News & Stories
The latest coverage of our work in Deep East Oakland
Latest Coverage
Newest stories first.
Must watch
Leaders from The East Oakland Collective and The Village on Democracy Now!
During a visit to the Bay Area, host Amy Goodman reported “State of Emergency,” a special segment on Oakland's criminalization of growing curbside communities.
Watch on Democracy Now!
Awards & Recognition
Honors received for our organizing and service in Deep East Oakland.
Coalition of Excellence
Assembly District 18 and Assemblymember Rob Bonta
October 2018
Organization of the Year
East Bay Young Democrats
September 2018
Founders Award
East Oakland Boxing Association, 30th Anniversary Gala
November 2017
Press Archive
Earlier coverage of our organizing, outreach, and food justice work.
2020
- US homelessness could shoot up 45% by the end of the year — but these organizations are helping families find reliefBusiness Insider · 8/28/2020
- Coronavirus: In Bay Area, homeless residents slip through cracks in state hotel programThe Mercury News · 7/6/2020
- Protestors March for Black Lives and Express Love to Deep East OaklandKALW · 7/8/2020
- More county hotels for homeless housing, and activists launch their own programThe Oaklandside · 7/9/2020
- East Bay Eclipse: Social Justice SeriesPatch · 7/11/2020
- Activists Amplify Message With Mobile TechnologySF Weekly · 6/18/2020
- Five Bay Area Food Organizations Leading Efforts to Feed ProtestersKQED · 6/17/2020
- Black Food Justice Reading List: 25 Articles, Books, and People to FollowSentient Media · 6/10/2020
- These Food Justice Organizations Are Helping to Feed the Protests in OaklandEater · 6/5/2020
- ‘We Started in the Same Fashion as the Black Panthers: Feeding Our People’Eater · 6/3/2020
- 9 Bay Area Organizations Fighting for Racial JusticeThe Bold Italic · 6/2/2020
- ‘In Every City, There’s a George Floyd’: Portraits of ProtestThe New York Times · 6/2/2020
- 5 Ways to Show Up for Racial Justice TodayKQED · 5/29/2020
- Coronavirus: Problems plague Oakland trailers housing homelessThe East Bay Times · 5/29/2020
- California’s homeless census was already troubled. Covid-19 is making it impossibleThe Guardian · 5/26/2020
- Frontline Healers East Oakland Collective ‘Protectors of the Last Frontier’ Extend Food Service During COVID-19 PandemicPost News Group · 5/21/2020
- The pandemic isn’t slowing the East Oakland Collective downBerkeleyside · 5/19/2020
- How has COVID-19 impacted homeless advocates and service providers?Street Spirit · 5/12/2020
- Standing in harm’s way — essential workers on the front lines of COVID-19The Mercury News · 4/19/2020
- COVID-19 Giving Guide: How To Donate To Reach The Most MarginalizedForbes · 4/14/2020
- Oakland Restaurant Feeds Those in Need While Trying to Stay AfloatNBC Bay Area · 4/4/2020
- Coronavirus: Bay Area jurisdictions struggle to move homeless residents into trailersThe Mercury News · 4/2/2020
- East Oaklanders band together in the face of coronavirus threatSan Francisco Chronicle · 4/1/2020
- East Oakland Collective w/ Candice Elder on KTVU (live segment)KTVU Fox 2 · 3/23/2020
- How to help during the coronavirus crisisEast Bay Times · 3/19/2020
- Coronavirus: As Bay Area cities shut down, homeless are hit the hardestThe Mercury News · 3/19/2020
- The needs of unsheltered people during the coronavirus outbreak (live segment)KPFA · 3/11/2020
- Caltrans settles claims of unconstitutional homeless ‘sweeps’ for $5.5 millionSan Mateo County Times · 2/19/2020
- Oakland to shut down huge homeless site at Home DepotSan Francisco Chronicle · 1/27/2020
2019
- Oakland police raid housing justice protestKPFA · 11/26/2019
- Arrests outside Oakland City Hall as protesters pitch tents, call out homeless strategySan Francisco Chronicle · 11/25/2019
- Police arrest 22 people, take down ‘Housing Justice Village’ outside Oakland City HallMercury News / East Bay Times · 11/24/2019
- Oakland's homeless stats soar as pressure grows from residents, businesses for a solutionSan Francisco Chronicle · November 2019
- City Destroys Self-Made HomesPost News Group · 10/24/2019
- Oakland homeless camp to be cleaned up, residents forced outABC 7 News / KGO-TV · 10/23/2019
- As Homelessness Surges in California, So Does a BacklashThe New York Times · 10/21/2019
