Beautiful clean neighborhoods are essential to the well-being of our community! Which is why we organize dozens of work parties throughout the year. Last month, The Fruitvale Business Improvement District (BID) organized a work party followed by a celebration to commemorate the legacy of Cesar Chavez. People of all ages and backgrounds participated in the […]
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STEP: We Help Youth Become Job Ready!
Have you heard of the STEP program? STEP is a new program of The Unity Council to help young adults with their job and career search and to be job ready, and we need your help! We have to meet our enrollment goal by the end of March or we may lose funding! The program offers significant resources […]
Third-Floor Office Space Available at 1900 Fruitvale Ave
Come be our neighbors! Third-floor office space available at 1900 Fruitvale Ave. in a building shared with Merritt College’s Fruitvale campus, the Praxis Project, and many of The Unity Council’s programs, including our Fruitvale Neighborhood Career Center, Fruitvale Head Start Center, and our administrative offices. Nonprofit or Social Enterprise tenants preferred! 500 – 2,668 sq. […]
FREE Tax Service Starts in February!
Save your hard-earned money- get your taxes prepared for FREE at The Unity Council! If you make less than $54,000/year, you can qualify for free tax preparation by IRS-certified volunteers through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. If you have questions about the program, are curious if you qualify, or if you’d like to […]
Fruitvale-San Antonio Senior Center Open in Response to Fire
The doors of the Fruitvale-San Antonio Senior Center will be open late to the public through Friday night, as a place for first responders, mourners, and other community members to come to rest. Two blocks away from the site of the horrific fire in a Fruitvale warehouse, The Unity Council seeks to provide space for […]
Our Response to the Fruitvale Fire
We’ve been shaken by tragedy over the weekend with news of a horrific fire at a warehouse in the Fruitvale. The Unity Council has a role to play in the aftermath of this disaster, as a community leader and advocate. The victims of this tragedy were artists, makers, and musicians in our community who contributed […]
