
East Oakland
Bridges Coalition
The East Oakland Bridges Coalition (EOBC) was founded in January 2025 to unify and strengthen the ecosystem of community-serving organizations in East Oakland. EOBC brings together over 45 grassroots organizations, nonprofits, local businesses, and public agencies working across food justice, youth development, reentry and healing for the formerly incarcerated, senior support, housing, financial empowerment, environmental justice, and the creation of safe and culturally-rooted community spaces.
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Euniece Law, The Legacy Continues
Euniece Law, The Legacy Continues aims to encourage, inspire and uplift the Bay Area community and families. For over 18 years, it has delivered meals, backpacks, health resources and toys to churches, senior communities, youth and schools throughout East Oakland.
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East Oakland Boxing Association
The East Oakland Boxing Association (EOBA) is a multi-service youth and community development hub that goes far beyond the ring. While rooted in the discipline of boxing, EOBA integrates robust programs in workforce development, food justice, afterschool enrichment, financial literacy, mentorship, and wellness.
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Lifers Leaving A Legacy
Lifers Leaving a Legacy educates, empowers, and protects by ensuring that our communities have access to environmental awareness, life skills training, financial literacy, and career development opportunities.
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Lu Lu's House
Lu Lu’s House provides Safe and Affordable housing for men in Oakland California. Lu Lu's House helps men transition back into society and find permanent housing.
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Performing Solutions
Performing Solutions supports returning citizens and veterans with free CDL training, housing and wraparound services to a lucrative career in trucking.
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Women of Steel
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Built Here Oakland
Built Here Oakland is an intentional community of small businesses, artists and movement builders. Their Equity Fellowship provides coaching, guaranteed income and retreat to ReEntry entrepreneurs.
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Block by Block
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Bully Talk Inc.
Bully Talk Inc. is a non-profit organization dedicated to empowering youth, providing support services, resources, and a safe space to combat bullying in all its forms.
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Better Neighborhoods Same Neighbors
The Better Neighborhoods Same Neighbors initiative envisions an East Oakland with healthy surroundings, safe and accessible transportation, and thriving arts and culture that builds community wealth and ensures housing is a human right for existing East Oakland residents.
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OakLuv
Our purpose is to nurture the vibrant and resilient communities of Oakland, CA. through compassionate outreach, inclusive partnerships, and transformative initiatives. Our mission is to uplift and empower individuals and families in under-resourced areas, fostering hope, equity, and sustainable change.
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Oakland Strokes
Our mission is to provide student athletes of all backgrounds and abilities the opportunity to row, develop and commit to a team that competes at a national level. Our program fosters strength of character, a strong work ethic, self confidence, and a respect for others.
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Sugar Freedom Project
The Sugar Freedom Project uses community organizing to help transform Oakland into a healthier, more just place to live for residents most impacted by diabetes, obesity, corporate sugar’s ubiquity, and the soda tax.
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Youth Alive!
Our mission is to break the cycle of violence, heal trauma, and uplift a thriving community of leaders, to save lives in Oakland and beyond.
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Youth UpRising
Our mission is to transform East Oakland into a healthy and economically robust community by developing the leadership of youth and young adults and improving the systems that impact them.
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Youth Employment Program
Our mission is to enhance the employment and educational opportunities of Oakland youth and young adults impacted by poverty, the foster care and criminal justice systems, school underachievement, and lack of work experience by providing job training, job placement, hands-on education, and comprehensive support services.
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Scraper Bikes
The Scraper Bike Team empowers urban youth living in underserved communities through self-expression and creativity. We encourage youth entrepreneurship and promote healthy, sustainable living for all.
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Realized potential Inc
We are dedicated to improving the lives of at-risk youth and young adults through comprehensive services and support
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Options Recovery Services
Since 1996, Options Recovery Services has been helping graduates heal and break free of broken family, crime, and homelessness cycles that are caused or intensified by mental illness or substance use disorder. Our identity is evident in our graduates’ success.
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Communities For A Better Environment
Founded in 1978, Communities for a Better Environment (CBE) is one of the preeminent environmental justice organizations in the nation. The mission of CBE is to build people’s power in California’s communities of color and low income communities to achieve environmental health and justice by preventing and reducing pollution and building green, healthy and sustainable communities and environments.
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East Oakland Collective
As we have embraced our commitment to racial justice, we are becoming more than just a philanthropic services organization. In order to meet our bold goals and vision, we are pursuing a community foundation model that looks at new ways to educate, engage, and organize its donors and the broader community.
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Building Opportunities for self-sufficiency
Our mission is to help homeless, poor, and disabled people achieve health and self-sufficiency, and to fight against the root causes of poverty and homelessness
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Higher Ground
Higher Ground Neighborhood Development Corp.'s mission is to provide services that address the intellectual development of young people through providing comprehensive after-school programming, career-to-college workforce programming, school-based behavioral health treatment, professional development, and service-learning experiences. HG acts as an information storehouse on school/community-based service coordination for youth and the organizations that serve them.
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The Unity Council
The Unity Council is dedicated to promoting social equity and enhancing quality of life by creating vibrant communities where everyone can work, learn, and thrive.
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Families in Action for Quality Education
FIA was founded in March 2019 by East Oakland school leaders and families in response to growing local and statewide political threats to accessing quality public schools. Today, FIA brings district and charter school communities together to build strategy and campaigns. We are realizing our collective agency and power.
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Euniece Law, The Legacy Continues
The Euniece Law | The Legacy Continues aims to encourage, inspire and uplift the Bay Area community and families.
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Oakland Police Department
The Oakland Police Department (OPD) is the law enforcement agency responsible for policing the city of Oakland, California
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Office of Assembly Member Mia Bonta
Mia Bonta was elected to serve California’s 18th Assembly District in a special election on August 31, 2021. The 18thAssembly District encompasses the East Bay area of Northern California. It includes a large portion of the City of Oakland and the cities of Emeryville and Alameda. Assembly member Bonta’s priority is to make California a more affordable, inclusive, and equitable home for all.
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Office of Council member Ken Houston/Dist 7
The "Son of Oakland", has spent years making a lasting impact on Oakland’s neighborhoods—revitalizing spaces, uplifting the unhoused, and empowering formerly incarcerated individuals to rebuild their lives.
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Supervisor Nate Miley's Office
Nate Miley was first elected to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors representing District 4 in November 2000 and is currently serving his sixth term representing portions of the City of Oakland and the City of Pleasanton, as well as Ashland, Castro Valley, Cherryland, El Portal Ridge, Fairmont Terrace, Fairview and Hill Crest Knolls. In January 2023, he was appointed President by his colleagues on the Board of Supervisors, this is the second time that Supervisor Miley has served in this capacity during his tenure on the Board.

UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Tuesdays & Thursdays
East Oakland Collective Free Food Distribution
Free groceries on Tuesday and Thursdays, Open to anyone who needs food.
Point of Contact: Monica Elder monica@eastoaklandcollective.com
Thursday, August 21
11am-2pm
7800 Macarthur Street
9:30-10:30am
Third Thursday, every month
Older Adult Coffee Hour (50+): East Oakland Collective
Looking for a welcoming space to connect, learn, and enjoy a warm cup of coffee? East Oakland Collective invites older adults (50+) to our bi-weekly Coffee Hour for a morning of great conversations, guest speakers, and delicious breakfast.
Point of Contact: Tawny Pederson tawny@eastoaklandcollective.com