- Oakland’s homeless vehicle dwellers exploding: up 131% to 1,430San Francisco Chronicle · 10/16/2019
- Homeless encampment is torn down in OaklandDaily Mail UK · 9/12/2019
- Homeless Village Near Oakland Coliseum BART Torn DownNBC Bay Area · 9/11/2019
- Fire concerns prompt Oakland to destroy pallet houses in homeless encampmentsEast Bay Times · 9/11/2019
- Two encampments being cleared in Oakland, Berkeley over advocates’ objectionsSan Francisco Chronicle · 9/10/2019
- Oakland ‘Tent Drive’ for three dozen unsheltered people soon to lose makeshift homesFOX KTVU · 8/29/2019
- East Oakland Homeless Encampment To Get ReprieveCBS SF Bay Area · 8/26/2019
- Proposal to Convert Former Oakland Jail into Homeless Shelter Faces Push BackKCBS Radio · 8/2/2019
- Oakland surpasses other large California cities in per capita homelessnessSan Francisco Chronicle · 8/1/2019
- Oakland landlord tries, fails to pay homeless to leave encampmentThe Mercury News · 7/12/2019
- Oakland Landlord Stages Anti-Homeless Protest at Home DepotNBC Bay Area · 7/12/2019
- SPUR Talk: Equity, Outreach, and the Oakland Bike PlanStreetsblog · 6/13/2019
- On the 1-Year Anniversary of BBQ Becky, Oakland’s 510 Day Proves There’s Still Plenty of Work to Be DoneThe Root · 5/13/2019
- How a Trump program could spur a new wave of Bay Area developmentThe Mercury News · 4/22/2019
- How much would it cost to house the Bay Area’s homeless? Try $12.7 billionThe Mercury News · 4/10/2019
- Oakland To Invest Millions In ‘Tuff Shed’ Program To Help House HomelessCBS San Francisco · 4/4/2019
- Oakland paving plan to focus on local streetsEast Bay Times · 4/2/2019
- Oakland Mayor Schaaf, Lyft, TransForm Announce Transportation PartnershipOakland News Now · 2/11/2019
- Lyft, Mayor Schaaf pledge bikes and transit discounts for ‘underserved’ OaklandersCurbed · 2/11/2019
- Lyft donates $700,000 to bring bikes, free rides to East Oakland residentsThe Mercury News · 2/11/2019
2018
- 7 Resolutions That Will Actually Make a Difference This YearThe Bold Italic · 12/27/2018
- The Year Homeless People Fought BackEast Bay Express · 12/19/2018
- Year in Review 2018: Whose Resilient Future?Metropolis Magazine · 12/19/2018
- Lead By Example: Women of color led curbside community delays OPD evictionMedium · 11/10/2018
- Curbside Community Led By Unhoused Women of Color Refuses to Move (press release)East Oakland Collective · 11/9/2018
- Report: Oakland Can House 2,000 Homeless People in 6 Months “If Political Will Exists”Oakland Post · 11/2/2018
- UN report singles out homeless conditions in Oakland, San Francisco as 'cruel and inhumane'KTVU · 10/30/2018
- Abandoned or lost? Oaklanders living in cars have homes towed awayOakland North · 10/26/2018
- Oakland activists protest ‘cruel and inhuman’ treatment of homeless after scathing UN reportMercury News · 10/23/2018
- In Poor Neighborhoods, Add Rising Seas to List of Housing WoesKQED Science · 10/3/2018
- GhettoSun Times: Candice Elder and Nick Houston on gentrification and organizingKGPC · 9/30/2018
- Oakland Wants to Tax Vacant Properties to Help Ease HomelessnessKQED · 9/1/2018
- Woman overcomes homelessness thanks to help of local organizationFox 51 · 3/14/2018
- Extraordinary Women Making History: Candice ElderThe Extraordinary Negroes · 3/7/2018
- Communities Confront Water and Gentrification in the Coliseum ZoneAcclimate West · 2/5/2018
2017 & 2016
- Amir Abdul-Shakur on Oakland’s soda tax and community healthKPFA Full Circle · December 2017
- The East Oakland Collective on the Oak Knoll community benefits fight94.1 KPFA Upfront · 11/10/2017
- Volunteers distribute respiratory masks to the homeless in OaklandOakland North · 10/17/2017
- Oakland Approves 'Safe Havens' for Homeless Camps and ServicesEast Bay Express · 10/4/2017
- East Oakland Community Pushes to Turn Eyesore Into AssetNBC Bay Area · 4/10/2017
- Oakland Needs Board and Commission MembersMedium / City of Oakland · 2/10/2017
- Aqueila Lewis talks with Candice Elder, Laksmi Lagares and Maliha JamesWomen’s Magazine, 94.1 KPFA · 2/13/2017
- Young activists in East Oakland bring new energy, tech savvy to address environmental, housing issuesOakland Voices / East Bay Times · 12/26/2016
- Marshawn Lynch, Baron Davis, Too Short Host Black Santa in OaklandNBC Bay Area · 12/22/2016
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