Do you receive SSI?
Don't miss out on food benefits!
 Beginning June 1, 2019, many Supplemental Security Income (SSI) recipients will become eligible for CalFresh Food Benefits. There is NO CHANGE or reduction to SSI/SSP amounts.
CalFresh benefits stretch food budgets, allowing individuals and families to afford nutritious food, including more fruit, vegetables and other healthy foods. The amount of benefits a household receives is dependent on household size, countable income, and monthly expenses, such as housing and utilities. The program issues monthly benefits on an Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) card. Food may be purchased at any grocery store or farmers market that accepts EBT cards.
HOW TO APPLY
Online: GetCalFresh.org
Call: 1-877-847-3663 (FOOD)
In Person: Click HERE to find an office near you.
Feedback Opportunities for the
Adeline Corridor Plan
 Learn about and weigh in on a draft plan created to encourage and guide the development of properties and streets along the Adeline Corridor so that they better reflect the community's values.
The draft plan articulates a vision and specific goals and actions for the area along Adeline Street and a portion of South Shattuck Avenue - an area with a rich history of cultural and economic diversity and political activism, and that also is facing acute challenges, such as displacement and rapid increases in the cost of housing.
Staff Presentation & Meeting on Draft Plan
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
6:30 PM
Planning Commission Public Hearing
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
7:00 PM
Henry Ramsey Jr. South Berkeley Senior Center
2939 Ellis Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
Send written comments via email:
adelinecorridor@cityofberkeley.info
Or regular mail:
Attn: Alisa Shen/Adeline Corridor
Planning Department
1947 Center Street, 2nd floor
Berkeley CA 94704
Learn more here.
Expanding your Talent Pool: A Forum on Employing Individuals with Disabilities
 This forum will highlight services that help employers, hiring managers, and recruiters access talent and resources that help their companies stay competitive.
Attendees will hear from a panel of employers and employers who have benefited from East Bay Innovations (EBI) services and programs. These employers will share first-hand how they successfully found talent with disabilities, to fill their job openings.
Friday, May 31, 2019
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM
Ed Roberts Campus
3075 Adeline Street
Osher Room - 1st Floor
Berkeley, CA 94703
Also, learn about additional resources available to help you onboard employees with disabilities and meet other businesses and agencies to expand your network!
Continental breakfast will be provided.
Register here.
This event is brought to you by the Alameda County Workforce Development Board, the City of Berkeley and East Bay Innovations.
2019 Kids' Summer Reading
June 1 - August 3
 Reading for fun during the summer helps children maintain or improve their skills so that they are ready to start school again in the fall.
Oakland Public Library's Kids’ Summer Reading rewards children for reading or listening to books or other materials that they pick out themselves. Kids who read 20 days during the summer will receive a free book and are eligible to win other prizes.
Special grand prize drawings include a family stay at the Oakland Feather River Family Camp, one family membership to Children’s Fairyland (ages 0-4) and one iPad (ages 5-14).
Registration begins May 24, 2019. Click here to register.
We also welcome kids and families to our activities and performances throughout the summer.
Partner organizations interested in distributing reading logs, or for other information regarding Kids’ Summer Reading, please contact Nina Lindsay, Supervising Librarian for Children’s Services, at nlindsay@oaklandlibrary.org or (510) 238-6706.
Ohlone Park 50th Anniversary
 The 50th anniversary celebration of Ohlone Park will will salute citizen activists who founded the park in 1969 and honor the Native California Indians whose heritage, dating back thousands of years in the Bay Area, gave this treasured open space in Berkeley its name.
Saturday, June 1, 2019
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Ohlone Park
Sacramento and Delaware Streets
Berkeley, CA 94702
Events include a re-dedication of the Ohlone Mural, dog training at the dog park, events and entertainment for kids, and arts and crafts demonstrations from California’s Native American community.
For more information and volunteer opportunities, contact berkeleyfoop@gmail.com.
Community Foods Market Grand Opening and Neighborhood Festival
Come celebrate the grand opening of Community Foods Market and our West Oakland community!
Saturday, June 1, 2019
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Community Foods Market
3105 San Pablo Avenue
Oakland, CA 94608
- Live Music on Two Stages
- Oakland A’s Interactive Zone
- Fresh Life Foundation Community Resource Fair
- Food Sampling
- #TOWNFOLK Salon Series @ Sol Gate Studios
- Health & Wellness Activities
- Community Mural Painting with Attitudinal Healing Connection
- Fun for Children & Families
Click here for more information.
17th Annual Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet
 Join the 100 Black Men of the Bay Area for the 17th Annual Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet!
Saturday, June 1, 2019
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Edwards Stadium
UC Berkeley Campus
2223 Fulton Street
Berkeley, CA 94704
Founded in 2003, 100 Black Men of the Bay Area’s Youth Movement is an after-school and weekend program that features athletic training and the formation of track & field clubs. The Youth Movement program culminates annually with the Tommie Smith Youth Track Meet, celebrating the hard work, commitment, and support of the hundreds of volunteer coaches, parents, businesses, community-based organizations, and government agencies that have helped uplift the children of the Bay Area.
