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Local Organizations

Save the Bay - For more than half a century, Save The Bay has given San Francisco Bay a voice, mobilizing thousands of area residents to protect and restore the Bay for future generations. Its founders, senior leadership team, and board of directors are a dedicated group of people who fight to protect the Bay, the region's most important natural resource.

 

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights - The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is named after a brilliant, Black hero of the civil rights Freedom Movement who inspired and guided emerging leaders. They build on her legacy by building the power of black, brown, and poor people to create solutions for one of the biggest drivers of injustice today: mass incarceration.

 

Oakland Housing Authority - Founded in 1938, the Oakland Housing Authority currently provides subsidized housing to nearly 16,500 families. The largest landlord in Oakland, OHA serves a diverse community in neighborhoods throughout the city. Their dedicated staff remains steadfast in its effort to gauge existing needs and provide meaningful opportunities for our families, in addition to expanding the availability of quality housing. 

 

Hidden Genius Project - The Hidden Genius Project trains and mentors Black male youth in technology creation, entrepreneurship, and leadership skills to transform their lives and communities. It offers an 8-week summer program for black male youth, ages 13–17, to get education, skills, mentorship, and experience in the tech industry, most specifically in software engineering, user experience design, and tech entrepreneurship.

 

Prospera - Prospera partners with Latina entrepreneurs to launch businesses that foster cooperation, economic independence and well-being in immigrant communities. Through their culturally-based programs, Latinas access the networks, tools and capital they need to become successful business owners and powerful community leaders.

Transgender Law Center - Transgender Law Center is the largest national trans-led organization advocating for a world in which all people are free to define themselves and their futures. Grounded in legal expertise and committed to racial justice, TLC employs a variety of community-driven strategies to keep transgender and gender nonconforming people alive, thriving, and fighting for liberation.

 

Creative Growth - Founded in 1974, Creative Growth is a non-profit organization based in Oakland, California that advances the inclusion of artists with developmental disabilities in contemporary art by providing a professional studio environment and gallery representation.

 

Asian Health Services - Asian Health Services, founded in 1974, provides health, social, and advocacy services for all regardless of income, insurance status, immigration status, language, or culture. Its approach to wellbeing focuses on “whole patient health,” which is why they provide more than primary care services, including mental health, case management, nutrition, and dental care to more than 50,000 patients in English and 14 languages. 

 

Refugee and Immigrant Transitions - Refugee & Immigrant Transitions, formerly Refugee Transitions, is a 501(c)3 nonprofit operating in the San Francisco Bay Area. RIT provides free education, family engagement, and community leadership programs. Its students have sought refuge due to war, violence, persecution, or economic duress.

 

Food First - Informed by a vast network of activist-researchers, Food First’s analysis and educational resources support communities and social movements fighting for food justice and food sovereignty around the world. Food First gives you the tools to understand our global food system, and to build your local food movement from the ground up.

Upcoming Events

Rx Racial Healing Circle Registration

Thank you very much for your interest in the Bishop Arts Theatre Center’s Rx Racial Healing Circle™ offering to eradicate the fallacy of racial human hierarchy. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, April 29th, 6:00 – 8:30 pm. Please complete the following information to register for the offering.

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For Oak Cliff Food Distribution- indoors

Oak Cliff exists in a food desert and our community faces extreme disparities in health outcomes. We need volunteers weekly to support food justice initiatives.

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For Oak Cliff Food Distribution- indoors

Oak Cliff exists in a food desert and our community faces extreme disparities in health outcomes. We need volunteers weekly to support food justice initiatives.

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Soldiers’ Angels Dallas Military & Veteran Food Distribution

Soldiers’ Angels Hunger Relief Program is proud to be hosting a Food Distribution to supply low-income veteran families with food assistance. Soldiers’ Angels provides an easy, no-cost way for Dallas Service Members and Veterans in need to receive food assistance. Volunteers pack bags of groceries and load them into cars, pushcarts, or backpacks of registered…

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Walk for HOPE

Come join us for the 18th annual Walk for HOPE on Sunday May 19, 2024! There will be multiple local 5K Walks around Massachusetts! Since our first Walk we have raised close to $1,000,000 in support of food insecurity. We will be donating funds to nine pantries in the Greater Boston area and HOPE worldwide.

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The Texas Black Womxn Reproductive Justice Summit

An immersive summit experience centered in celebrating radical self-care, offering Black womxn a space that radiates authenticity, self-love, and community care. Created in direct response to the lack of press coverage, effective policy strategies, and advocacy initiatives designed for Black womxn’s reproductive health in Texas, this summit convenes Black womxn to lead conversations on critical…

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Earth Day Clean Up 2024

Join Scottsdale Fashion Square, as we team up with Scottsdale Police Department, for an Earth Day clean up of Old Town Scottsdale! Let’s come together to make a positive impact on our environment by beautifying our local community around the center and surrounding areas! Meet at Capital One Cafe at 7am – we will provide…

Race to Cure Sarcoma

The Race to Cure Sarcoma (RTCS) brings together hundreds of members of the community who have been impacted by this disease. Each year, the Sarcoma Foundation of America raises awareness and funds for much-needed research, through RTCS events across the country.

The Boston Dyke March

Since 1995, the Boston Dyke March has remained committed to offering a non-commercial, intersectional, and fundamentally grassroots alternative to Boston’s Pride celebration. We strive to elevate voices marginalized in society and even within the lgbtq+ community.

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Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk

Every year suicide claims more lives than war, murder, and natural disasters combined, and yet suicide prevention doesn’t get anywhere near the funding given to other leading causes of death. It’s up to Walkers like us to make a difference. Together we can change the conversation about mental health and put a stop to this…

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