W. Burns met with Ana-Marie Jones, Executive Director of Collaborating Agencies Responding to Disasters (C.A.R.D.) Dr. Burns is particularly interested in organizing agencies in West Oakland and preparing the residents of West Oakland for a disaster. Ana-Marie says many people have special needs in a disaster and these include low-income people, the developmentally disabled, […]

Tomye Neal Madison, a member of our Art Council and artist-in-residence has received a $4,500 grant from the East Bay Community Foundation to design and build a” Wellness Gate”. This gate of wrought iron and stained glass will replace the old gate and be the center of a new wrought iron fence fronting the building. […]

Great news! We have just received notice from the City of Oakland’s Cultural Funding Program that our grant request for support of our upcoming October 2006 production of Shakespeare in the Yard, “Mack” has been recommended for funding, a $3,950 grant, 100% of what we requested. Josh Shipper and I were present at the evaluation […]

In our daily work with families in need in West Oakland, we at Prescott-Joseph have become increasingly aware of the tremendous need for a food pantry in the Lower Bottom of West Oakland. Previous food banks and pantries have closed (Women’s Economic Agenda Project((WEAP)), Catholic Charities, St. Patrick, Mt. Zion) or are operating marginally.
St. Patrick’s […]