Recognition

Recognition

The Oakland Institute Founder Receives Prestigious 2022 Paul K. Feyerabend Award

We are thrilled to share that Anuradha Mittal, founder and Executive Director of the Oakland Institute, is the recipient of the 2022 Paul K. Feyerabend Award. Established in memory of philosopher of science, Paul K. Feyerabend, the “Paul K. Feyerabend Award — A World of Solidarity is Possible” recognizes exemplary individuals, communities or organisations that bring about crucial and lasting change for solidarity within or between communities.

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Responsible Endowments Coalition Presents: Endow the Future

A celebration and fundraiser to promote responsible investing in higher education, with special guest speaker Joseph Stiglitz University professor, Columbia University, and honoring Anuradha Mittal and The Oakland Institute

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Best Local NGO — East Bay Express

There are many to choose from (and this is based on my limited personal knowledge), but Anuradha Mittal and her folks at the Oakland Institute are affecting international policy on questions of the use of African land. Corporations and nations, using green-washing language, are stealing land and water from traditional African farmers for the purpose of profit and political influence.

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The Nation Names Anuradha Mittal "Most Valuable Thinker"

Progressives had more to celebrate in 2008 than in any year since the Supreme Court got into the business of stealing elections. The jubilant mood is dampened, of course, by the fact of a country is stuck in two military quagmires, ravaged by the most fearsome economic downturn in at least a half century and suffering from a serious case of Constitutional degeneration. Perhaps we have not yet reached an ideal champagne moment. But there is still good reason to toast the year's MVPs — Most Valuable Progressives.

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Oakland Institute Receives the UNA East Bay Global Citizen Award

On October 24, marking the 62nd anniversary of the United Nations, Anuradha Mittal and the Oakland Institute received the United Nations Association (UNA) East Bay's 2007 Global Citizen Award, in recognition of the Institute's work to promote social and economic justice globally.

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“Grateful for Oakland Institute reports on land disputes in Africa. They always uncover how legal mechanisms are often manipulated to ultimately discredit legitimate/legal claims of people over their ancestral lands and serve colonial and capitalist interests.”

– Professor Aby Sène-Harper, Clemson University 

“I really appreciate your ability to connect the conversation back to the larger themes of colonization and power that often get lost in the technical discussions of risk and opportunity. You beautifully articulated how the colonial mindset is playing out in the investment space and called these “investments” what they were – theft.”

– Kaede Kawauchi, Intentional Endowments

“The Oakland Institute’s work on agriculture is, frankly, in a league of its own. It  is unique for combining detailed and original research with unflinching structural analysis of the complex social and ecological crises we face. I am heartened by the Oakland Institute’s work and very thankful for it.”

– Christian Parenti, Professor of Economics John Jay College, City University of New York

“Thank you Oakland Institute and the team for all your efforts to defend rights for the Ngorongoro communities. You remain the most dependable voice and actor. Asante.”

– Joseph Oleshangay, Tanzanian Human Rights Lawyer

“The Oakland Institute exposed that foreign logging companies have been evading corporate income taxes by manipulating their financial reporting. This revelation fueled our struggles and led the government to raise taxes on timber exports. This move by the government has driven down logging and increased fiscal revenue.”

– Eddie Tanago Paine, ACT NOW!, Papua New Guinea