risk Management" policy to require the Oakland Police Department, rather than the City's General Fund, to pay for the costs of police misconduct settlements (1997).

• Coordinated first ever youth-led Mayoral Candidates Forum Night with an all youth panel and an all youth audience (1998).

• Exposed the illegal suspensions that were depriving youth of classroom time by releasing PUEBLO's report entitled "Locked Out: Exposing the suspension epidemic in the Oakland Public Schools" (1999).

• Worked with the Oakland School Board to develop a district wide Task Force to reduce suspension in the Oakland Public Schools (1999-present).

• Exposed the unjust criminal prosecution of poor women of color for welfare overpayment in Oakland and Alameda County by releasing the report, "Criminalizing the Poor: The Human Casualties of Welfare Reform" and began a campaign to ensure that all people have equal access to public assistance (2000-present).

• Released a set of Six Recommendations for Reducing Police Misconduct to wide media coverage after rookie Oakland Police officer identified four officers called the "Riders" for police misconduct and brutality (2000).

• Initiated a successful organizing and legal effort to require the City of Oakland to legislate the terms of the Civilian Police Review Board in open public sessions (1998-2000).

• Organized and presented the first, second, and third annual Through Our Eyes Youth Film Festival to showcase and celebrate work done by youth and youth organizations in the region (1999, 2000, 2002).

• Participated in the Citizen's Police Review Board Task Force to recommend changes in the CPRB's structure and practices to improve its effectiveness in holding police officers accountable to community members' complaints, and getting the City Council to adopt the recommendations as policy (2001).

• Ran summer Youth Leadership Programs to develop organizing skills, political analysis, and technological capabilities among youth leaders (1994-1999, 2001).

• Organized a community forum where women who are being or have been prosecuted for welfare fraud had a chance to tell County Board of Supervisors and County Social Services Administration officials about their experiences trying to support their families and overcome poverty while being dragged through the criminal justice system (2001).