Since 1996, the Fruitvale Business Improvement District (BID) has been promoting vibrant, thriving, and safe streets along the commercial corridors of International Boulevard, Fruitvale Avenue, and Foothill Boulevard. The Fruitvale BID works directly with over 350 locally, minority-owned businesses and […]... Read More ➞
The Unity Council and La Clinica de la Raza are partnering to launch a promotoras cohort with a focus on Covid-19. The four-week workshop series will teach you how to organize community events, how to educate your community about Covid-19, and will […]... Read More ➞
Governor Newsom came to The Unity Council today to make a big announcement. The State of California has a $75.7 Billion budget surplus, and Governor Newsom announced today that much of that surplus is going back into the communities that […]... Read More ➞
The Unity Council and La Clinica de la Raza are calling artists and community members to submit artwork to be featured on the “Por mi, por ti, por Fruitvale/For me, for you, for Fruitvale” outreach campaign to promote the Covid-19 […]... Read More ➞
In April The Unity Council’s Latinx Mentoring & Achievement (LMA) program, BART, the Alliance for Girls, Betti Ono, and Black Girls Brilliance, launched the Not One More Girl Campaign against violence on public transit for female-identified and gender expansive youth. […]... Read More ➞
Daniel was first introduced to the Latino Men & Boys (LMB) program in 2019 as a 7th grader at United for Success Academy. His friends, participants of the program shared they enjoyed the interactive activities, events, and the Latino mentors who led the program. “Most of my teachers were white so I liked that the mentors looked like me,” Daniel said. […]... Read More ➞
Today, Square announced its participation as a technology partner in the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), a $28.6 billion grant program administered by the Small Business Administration (SBA). The RRF will provide free monetary awards to restaurants and other food and beverage businesses […]... Read More ➞
Watch a critical conversation co-hosted by the African American and Latino Alliance and The Unity Council as we celebrate five years of Black-Brown unity and honor Cesar Chavez’s life. Closing remarks provided by Chief Executive Officer Chris Iglesias. Participants & […]... Read More ➞
The Unity Council’s Department of Children and Family Services is sponsoring eligible participants for Chabot College’s Early Childhood Education classes. This program not only helps students prepare for future courses taught in English but also enables them to acquire the […]... Read More ➞
To help reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Fruitvale, our Business Improvement District team distributed more than 225 sneeze guards to more than 90 locally-owned, small businesses throughout the neighborhood last month. The sneezeguards, donated by the City of Oakland’s Office of Economic & Workforce Development were assembled and distributed throughout the […]... Read More ➞