Justice Jam: Alternatives to Incarceration in Alameda County
Hope you can join us on Wednesday, March 9th at 6:30 PM for the Justice Jam on Alternatives to Incarceration in Alameda County Lakeshore Avenue Baptist Church 3534 Lakeshore Avenue, Oakland […]
Interfaith Coalition For Justice in Our Jails (ICJJ) Newsletter – Jan 2022
Contents – January 2022 – Special edition: “Unrecognized and Underutilized Potential: The Behavioral Health Court of Alameda County” by Urban Strategies Council intern Sawan Garde Read/Download HERE. Who We Are: Mission Statement The ICJJ seeks to […]
Interfaith Coalition For Justice in Our Jails (ICJJ) Newsletter – Dec 2021
Read the ICJJ Newsletter – December 2021 Who We Are: Mission Statement The ICJJ seeks to reduce incarceration as a response to social problems in Alameda County, California, and to […]
Your Donations Bring Warmth to the Unsheltered
The Kehilla Homeless Action Committee continues to collect clothing and other essentials for distribution to our unsheltered neighbors, especially at the Wood Street Commons encampment in West Oakland. Hear from some […]
Interfaith Coalition For Justice in Our Jails (ICJJ) Publishes Newsletter Issue No. 2 | July 2021
Through its Economic Justice Committee, Kehilla helped initiate the Interfaith Coalition for Justice in our Jails (ICJJ), and with ICJJ has pursued several important changes to Alameda County policies and […]
A Shavuot Message: from Thanksgiving to Justice through Helping the Unsheltered
In Leviticus 23 immediately following the instructions for offering the first fruits at Shavuot is a reminder that in gathering our harvest we must leave some food available for those […]
Let Oakland’s City Council Know that Housing Is a Human Right
The Homeless Action Committee in conjunction with Love and Justice in the Streets is asking that you utilize the following information to advocate with Oakland City Council members. Council members […]
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 […]