Equity 4 Black Berkeley (E4BB) Case Study Report
Our Process, Our Approach, and Our Learnings
Mayor Ishii’s Voice Around Equity 4 Black Berkeley
As I step into the role of Mayor, I want to take a moment to recognize and uplift the transformative work you have led in partnership with the City of Berkeley through the Equity for Black Berkeley (E4BB) initiative. Your leadership in housing justice, community restoration, and policy advocacy has ensured that Black residents of Berkeley have a real path to return, remain, own, and thrive in our city.
The Affordable Housing Preference Policy became effective January 1, 2024.
Were you displaced from Berkeley? You may qualify for the Affordable Housing Preference Policy. Affordable housing preferences give people who have lost or are at risk of losing housing in Berkeley priority when new units become available.
HBF Relocation Fund
We are relocating to 2001 Ashby Street, Berkeley, California, a ground floor office space and location for community programming. The 1,818 square feet of commercial space will provide a stable and affordable headquarters for HBF as we continue to operate and expand in the East Bay and beyond.
The relocation of HBF at the corner of Ashby and Adeline will strategically anchor the interests of the Black community in historically Black South Berkeley. With your contribution to our capital campaign, HBF will build out the interior of the space to include a conference room, green space, and children’s area. This infrastructure will allow us to retain, nourish, expand, and cultivate the culture of Black Berkeley in this community. We invite you to help make this expansion a reality as we position HBF for the next decade.
Use our Tax ID: 46-3142614 to make your tax-deductible donation today!
Our Impact
Our Mission:
Providing people with knowledge, skills and strategies to make social systems and policies more equitable for Black people and communities.
Our Vision is to organize individuals, families and the organizations that serve them, into communities empowered with skills to advance social equity and justice, with a focus on Black individuals and families.
We Serve Black Families in 5 Areas:
Umoja Community Fund
Through the Umoja COVID Relief Fund, Healthy Black Families outreached to 175 families in the greater Bay Area and provided financial awards to 106 families to cover payment of rent, groceries, utilities, and wellness services.
Sisters Together Empowering Peers (STEP)
Healthy Black Families facilitated 12 individual counseling and leadership development workshops Sisters Together Empowering Peers (STEP) Leaders. STEP Leaders led 27 information/education sessions for parents and caregivers.
Thirsty For Change! (T4C)
Healthy Black Families, in partnership with the Center for Food, Faith and Justice (CFFJ), presents the Thirsty For Change! program; providing Sugar Sweetened Beverage and health equity education.
Play and Learn on Zoom
Play and Learn Circles were offered in support of pregnant and new moms sheltering in place with children 0-3 years old. These interactive, hour and a half, weekly, online circles continued for 12-weeks with participants from Bay Area communities.
Telling Our Stories (TOS) Writing Circles
Telling Our Stories (TOS) provides therapeutic, guided writing circles focused on thoughts, feelings and experiences related to their pregnancies, birth and being a mother. To date, eight books documenting these life stories have been published.
Get Involved
Donate
As we work to ensure the rights of people in the communities we serve to have access to food, employment, quality health care and education, we welcome your support! The world is enriched when every person has what they need to thrive. Be the change you want to see in the world. Donate Today!!
Volunteer
As a volunteer, you have the opportunity to use your resources, knowledge, experience, talents and skills to support a variety of programs, initiatives and activities at Healthy Black Families. Will you join us as we build more just and equitable communities?
Partner with Us!
Collaborate with Healthy Black Families to collectively impact communities. Our vision is to create a team of organizations that will work jointly with shared purposes and practices to actualize equity and social justice in the communities we serve.