Visit http://100blackmenba.org/ for more information.
EBRPD 85th Anniversary Free Park Fridays
Join us in celebrating the East Bay Regional Parks 85th Anniversary with Free Park Fridays! Every Friday until the end of the year the East Bay Regional Park District is offering Free Park Fridays to mark its 85th Anniversary.
Free Park Fridays applies to park entrance and fees for day use parking, swimming, dogs, horse trailers, boat launching, and fishing permits will all be waived. However, fee waiver does not apply to special event permits/reservations, camping and associated fees, or state fees such as fishing licenses and watercraft inspections.
For 85 years, the Park District has preserved and protected open space in Alameda and Contra Costa counties, and provided public access to regional parks, shorelines, and trails for recreation and nature discovery.
Learn more here.
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 The next regular Board of Supervisors meeting is on Tuesday, June 4, 2019 beginning at 11:00 AM.
Meeting will take place in Board Chambers:
Administration Building
Room 512 - 5th Floor
1221 Oak Street Room
Oakland , CA 94612
Can't make it in person? Watch online!
I have launched new weekly video series that YOU get to contribute to! Have a burning question about county policy or programs? Want to know more about life as an elected official? Curious about my favorite books? Send me your questions and I may just answer you via video on social media!
Visit my YouTube channel to view all AskKeith! episodes.
Email questions to: AskKeith@acgov.org
West Oakland Resiliency Workshop
Join the West Oakland Environmental Indicators Project for an interactive workshop on how we can build personal and community resilience to natural disasters. We will explore ideas, share tools, and our collective knowledge, and envision effective community response. This workshop will inform a project that aims to develop a West Oakland "resiliency hub" at 18th & Adeline.
Saturday, June 1, 2019
10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Oakland Public Library - West Oakland Branch
1801 Adeline St.
Oakland, CA 94607
This workshop is free and lunch will be provided. Please RSVP to meg.woeip@gmail.com.
Play Like a Girl 2019
The Play Like a Girl event is aimed at getting girls involved in sports in a fun and supportive environment! Decathlon, the City of Albany, Albany Unified School District and organizations from Albany, Berkeley, Oakland and beyond will be offering more than 20 different sports to try out. Each organization will offer hands-on activities so girls ages 2-17* can really experience each sport.
Sunday, June 2, 2019
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Memorial Park
1325 Portland Avenue
Albany, CA 94706
At this year's event there will also be music, demonstrations, and fabulous raffle prizes including a FREE sports camp! So bring your sister, daughter, cousin, or neighbor - this fabulous FREE event is for all girls both young and old.
Don't forget to stop by the boxing booth to meet Bay Area's own professional boxer, Dalia "La Pantera" Gomez and get her autograph.
* moms can participate too!!
Learn more here.
Albany Police Department's Coffee with a Cop
The mission of Coffee with a Cop is to break down the barriers between police officers and the citizens they serve by removing agendas and allowing opportunities to ask questions, voice concerns, and get to know the officers in your neighborhood.
Monday, June 3, 2019
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Albany Community Center
1249 Marin Avenue
Albany, CA 94706
Questions? Please contact (510) 525-7300.
Congresswoman Barbara Lee Presents
A Dialogue on Women of Color Running for Office
 Please join Representatives Lee and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), the first African American woman to represent Massachusetts in Congress, and before that, the first African American woman elected to the Boston City Council. She is now a proud member of the #squad of first time, young, female representatives in Congress.
The members will be joined in conversation by Aimee Allison.
Saturday, June 15, 2019
12:00 - 1:30 PM
Beebe Memorial Cathedral
3900 Telegraph Avenue
Oakland, CA 94609
To attend, please RSVP here.
Faith Leaders Health Education Day
Men's Health Month Symposium
 Join Bishop J.W. Macklin and Bay Area Faith Leaders for a day of health education about the impact of cancer on men, family, and the African American community. This event is free & open to the public. Continental breakfast and lunch included.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Glad Tidings International , COGIC
970 Glad Tidings Way
Hayward, CA 94544
Symposium will focus on:
- General health information for men
- Cancer prevention, research and treatment
- Men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer
- Prostate cancer survivors and warriors
- Recurring and advanced prostate cancer
- Caregivers (wives, children and other loved ones)
Onsite health screenings will be available at no cost to participants.
Click here to RSVP.
Contact person: Dr. Larry Smith, PhD,: lars7062@gmail.com
Church office: 510-783-9377
2019 Partners in Preservation Awards
Call for Nominations!
Each year, the Oakland Heritage Alliance honors individuals, organizations, projects, and programs whose work demonstrates a commitment to excellence in historic preservation. In doing so, we hope to inspire others to take action to preserve, protect, and promote Oakland’s historic, natural, and cultural resources. While building and adaptive reuse projects have always been well represented among PIP winners, OHA has also recognized cultural organizations, websites, a podcast, an urban farm, and a film.
To be eligible, projects must have been completed within the last five years; buildings must be located within the geographical boundaries of Oakland. Application deadline is July 1, 2019.
Visit oaklandheritage.org for guidelines and an application form.
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