Davis Street provides food, holiday cheer for East Bay families
Things haven’t always been easy for Gina Harris and her son, Oliver. But, fortunately, they’ve had the Davis Street Community Center in times of need. “I’ve been going there for …
Fred Finch therapists find new ways to reach socially-distanced clients
As the coronavirus pandemic forces many people to stay at home, Fred Finch Youth & Family Services is finding ways to embrace distance technologies for mental health therapy. The youth center …
211 Alameda County helps thousands each year connect to services
VM always considered herself “an overcomer,” especially when it came to helping others overcome their own adversity. There was the time she and her husband aided her parents when they …
Beyond Emancipation helps Oakland woman find stability after a life bouncing from place to place
Growing up in a whirlwind of households – spun around from her parents’ home to foster care, to apartments of various relatives and back to multiple foster homes again – …
Opportunity Junction’s career training restores lives
There’s pride in the portrait Gwenette Moore uploaded to her LinkedIn profile, head erect and smiling directly into the camera. But the job title that appears under her name offers …