Community News
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Unhoused SJ veteran struggling with government shutdown impacts: ‘They’re playing with my life’
The government shutdown decision comes from lawmakers in Washington, D.C. But it’s felt by unhoused veterans on the streets of San Jose. By Dustin Dorsey Friday, October 24, 2025 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Real-life struggles are being felt by millions of Americans due to the government shutdown as it passes the three-week mark. That includes…
South Bay affordable housing, resource center aim to help youth aging out of foster care system
The Parkmoore Community Affordable Apartments and the Hub aim to help children aging out of the foster care system. By Dustin Dorsey Monday, October 20, 2025 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — The challenges faced by children aging out of the foster care system are described as traumatic and can lead to a life of homelessness. But…
San Jose residents search for housing after apartment fire
By Lauren Martinez Wednesday, October 1, 2025 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — Some San Jose residents are still trying to figure out their next steps after a fire heavily damaged their apartment complex. On Thursday, the San Jose Fire Department responded to a blaze at the David Avenue apartments. The Red Cross opened a shelter at…
Hundreds set out to clean up San Jose trails and former encampment park
By Lauren Martinez Saturday, September 20, 2025 SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) — City leaders, residents and organizations are setting out to pick up trash in Columbus Park and the Guadalupe River Trail after the city cleared encampments. Theo Martinez is an avid cyclist. He’s a member of San Jose Bike Party – a meetup of colorfully…
Black Bay Area leaders call for unity against ongoing attacks from White House: ‘We are not afraid’
By Anser Hassan Monday, September 1, 2025 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — At the Third Baptist Church in San Francisco, community leaders united to condemn what they called President Donald Trump’s ongoing attack on Black people, Black history and Black equality. “We are in a state of evil on the march in these United States of America,”…
SF can now clean up homeless encampments under freeways following agreement with Caltrans
By Luz Pena Thursday, August 28, 2025 SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie announced on Wednesday a partnership with Caltrans that will lead to cleaner on and off ramps in the city. San Francisco officially has the authority to address homeless encampments and debris under highways. It’s something that hasn’t been possible since…
Local Organizations
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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 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
E-SIDE STORY- a dramatization and fundraiser to prevent teen Gun Violence.
E-SIDE STORY is a contemporary dramatization about Black /Latina teen life in urban cities in a season of social media beefs & gun violence A NITE OF THEATER THERAPY… LIVE STAGE VIGNETTE & BONUS “TALK BACK”- HOSTED BY DR. GEORGE JAMES, LMFT…EXEC. DIRECTOR C/O GEORGE TALKS, LLC. ALL UNDER THE STARS @ THE AFRICAN AMERICAN…
Opera in the Park – Fairmount Park Conservancy
Join the Fairmount Park Conservancy and Opera Philadelphia for free performances at FDR Park on September 10 from 6:30—9:00 PM. Bring out the whole family for an evening of live music sets, food trucks, and opera on the big screen! This event is a partnership between the Fairmount Park Conservancy and Opera Philadelphia. 7:00: Live performances by…
Garden Tenders: How to Start and Sustain a Community Garden
Are you involved in a new community garden or looking to start one? Join us to learn what it takes to get a community garden started, and how to keep it going. This is not a gardening class — we will cover recruiting and keeping volunteers; assessing and finding resources in your neighborhood; garden management; land ownership/security;…
WPSR’s 2023 Health Justice Gala
About the eventWPSR’s 2023 Health Justice Gala Join WPSR for our annual Health Justice Gala on September 22, 2023! At WPSR’s annual fundraising gala, WPSR supporters like you gather to support and celebrate our work. This year, with your help we will raise $200,000 to fund our critical work confronting the gravest threats: the climate…
Poets Laureate Reading
This event is FREE and ADA accessible. Laura Da’ is a poet and teacher. A lifetime resident of the Pacific Northwest, Da’ studied creative writing at the University of Washington and The Institute of American Indian Arts. Da’ is Eastern Shawnee. She is the current Poet Laureate of Redmond, Washington and Poet Planner for King County, Washington. Her…
“On the Edge: 2nd International Latinx Performance Art Festival”
On the Edge: 2nd International Latinx Performance Art Festival is the second Latinx performance art festival based in Seattle, showcasing a wide range of experimental performance grounded in the themes of inclusion, identity and intersectionality. Featuring a wide range of pan-Latine/x artists and supporters, these performances will range from intimate, single-person storytelling, to medium-length, mixed-media group performances,…
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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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