Chef Willie made the very first CK meals as chef at Luka’s Oakland & you can find Willie's Kitchen at Binny's at 532 8th St. We support BIPOC owned restaurants in their 1st year of business & proud to support Willie, a Guatemalan immigrant, as he gets his business started.

🍪 Cookies for the People! 🍪

1000 Cookies 🍪 for the people! Thanks 🙏🏽 to Oakland Roots for preparing the dough. Thanks 🙏🏽 to Love Bite bakers for baking the cookies. Thanks 🙏🏽 to East Oakland Collective for Feeding The Hood! Everyone deserves a sweet treat!

I talked to ⁦KCRW⁩ along with my mentor and dear friend, Mily Treviño-Sauceda of ⁦Alianza Nacional de Campesinas⁩ ⁦Líderes Campesinas (Women Farmworker Leaders)⁩ about the devastation in Coachella Valley. Tropical Storm Hilary made life harder for farmworkers. How to help? kcrw.com/news/shows/gre…

🙏🏽 Alya Burnett Nosh The Oaklandside for capturing the beautiful community spirit at East Oakland Collective’s Feed the Hood. The revolution will be delicious.

“With food justice, it’s not just about providing a meal. For us, it’s providing a meal with dignity. It’s a meal that we ourselves would eat.” Inspiring piece in The Oaklandside highlighting the work being done by Community Kitchens to feed our community members.👇🏻oaklandside.org/2023/08/30/fee…

A #BasicIncome pilot program in Delaware that has provided $1000/mo to pregnant mothers for two years to support a healthy birth outcome and postpartum period is nearing its end and has apparently been a phenomenal success. Of the 40 women participating, 89% were able to receive

Our new kitchen is our superpower! Now turning recovered food into delicious meals for our community.

We’re hosting our first Oaklandish Friends & Family Market on 10/21. Taking vendor applications now, free to attend, no booth fees, just trying to keep what we love about Oakland going: oaklandish.me/ff2023vendors

Alameda County leaders could declare homelessness a state of emergency. nbcbay.com/OLElsWa

I stand with Nicole Lee and the DVP!

Just a reminder Oakland's 2021–2022 budget, spent $330 million on police, rising to $353 million in 2022–2023, $358 million in 2023–2024, and $364 million in the 2024–2025 budget. They weren’t defunded. Why aren’t we asking OPD WTF are they doing?

We have a solution that supports local restaurants and jobs, while feeding our most vulnerable. With both restaurants and unhoused in a crisis, we need the city, county and state to dedicate funding for programs like ours. cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/n…

THREAD. The recent behavior of Gavin Newsom on the issue of homelessness is among the most alarming things I've seen from a Democratic Party politician in recent years. If you haven't been following, I collect four examples here.

📣 Injera Tacos mela bisto oakland Eat. Dine for Justice. Repeat. Dine with Purpose CKoakland.org

☀️When it’s hot, our unsheltered need water 💧 CK Mobile Oasis loading up to bring water to the people. ✊🏽DONATE to our water fund if you can. CKoakland.org

🍽️ Food focused fundraiser!

“Encampments will never satisfy governments’ obligations on the right to housing, but since they exist, the most constructive way forward is one that promotes dignity, human rights and well-being.”

“If we are serious about ending homelessness, we must tackle the racist systems that inform and sustain public structures and inadvertently displace Black families.” Dr. @karayoungponder breaks down how systemic racism puts Black households at a higher risk of homelessness.