A renewed call for donations to aid the unhoused community
The political climate remains unfriendly to the unhoused. Oakland continues to enforce its Encampment Management Policy with recent sweeps of encampments at Mosswood Park and near the High Street Home […]
Volunteer Opportunities at the Tiny House Empowerment Village
From Jilly de la Torre, Project Coordinator at Youth Spirit Artworks: We are starting up our builds again! Yay! We will be continuing to build every Saturday going forward. Please feel free to […]
Opening Passover Doors: Including the Unsheltered
By the Homeless Action Committee In the second Passover of this pandemic we are called once again to open the door for the hungry to join us, and though our […]
“Work From Home: Well That’s Fun” — a comedy fundraiser for Love and Justice in the Streets
If you attended our forum, Homelessness: A Jewish Call to Action, you heard about the amazing work of Love and Justice in the Streets for the homeless of Oakland. The […]
“Move-In” Day at the YSA Tiny House Village
The residents will move in this week, but work continues on the weekends, as a few tiny houses are still unfinished and other projects continue. Click HERE for the latest […]
Homelessness: A Jewish Call to Action – Tuesday, February 2, 7pm – 8:30pm
Thousands of unsheltered people live in Oakland. Many are crowded into unsafe and unsanitary encampments from which they may be evicted as a result of the City’s new policies. 70% […]
Kehilla Homeless Action Depot
The Homeless Action Depot now lives at Kehilla! As we told you in a previous blog, we started collecting more donations than would fit in the box in the Kehilla […]
Youth Spirit Artworks – Tiny House Village at the Oakland Coliseum
Kehilla volunteers have worked hard over the past year to help turn the dream of Tiny Houses for homeless youth into a reality, and it’s almost move-in time at the […]
Kehilla Adds Its Voice to Humanely Support Unhoused People
Homelessness is a class and racial justice issue. 70% of the homeless individuals in Oakland are black and 38% report having at least one disabling condition. On October 20, 2020, […]
The City of Oakland wants to criminalize homelessness
The Life Enrichment Committee of the Oakland City Council has proposed “Encampment Management Policy” that will effectively criminalize homelessness in Oakland, leaving 10,000 residents with no place to go Here’s […]
