June 17, 2020Family Support Services “HOPE IS THE ONLY THING STRONGER THAN FEAR” —Anonymous What do you say to a mother with HIV and children with autism and other special needs? She can’t drive, work, or help herself in ways we take for granted. My job is to help her build a different path throughRead more
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Immigration Legal ServicesDACA Decision June 18, 2020 For Immediate Release Catholic Charities East Bay Encouraged by Supreme Court’s DACA Decision Oakland, CA, June 18, 2020 — We’re encouraged by the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to continue. While based on procedural concerns, the decision reflects concern forRead more
June 17, 2020Food Security “He who has health has hope, and he who has hope has everything.” —Arabian Proverb Even as the region learns to live with COVID-19, it’s already facing a new scourge: Hunger that may grow as rapidly as the virus that triggered it. On May 28-June 2, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyedRead more
June 9, 2020Delivering hope Where there is love, there is HOPE. —Unknown “I like helping people but have found myself crying right along with them lately as they face the biggest uncertainty of their lives. Imagine going from $4,000 to $5,000 a month to 0. It is amazing when I tell them to send meRead more
Remember George Floyd: Commit to Change Statement by Margaret Peterson, “A riot is the language of the unheard.” – Martin Luther King, Jr Our country is wounded, saddened, and numb. This deep wound has been with us for close to 400 years. It gets covered up by a band-aid, and we like to think it’sRead more
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 support within a no-touch delivery system than medical practices or politics.Read more
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 the area anymore. I went to twoRead more
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 lined up in their cars eager to receive food. Many of them arrived anRead more
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 whole community, particularly those who are most vulnerable to the health consequencesRead more
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 children — from kindergarten on up — practice activeRead more
