Social Justice Collective Fellowship
Developing Leaders with Lived Experience To Fight Social, Racial, and Economic Inequity
At a time when communities of color are fighting to have their voices heard, the SJC Fellowship is developing new leaders who have personal experience in the justice system — predominantly Black and Brown men and women. The Fellowship provides a 20-week series of trainings designed to educate, inspire, and train new leaders.
BOSS FIGHTS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE
“In the end we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
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BOSS believes that your destiny shouldn’t be determined by your zip code or the color of your skin.
Four Emergency Rental Assistance Programs for Both Tenants and Landlords Impacted by COVID-19
For participants who are behind in their rent due to COVID 19 income loss/reduction, there are 4 Emergency Rental Assistance Programs getting underway simultaneously that you should be aware of. They are designed to provide relief to both tenants and landlords...
Distance Learning While Homeless
At about 10 am on a recent Wednesday, Jon-Mychal, the Teacher in the BOSS Children’s Learning Center (CLC), set up a table outside in the courtyard at Ursula Sherman Village (USV). USV is BOSS’s emergency shelter program in West Berkeley for families and individuals...
Clean Streets and Second Chances
The Clean City Community Restoration Team is a transitional work opportunity in the BOSS Career Training and Employment Center (CTEC). Team members are building new lives for themselves, while helping keep Oakland clean! With funding from Alameda County Probation,...
Love From The Community Made Warm Holidays
Thanks to generous BOSS supporters and community members, BOSS was able to provide gifts, warm coats, food, and other resources for families and individuals in need across Alameda County. From Thanksgiving through Christmas, BOSS was contacted by individuals and...
Daeshawn Thomas – Carving a New Path
Daeshawn has experienced more challenges at age 21 than many of us have experienced in two or three times as many years – yet he is determined to overcome them and chart a new path. Daeshawn is one of the beneficiaries of the Returning Citizens Stimulus (RCS)* program...
Meet Antwain Ramsey – CTEC’s 2020 Valedictorian
Antwain Ramsey recalled the phone call he received from his sister just minutes after meeting his probation officer. Having just been released “with no direction,” she told him if he wanted a bed to go to the Career Training and Employment Center (CTEC) and talk to...
CTEC – Going Strong and Growing
Last month, the BOSS Career Training and Employment Center (CTEC) had an unusually high number of individuals enroll in the program. Typically, CTEC enrolls between 18-25 individuals per month – last month, they enrolled 28 individuals. Not only that, they measured...
2020 CTEC Graduation
ALAMEDA COUNTY, CA – On Friday, October 23, 2020, the community gathered virtually to celebrate reentry participants in the BOSS CareerTraining and Employment Center (CTEC) who have done the hard work of building new skills and finding living wage work – no easy...
Step Up Housing — An Innovative Modular Development in Berkeley for the Formerly Unsheltered
After unanimous consent from the Berkeley Zoning Adjustment Board approving the BOSS Step Up Housing project in July, BOSS is now seeking approval from the City of Berkeley to use Measure P funds to make the new affordable supportive housing a reality. The project at...