Crisis Diverted with HOPE

Crisis Diverted with HOPE

May 26, 2020Crisis Diverted with HOPE "Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness." —Desmund Tutu Through the eyes of Mental Health and Violence Prevention Manager, Michelle La Place Watts, the Pandemic is more about providing emotional...
Inez Beats Homelessness

Inez Beats Homelessness

May 19, 2020Inez Beats Homelessness “After the death of a friend, I started not thinking well, not paying bills, or buying groceries or talking to anyone. Before long I was in a crisis…a financial one as well as a mental one. I don’t have friends or relatives in...
Food on the Table

Food on the Table

May 5th, 2020Food on the Table No one should have to choose between food or rent. Our team of essential workers in our housing, immigration, and mental health departments hear about these difficult decisions every day. On Tuesday morning, we had hundreds of families...
Shelter, Food, Security CEO Message

Shelter, Food, Security CEO Message

April 7th, 2020Shelter, Food, Security CEO Message The grace of these unprecedented times is that so many of us are changing our daily lives out of concern for our neighbors and loved ones.  The essence of social distancing and shelter-in-place is concern for the...

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

March 11, 2020   Dear Members of our Community: As the news of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, we at Catholic Charities East Bay are making efforts to protect the health of our staff and of our community. We are therefore cancelling all walk-in...

Postponing our Annual Fundraising Lunch

Postponing our Annual Fundraising Lunch Due to the unprecedented public safety power shutoffs which are unfolding across Northern California, we are postponing our Annual Fundraising Lunch, which had been scheduled to take place on Thursday, October 10, from noon to 1...
Opposes to intent to further slash refugee arrivals

Opposes to intent to further slash refugee arrivals

September 27, 2019, Oakland, CA  – Catholic Charities East Bay opposes the Administration’s announced intent to further slash refugee arrivals.  No one wants to be a refugee.  People are forced to flee their homelands due to war, persecution, and conflict.  The...

Board Names New CEO

Board Names New CEO September 10, 2019 Margaret Peterson Named CEO of Catholic Charities East Bay Catholic Charities East Bay is pleased to announce the appointment of Margaret Peterson as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.  Ms. Peterson will be based at...
Third Quarter Newsletter

Third Quarter Newsletter

Third Quarter 2019 Issue #3 The past few months have been difficult for our nation. We have become numb to continued mass shootings, involving weapons that can tear through a refrigerator. Yet the debate about what to do continues with no solution in sight even as our...
Second Quarter Newsletter 2019

Second Quarter Newsletter 2019

Second Quarter 2019 Issue #2 We’re blessed by an abundance of change this quarter, as you’ll see in the stories, photos, and news coverage below.  As a multi-service agency, we’re attuned to the issues and needs of the day, which means growth in programs such as...