by FIAEB | Jul 2, 2022 | News
An Oakland native, Terri was an experienced public sector leader and community activist. After tenures with the City of Oakland and the University of California system, Terri retired in 2011 and ramped up her engagement in social and civil justice work. Apart from...
by FIAEB | Jul 2, 2022 | News
The Guns to Gardens gun buyback event on June 11 was a huge success. The innovative gun buy back featured a unique element where all the firearms surrendered would ultimately be forged into garden tools by Oakland based blacksmith John Rogers. Participants lined up...
by FIAEB | Jul 2, 2022 | News
Jesus Anthony Portillo passed quietly in his sleep on May 25, 2022. He had been fighting heart issues for many years, and that big heart of his finally decided it was time to rest. Before presenting the facts of his life, mention must be made of him and why this is...
by FIAEB | Jul 2, 2022 | News
CSCE Awarded $1,187,500 Over Five Years AsCalifornia Community Schools Partnership Program Implementation Grant 2022-2026 Oakland, CA – Community School for Creative Education has been awarded $1,187,500 over the next five years from the California Department...
by FIAEB | Jul 1, 2022 | News
by Dr. George CL Cummings, Regional Executive Director, FIAEB My faith is deeply rooted in what noted scholar Professor Cornel West referred to as a “prophetic African American revolutionary Christianity” in his landmark book entitled Prophesy Deliverance published in...
by FIAEB | Jun 30, 2022 | News
We are proud to release our new report today, “Antioch CHANGE: A Community Housing Assessment of Needs, Gaps and Equity” that summarizes the housing experiences of over 1,000 Antioch residents, gathered by East County Regional Group parent leaders in a...
by FIAEB | Jun 27, 2022 | News
Next week, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors (BOS) will finalize the budget for FY2022-23. Now is the time to insist that they fulfill their commitment to Care First, Jails Last by funding services to prevent people with mental illness or...
by FIAEB | Jun 6, 2022 | News
From Joseph Tomás Mckellar, Executive Director of PICO California on June 6, 2022 Today, after an eighteen month journey of collective reflection and renewal, we give thanks to our Creator as we celebrate the PICO California network’s in our new, independent,...
by FIAEB | May 27, 2022 | News
On May 24 local faith leaders and community members protested deaths at Alameda County Jail and presented demands to the County Board of Supervisors. There have been more than 58 in-custody deaths at Alameda County Jail since 2014. Several of the deaths were murders...
by FIAEB | May 16, 2022 | News
OakCLT is selling affordable homes dramatically below market value to qualifying low-income homebuyers. As part of that process there will be several information sessions to explain OakCLT’s model, what it looks like to be an OakCLT homeowner, and how OakCLT takes...
