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Meet Maria Sanchez, the Fruitvale Business Improvement District Manager
Maria Sanchez is an Oakland resident and a true Fruitvale living legend. For the past 30 years, she has worked tirelessly to improve the…
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What do Moms Say about Head Start?
Before Maria enrolled Vicente her three-year-old son in the Cesar Chavez Head Start Program in Concord, she was apprehensive about kindergarten. Vicente first language…
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Should I Stay or Should I Go? A Policy Brief by UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative
UCLA Latino Policy & Politics Initiative (LPPI) conducted an empirical analysis of the Fruitvale Village in Oakland, California, a multi-dimensional Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in the…
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Over 200 People Attend the Groundbreaking of Casa Arabella
On Friday, March 2nd Bay Area leaders and community members gathered to celebrate the groundbreaking of Casa Arabella, the largest affordable housing project in…
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A Dreamer’s Story
Clara is a 24-year-old Family Advocate at De Colores Head Start & Early Head Start, a preschool for low-income families in the Fruitvale neighborhood…
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Head Start Program: Annual Report 2016-2017
The Unity Council serves 187 Early Head Start children, and 180 Head Start children throughout our Concord and Oakland grantee-operated programs. The 2016-2017 school…
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Workplace Raids: Workers’ Rights Legal Resources
Because of the reports of an impending wave of workplace raids by ICE in California, our friends at Centro Legal de La Raza wanted…
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Get Your Valentine’s Flowers in Fruitvale
Are you that person that forgets to get flowers for your significant other in Valentine’s Day? Gain some brownie points with your Bae* and…
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Affordable Senior Housing is Accepting Applications!
Affordable Senior Housing in East Oakland, ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS 62 OR OLDER OR HANDICAPPED/DISABLED. February 15 through March 1, 2018. Monday – Friday from 9:00…
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Resilient Fruitvale Block Party!
Join us for an afternoon filled with resources for you and your family, games, prizes, music, kid activities, and ride a real Oakland fire…
The Unity Council
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