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...
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...
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 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...
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 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 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 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...
Immigration Legal ServicesWhen is Enough, Enough June 24, 2019 “The recent on-again, off-again, threats of ICE sweeps in major cities only fuel fear, division, and distrust, harming all of us, when we should be working together to achieve comprehensive immigration...
Jay, a father of two, had been homeless for the past two years. While his children were cared for by family, Jay couch surfed as often as he could, regularly sleeping in his car when nothing else was possible. After getting a better paying night job for a local...
