ALENA Museum
Alena Museum is a 501(c)3 nonprofit based out of West Oakland bringing African Diaspora culture forward through space activation and Afrofuturism in the face of gentrification. LEARN MORE | SUPPORT
Allen Temple Health and Social Services
Allen Temple has had a long standing commitment to social services. Since its inception in 1919, Allen Temple has been highly committed to providing an array of services to families in the East Oakland community, including substance abuse counseling and support groups, parenting classes, individual and family counseling, job information and training, and HIV/AIDS testing and treatment referral. LEARN MORE | DONATE
Black Cultural Zone
The East Oakland Black Cultural Zone Collaborative is a coalition of residents, leaders, organizers, and advocates formed to keep culture and a place for Black people, families, and businesses in East Oakland. LEARN MORE
Building Opportunities for Self-Sufficiency (BOSS)
BOSS maintains its mission housing individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and further develops solutions to mass homelessness, mass incarceration, and community violence. BOSS is dedicated to the inclusion of people marginalized by addiction, trauma, criminality, incarceration, poverty, racism, sexism, homelessness, and violence. DONATE
East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative
East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative creates pathways for everyday people to organize, finance, acquire, and co-steward land and housing on their own terms. GET INVOLVED | DONATE
EastSide Cultural Center
The EastSide Arts Alliance & Cultural Center presents free youth art classes, cultural programming, public art projects, ongoing gallery exhibitions, community town halls, and the annual Malcolm X Jazz Arts Festival. LEARN MORE | DONATE
Oakland Frontline Healers
The Oakland Frontline Healers is a Black-led, multiracial coalition of 25+ service providers working collaboratively to provide COVID-19 relief services that address the holistic needs of the Black Community. Formed in the early throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, this coalition has served more than 8,800 Oakland residents in April 2020 by aligning services ranging from food delivery and distribution of protective equipment to intensive case management and shelter stays. Send any inquiries to their email at [email protected]. DONATE
Original Blackprint
Original Blackprint (OGBP) is a community organization based in Oakland that seeks to holistically transform the material conditions of all Afrikan/Black people in pursuit of total liberation. OGBP’s main areas of focus span political, economic, social, spiritual, environmental, and physical to improve the material conditions of our people, earth, and futures. LEARN MORE
ROOTS Community Health Center
Founded in Oakland, the mission of ROOTS Community Health Center is to uplift those impacted by systemic inequities and poverty through medical and behavioral healthcare, health navigation, workforce enterprises, housing, outreach, and advocacy. LEARN MORE
SoOakland
SoOakland is a community events organization based in Oakland. They are putting their efforts together to help rebuild and clean up Black businesses that have been looted, vandalized, and affected by the recent protests. Black businesses can apply for a grant here. DONATE
Visit Oakland
Visit Oakland compiled a comprehensive list of existing resources for community members to engage with and find ways to take action. VIEW GUIDE
SOCIAL JUSTICE ORGANIZATIONS
Black Futures Labs
Black Futures Lab works with Black people to transform our communities, building Black political power, and changing the way that power operates—locally, statewide, and nationally. LEARN MORE | GET INVOLVED
Black Joy Parade
Black Joy Parade has created a consolidated list of organizations and initiatives offering support for Bay Area residents during this time of need. VIEW FULL LIST
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc. is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. Black Lives Matter combats and counters acts of violence, creates space for Black imagination and innovation, and centers Black joy. LEARN MORE
California Calls
California Calls is a growing alliance of 31 grassroots, community-based organizations spanning urban, rural, and suburban counties across the state. California Calls engages, educates, and motivates new and infrequent voters among young people from communities of color, and from poor and working class neighborhoods, to make California’s electorate reflect our state’s diverse population. California Calls’ goal is to reclaim the California Dream of equality, opportunity, and prosperity for all Californians. LEARN MORE | GET INVOLVED
Causa Justa
Causa Justa :: Just Cause envisions equal rights for people of color, immigrants, women, and all oppressed and exploited people. Causa Justa envisions an end to racism and wants to build a society based on self-determination, social justice, and solidarity. The Black Priorities Project (BPP) is a long-term organizing project investing resources and capacity into building social, economic, and political power for Black people in the Bay Area. LEARN MORE
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights builds the power of black, brown, and poor people to create solutions for the biggest drivers of injustice today. LEARN MORE
Just Cities / The Dellums Institute for Social Justice
Just Cities uses experience of former policy makers, designers, and implementers to partner with policy leaders and community change groups. Just Cities’ public policy reports, research, and data advance innovative ways to solve pressing community problems in the pursuit of community justice and racial equity. LEARN MORE | DONATE