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Berkeley activist uses Disability Pride Month to promote disability quilt project

By Ryan Yamamoto Updated on: July 28, 2025 / 9:27 AM PDT Every July, Pride Disability Month gives Maya Morya Selkie Scott another reason to celebrate and cover herself in sequins, color, and a lot of fabulous glam. “I am a living, breathing, dancing, rainbow,” said Scott. But for Scott, who uses an electric wheelchair…

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A Brand-New Disability Cultural Center Opens in San Francisco

Janea Melido Jul 15 Liz Henry first became a wheelchair user in 1993, while living in poverty and navigating a world of uncertainty. The tools aiding their transition were sparse: a few issues of New Mobility magazine, a library book written by an author with arthritis and a manual wheelchair stolen out of necessity from Valley Medical…

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San Jose mayor, leaders ask for alleged racist text messages between councilmembers to be released

ABC7 News reached out to every one of the people allegedly involved, but has not received a response back from anyone By Dustin Dorsey  Monday, June 9, 2025 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — The San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan are calling for the release of text messages between City Councilmembers…

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ICE protests: Hundreds rally for immigrants in San Francisco and San Jose

By J.R. Stone and Lauren Martinez  Tuesday, June 10, 2025 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Hundreds took to the streets of San Francisco’s Mission District and in front of San Jose City Hall Monday night to voice their anger over Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids across the country and show support for immigrants. SAN FRANCISCO PROTEST In San Francisco,…

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Neighbors raise concern over plan to convert SJ hotel to homeless shelter for women and children

By Lauren Martinez  Tuesday, June 17, 2025 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Plans are moving forward to convert a boutique hotel into a homeless shelter for women and children. The Bristol Hotel is in San Jose, but directly behind it is considered Campbell. Lynne Ferguson and her neighbors are Campbell residents. “The problem being is that…

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Sweeps near San Jose’s largest homeless encampment begins, will run through summer

By Dustin Dorsey  Monday, June 16, 2025 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — The city of San Jose began a large-scale encampment sweep along the Guadalupe River Trail that will kick off several weeks of sweeps this summer. It’s in the area off of Taylor Street, near the city’s largest homeless encampment at Columbus Park, where the…

Local Organizations

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Black Earth Farms

We need clean land, clean water, clean air, and reparations for all colonized and oppressed peoples on the planet. Black and Indigenous Women, non-binary, trans, and queer folks are the leaders of the movement for food sovereignty and must be centered and uplifted in order to achieve true and absolute liberation.

 

Color of Change

Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization.

We help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 7 million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.

 

Black Organizing Project
The Black Organizing Project is a grassroots organization in Oakland working on issues of racial, social, and economic justice

 

People's Kitchen Collective
People’s Kitchen Collective is a food-centered, Oakland-based political education project offering educational workshops, exhibitions, and community dining events to discuss social justice issues.

 

East Oakland Collective
The East Oakland Collective (EOC) is a member-based community organizing group invested in serving the communities of deep East Oakland by working towards racial and economic equity. They are also currently collecting money to bail out protesters and bringing meals to those on the front lines of protesting.

OCCUR
OCCUR is a community capacity building organization supporting the economic development and civic inclusion of marginalized communities.

 

Ella Baker Center
Ella Baker Center is a grassroots organization in Oakland that focuses on shifting resources away from incarceration and punishment toward opportunities.

 

La Cocina
La Cocina is a nonprofit working to solve problems of equity in business ownership for women, immigrants, and people of color. They are also currently raising money for a COVID-19 relief fund to help business born out of their program.

 

Mandela Grocery Cooperative
Mandela Grocery Cooperative is a worker-owned grocery store located in West Oakland working to strengthen and diversify the local economy. They source from local entrepreneurs and farmers in California with a focus on black and brown farmers and food makers. Their Karma Jar fund helps people in need purchase food.

 

Cycles of Change
Oakland-based creates healthier East Bay communities by helping youth and adults gain tools for more environmentally and economically sustainable living through school-based bicycle education, job training, watershed education, and community earn-a-bike programs. By exploring our neighborhoods and beyond on bicycles, we are more connected to the people and the land that sustain us.

Upcoming Events

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Virtual Dementia Friend Education Session

Join online on the 2nd Tuesday of every month for a VIRTUAL Dementia Friend Information Session, presented by Dementia Friendly Dallas volunteer Jane Hunley. In this informative session, you will learn the signs and symptoms of dementia, some basic communication tips, and how to turn learning to action. Dementia Friend is an initiative of Dementia…

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Violas House Christmas at Fair Park (Prep)

Viola’s House two-day holiday event is designed to share the joy and excitement of Christmas with their community of families by helping them meet the needs of Christmas for their children. They need volunteers the day before the event to help set up and prep the two location sites we will be distributing toys, diapers,…

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Violas House Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway

The ‘Turkey Giveaway’ is designed to share the joy and excitement of Thanksgiving! By providing turkeys, Viola’s House helps the communities they serve meet the needs of Thanksgiving for their families. Formed in 2008 as a “Maternity Home” to provide temporary housing and support services to expectant teenage mothers aged 18-24 in the Dallas area,…

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Violas House South Dallas Serves

South Dallas Serves is a yearly community event held in the 75215 zip code. This event is designed to expose the community to over 40 non profit service organizations. Come out and serve with us as we take over the block one family at a time! Formed in 2008 as a “Maternity Home” to provide…

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Community is a Radical Act of Love Growing Older as LGBTQ+

Join Judy Kinney, Executive Director of GenPride, and members of the LGBTQ+ community for a lively discussion about how to stay proud and engaged as they age. GenPride advocates for Seattle/King County older LGBTQIA+ adults’ unique needs through programs and services that cultivate well-being and belonging. Judy Kinney (she/they) is an experienced non-profit leader and…

Seattle Clinic Offering Free Dental, Vision and Medical Care Beginning Thursday

Those who struggle to access or afford healthcare have a chance to receive free dental, medical and eye care services for a limited time starting Feb. 15. Led by Seattle Center and Seattle Center Foundation, Seattle/King County Clinic returns to Seattle Center for a ninth year. Each year the clinic brings together healthcare organizations, civic…

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Local Hero Spotlight

Members can nominate a local hero for recognition on their local LoveJustice.com city page!

Anyone and everyone can make an impact, and at LoveJustice we believe that they deserve to be recognized for their good, necessary work!

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