By Nick Musni, Community Organizer “From the depth of need and despair, people can work together, can organize themselves to solve their own problems and fill their own needs with dignity and strength.” — Cesar Chavez Every year on
By Alexa Senter, Marketing & Communications Manager As you may already know, Alameda County is home to the country's largest community of Afghans and Afghan Americans. This vibrant community has contributed to the rich tapestry of the East Bay's history, economy, and
By Henry Easton Koehler and Nick Musni, Community Organizers As a recently expanded, seven-person cohort, our Policy & Partnerships team works to advance policies that will move us closer to eradicating hunger. Our roles as the Food Bank's Community
By Nick Musni, Community Organizer As February enters our rear-view mirror and we move forward to March, we reflect on this timely truth: To honor Black History, we must invest in Black futures. On Tuesday, February 8, Oakland Unified
Drive-through food distributions were not part of our work before March of 2020. The previous year, during the government shutdown, our team started assembling and distributing easy to carry Emergency Food Bags to meet the sudden surge in need
