News
April 2024

EBALDC’s Avalon Tenants Advocates (ATA) Amplify Community Needs Through its Newsletter and Local Organizing at EBALDC Senior Residence

For years, residents at EBALDC’s Avalon Senior Housing complex successfully advocated for themselves and their community, incorporating a newsletter publication into their efforts. How It All Began: Organizing for Traffic Safety Beth Esperanza Rosales, Avalon Senior Housing resident and Avalon Tenants Advocates co-founder says that the seniors there began speaking out on behalf of their community approximately 7 years ago: “We at Avalon started advocating…for a crosswalk right outside our gate. There is a Pak ‘N Save across the way, seniors were jaywalking and falling with carts right outside.” Beth described... Read more
Media
March 2024

A CATALYST FOR CHANGE IN OAKLAND: ANNETTE MILLER

From SHELTERFORCE
For Annette Miller, the call to organize emanates from a profound need for change, born out of a personal journey that is marked by unimaginable loss. A mother who has endured losing her son to gun violence, Miller harnessed her pain as a driving force for purpose, and has become a relentless advocate, passionately fighting to secure equitable resources for Oakland, California, ensuring it stands on par with its neighboring communities. Miller has served on the Oakland United School District School Site Council for McClymonds High School for five years, and... View article