On Saturday March 16th, the 2nd Annual Colusa Circle 5K will be held in the Berkeley/Kensington/El Cerrito area – a community 5K race that will donate proceeds this year to BOSS! If you’re a runner, sign up! If you hate … Continued
We are excited and honored to share the mini documentary about BOSS produced by the PBS series, The Visionaries! This documentary is made possible with the support of donors from our community (list video video link). It will air sometime in the … Continued
Throughout its history, BOSS has focused on dual goals: providing direct services to those in need, and fighting the root causes of inequity to achieve long-term change. The BOSS Community Organizing Team (COT), created in 1994, engaged homeless and low income people … Continued
Daniel Luckadue is originally from Richmond, and has lived all over the Bay Area. He attended El Cerrito High School, but did not graduate. He was recently released from jail, and came to BOSS determined to change his life, and … Continued
From the bottom of our hearts, we cannot thank you enough, everyone who made special efforts to collect and donate gifts, food, warm blankets, clothing, and needed supplies to all the men, women and children in BOSS this past holiday … Continued
For the past two years, Californians for Safety and Justice, a statewide criminal justice reform organization, brought together experts in the fields of criminal justice, social justice, and community economic development to conduct research on the experiences of people with … Continued
October 26, 2018, Oakland, CA – On a warm Friday evening at the First Unitarian Church in downtown Oakland, parents, children, and other family members gathered to celebrate loved ones who were graduating from a very special program, entering the … Continued
On Wednesday, September 26th members of the Resident Leadership Council for East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC) gathered at Jack London Gateway Senior Housing to learn about the root causes of the housing crisis and how to be part of the … Continued
With funding from the City of Berkeley, 58 lockers are available for homeless individuals at BOSS’s Multi-Agency Service Center (MASC) program at 1931 Center Street in downtown Berkeley. Lockers are available on a first come-first served basis. To sign up, … Continued
The BOSS Career Training and Employment Center (CTEC) provides education, training, and comprehensive employment assistance to individuals looking for work but face high barriers like former incarceration, criminal justice involvement, homelessness, or disabilities. CTEC has many wonderful community partners who provide … Continued
On Tuesday September 25th, BOSS and dozens of community partners held a special Get Out The Vote Rally in front of Oakland City Hall from 11 am-2 pm, in an effort to register people to vote, provide voter rights … Continued
Class project turns into special donation for BOSS housing! “As part of the “Global Startup” class at UC Berkeley, taught by Ken Singer, students had a week to trade items (with strangers) and the team who ended with the most … Continued
Following is a powerful and thoughtful message shared by a South Berkeley community member, Carol Wyatt, who is committed to finding peaceful solutions to violence that include, respect, and uplift the community – working in partnership with the BOSS Reclaiming … Continued
Under the leadership of Desmond Iman, the new Teacher at the Children’s Learning Center (CLC), the homeless children who participate in BOSS’s after-school program on-site at Ursula Sherman Village have been taking part in exciting STEM activities this summer, in … Continued
Visionaries Documentary – Nearly There! BOSS has raised approximately $35,000 for the production budget for a documentary that will be aired nationally on PBS as part of the PBS documentary series, The Visionaries — we are talking with the filmmakers right now … Continued
BERKELEY, CA – On a warm evening in downtown Berkeley, with the strains of jazz played by Berkeley High School musicians coming from the Crystal Ballroom at Hotel Shattuck Plaza, BOSS gathered with sponsors and supporters, elected officials, volunteers and … Continued
Oakland, CA – On Monday May 21 2018 in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza outside Oakland City Hall, BOSS, Californians for Safety and Justice, and nearly a dozen local organizations serving low income communities and people of color came together to … Continued
BOSS staff are active participants in local, regional and state forums that are seeking solutions to homelessness, poverty, and reentry challenges. Some of our recent or upcoming participation includes: Homelessness Solutions Summit 2018 The next 10 years in Alameda County, job growth is expected … Continued
The BOSS Board of Directors is having a weekly auction of one special item up for bid each week – all funds raised will benefit the BOSS Visionaries documentary film project, to help share BOSS’s work fighting mass homelessness, mass incarceration, … Continued
Darnell Oliver is a 57 year old who had been sleeping in his car on the streets of Oakland, his home community, since 2016. In 2017 when he was staying in the winter shelter at St. Vincent de Paul, he … Continued