Project Peace partners with East Bay organizations to contribute toward their sustainability and efficacy,
specifically schools and social service providers. We do this primarily through our Day of Service program, helping partners identify their needs and connecting them with volunteer and occasionally financial resources to meet those needs.
For more information on working alongside Project Peace East Bay or becoming a partnering organization, email us at contact@projectpeaceeastbay.org
Claremont Middle School (OUSD) serves the Rockridge community of north Oakland. It was apartner of Project Peace for ten years as a Day of Service site, and did not require our services anymore when their own parent community took on the ongoing needs of their campus.
Covenant House provides sanctuary and support for homeless and trafficked youth, ages 18-24. CHC provides a full continuum of services to meet the physical, emotional, educational, vocational, and spiritual well-being of young people from a faith-based perspective. It is based out of downtown Oakland with an emergency shelter in Berkeley called "YEAH!”.
Our mission is to empower our students to break the cycles of teen pregnancy, poverty, violence, and abuse that affect their lives. We are a necessarily small high school that serves pregnant and parenting teens and their children.
Our emphasis is on the whole child, with excellent academics, music, art, physical education, poetry, gardening, field trips and community building.
Faith Network of the East Bay founded in 2001, is a collaboration of organizations, congregations, businesses, educators, civic leaders and concerned individuals mobilized to invest their time and other resources to improve the whole health of children and families. We seek to develop these partnerships and challenge people to act on their values to help schools, families and communities develop students who have acquired the skills and attitudes that will maximize their full potential and enhance their participation as responsible, contributing members of society.
Through its Urban School Adoption program Faith Network, in response to needs expressed by school principals and teachers, provides tutors, mentors, classroom assistants, library helpers, teacher appreciation events, family support, summer camp for city kids and more.
Garfield Elementary School’s vision is that ALL Garfield students will grow into caring and creative adults prepared to graduate from college and succeed in life.
Our mission is to improve students' academic achievement in a safe, stimulating and nurturing environment where teachers practice instructional strategies that meet the individual learning needs of all students. Our goal is to be considered one of the best elementary schools in the state!
Marshall Elementary is a “community of learners” as all stakeholders show their commitment to academic excellence for our students. Marshall is a safe place where students feel comfortable, relaxed and eager to learn. They consistently put forth effort to do their best.
Meadow Homes is one of ten Turnaround Arts schools in California. An initiative of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities (PCAH), Turnaround Arts is a public-private partnership that uses the arts to help narrow the achievement gap, increase student engagement and enhance the culture and climate in schools. Through arts centered school reform, Meadow Homes Elementary seeks to boost academic achievement and increase student motivation.
Oakland International High School is a Full-Service Community School within the Oakland Unified School District. We provide our students and their families with access to educational programs and social and emotional supports, which are much needed in the communities we serve.
Piedmont students, a culturally rich community of hard working learners, take initiative, are reflective and practice self discipline through Mindfulness Training and classroom meetings. Additional support comes from a reading teacher, library and computer teacher, a Science / Art teacher, and trained volunteers from Reading Partners and Experience Corp.
The new school opened in 2006 with Ruby Bridges, herself, attending the dedication. It celebrates diversity, values educational achievement, and takes pride in being the future. In addition to a fabulous staff, it has an active hardworking PTA, three afterschool programs, a garden program, and afterschool enrichment classes.
At Sylvia Mendez (formerly Le Conte), our vision is for students to become enthusiastic and proficient learners, mastering fundamentals, taking risks, and tackling intellectual challenges. Our positive school culture and community-building activities help develop students’ self-esteem, compassion, empathy, and problem-solving skills.
YEAH is a community of more than 50 local citizens, students, working and retired people, and social service professionals working to develop a new model to prevent adult homelessness by addressing the issues of youth homelessness
1951 Coffee is a non-profit specialty coffee organization seeking to promote the well-being of the refugee and aslyee community by providing job training and employment. They also educate the surrounding community about refugee life and issues. The cafe is located just south of the Cal campus and offers coffee and pastry catering.
Covenant House provides sanctuary and support for homeless and trafficked youth, ages 18-24. CHC provides a full continuum of services to meet the physical, emotional, educational, vocational, and spiritual well-being of young people from a faith-based perspective. It is based out of downtown Oakland with an emergency shelter in Berkeley called "YEAH!”.
We are a multi-ethnic, Christian non-profit organization working through God’s grace and mercy to create positive, systemic change for individuals and our community.
OLC is a mentoring program in East Oakland who endeavors to develop young adult leaders with the character of Christ.
Trinity Center’s mission is to be the doorway to opportunity for homeless and working poor people. We give care and hope to each one through supported access to services and resources. We invite everyone to participate in our mission.
YEAH is a community of more than 50 local citizens, students, working and retired people, and social service professionals working to develop a new model to prevent adult homelessness by addressing the issues of youth homelessness
To ease and end the crisis of homelessness in our community, Berkeley Food and Housing Project provides emergency food and shelter, transitional housing, permanent housing, and housing placement with support services to homeless individuals and families.
Cityteam Oakland is located in the heart of downtown. The doors of the mission are open to the city's poor, hopeless and homeless. Together, the staff and volunteers in Oakland are working towards an empowered, changed and new Oakland.
Covenant House provides sanctuary and support for homeless and trafficked youth, ages 18-24. CHC provides a full continuum of services to meet the physical, emotional, educational, vocational, and spiritual well-being of young people from a faith-based perspective. It is based out of downtown Oakland with an emergency shelter in Berkeley called "YEAH!”.
Ruby’s Place is a non-profit agency in Hayward, California that has provided shelter and supportive services since 1972 for women and children who experience domestic violence, homelessness and more recently human trafficking. Ruby’s Place was one of the first shelters for women and children in the Bay Area established by community volunteers who saw a need for these services and the diverse staff have keep this agency’s mission alive for 40 years.
Trinity Center’s mission is to be the doorway to opportunity for homeless and working poor people. We give care and hope to each one through supported access to services and resources. We invite everyone to participate in our mission.
YEAH is a community of more than 50 local citizens, students, working and retired people, and social service professionals working to develop a new model to prevent adult homelessness by addressing the issues of youth homelessness
The 16th Street Station is owned by BRIDGE Housing Corporation. RAILS, a community nonprofit, was formed to serve as the stewards of the Station’s development. A community group, The Station Crew, helps plan events and care for the Station, which is situated in the middle of the newly developing Central Station neighborhood. Read more about each of these entities below.Info
1951 Coffee is a non-profit specialty coffee organization seeking to promote the well-being of the refugee and aslyee community by providing job training and employment. They also educate the surrounding community about refugee life and issues. The cafe is located just south of the Cal campus and offers coffee and pastry catering.
Habitat for Humanity East Bay/Silicon Valley brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. We revitalize neighborhoods, build affordable and sustainable housing solutions, and empower families through successful homeownership. Since 1986, we have partnered with volunteers, the community, and qualified families with limited incomes to strengthen communities in Alameda, Contra Costa, and Santa Clara Counties.
Ruby’s Place is a non-profit agency in Hayward, California that has provided shelter and supportive services since 1972 for women and children who experience domestic violence, homelessness and more recently human trafficking. Ruby’s Place was one of the first shelters for women and children in the Bay Area established by community volunteers who saw a need for these services and the diverse staff have keep this agency’s mission alive for 40 years.
