The Alameda County Community Food Bank has been in business since 1985 ... with a vision toward a day when we can go out of business.
In November 1996, LIMCA purchased a property at 485-105th Avenue in Oakland, California to establish an Iu Mien Cultural Center that will consist a King Pan Temple (King Pan Buddha Light Palace) and a Community Center. The building will be used to operate program activities, meetings, weddings, ESL/Iu Mien language instruction, Elderly and Youths activities, Iu Mien library/museum, economic development, and health care education center.
The Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center produces leadership nonviolence classes and civic engagement for middle school and high school aged youth from diverse racial and cultural communities in Oakland, CA and the East Bay. The curriculum develops cultural power through reflection and action. It prepares individuals and groups to create meaning. Learning takes place in conjunction with relevance and critical problem solving. Freedom Center programming promotes academic excellence and civic leadership roles, developing common-good values of interdependence, other-interestedness, mutuality, equity, and the global pursuit of ecological sustainability. Professional development classes and seminars feature longitudinal research-based community leadership methodology and content, focused on development of trust, high-expectations, and rigor in relationships. Located on the campus of Merritt College at 12500 Campus Drive, Freedom Center offices are in “D” building, rooms 187. We welcome you to come by for a visit. For more information on the Freedom Center, for scheduling of professional development, or to nominate a young person for the Nonviolence Leadership Program, please call our offices today at 510 434 3988.
Our Mission PEERS is a diverse community of people with mental health experiences. Our mission is to promote innovative peer-based wellness strategies. We create culturally-rich, community-based mental health programs that honor diverse experiences to eliminate stigma and discrimination. Our Vision We envision a world where people can freely choose among many mental health options that address the needs of the whole person. We see a future where people with mental health experiences are valued for their essential contributions to society.
This Center emphasizes exercise, nutrition, crafts and computer instruction. Line dancing is a popular class, and the Center’s choral group performs at venues throughout the area.Lunch is served Monday through Friday at noon – reservations must be made one day in advance. The facility is available for rentals. The Center Advisory Council meets on the first Friday of every month at 10:30 a.m. and includes a public forum. Open 8:30am - 5:00pm, Monday - Friday.
An environmentally friendly family life center in East Oakland that will house a gym, classrooms and community events.