by FIAEB | Jun 18, 2023 | News
Faith in Action East Bay Organizer Payton Silket (center) with Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao (to the left) and others at the Guns to Gardens Gun Buyback Event that took place Saturday, June 10 at At Thy Word Ministries. The second annual Guns to Gardens was a success! In...
by FIAEB | Apr 29, 2023 | News
On Thursday, April 20, Faith in Action East Bay leaders and staff gathered with 650 PICO California faith leaders from across the state to tell our elected officials that Home Is Sacred and to keep families housed by passing SB 567, SB 4, SB 225, AB 1418, and ACA...
by FIAEB | Apr 26, 2023 | News
In partnership with the Care First Community Coalition (CFCC), the Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails (ICJJ), member congregations, and CFCC partner organizations helped plan and organize a Care Not Deaths Noise Demonstration & Vigil at Alameda County’s...
by FIAEB | Apr 2, 2023 | News
Amanda with her dear friend Darius Godfrey to whom, before he died, she promised to “use her white skin and big mouth” to fight systemic racism. Amanda Jenkins did not believe in God until she became homeless. In what she saw as her only alternative to an...
by FIAEB | Mar 30, 2023 | News
Community & Family Members Rally to Demand ‘Care Not Deaths’ at Santa Rita Jail Honoring four lives lost in 2023 Oakland, CA– On Saturday, April 1, at 1:00 p.m., the Care First Community Coalition and families of those impacted by mental illness and incarceration,...
