SparkPoint Oakland
September 2021

SparkPoint Oakland (SPO) Newsletter – September 2021

SparkPoint Oakland builds financial health and increases access to good jobs for all Oakland residents.  A regional initiative started by United Way of the Bay Area, SparkPoint Oakland is the first SparkPoint Center of twenty-three in the Bay Area. The Centers are a collaborative of financial, workforce, and community-based services that integrate supports to residents so that they can become economically prosperous. SparkPoint focuses on four areas: managing credit, reducing debt, increasing income, and building assets. See our September 2021 Newsletter... Read more
SparkPoint Oakland
August 2021

SparkPoint Oakland (SPO) Newsletter – August 2021

From SparkPoint Oakland
SparkPoint Oakland builds financial health and increases access to good jobs for all Oakland residents.  A regional initiative started by United Way of the Bay Area, SparkPoint Oakland is the first SparkPoint Center of twenty-three in the Bay Area. The Centers are a collaborative of financial, workforce, and community-based services that integrate supports to residents so that they can become economically prosperous. SparkPoint focuses on four areas: managing credit, reducing debt, increasing income, and building assets. See our August 2021 Newsletter... Read more
Dear Friends
April 2021

EBALDC Reaffirms BLM Allyship

What do you say about a boy who just became a teenager? A man who was a new father? The former co-captain of his high school basketball team? A woman whose job was to save lives? A runner? A man who nourished our children? We say their names: Adam Toledo Daunte Wright George Floyd Breonna Taylor Ahmaud Arbery Philando Castile… And still, there are so many more names we have to say. So many lives for whose deaths we need to mourn. So many more humans. We are tired of seeing Black and Brown people killed. We are tired of seeing... Read more
Our Stories
March 2021

A Humbling Experience for EBALDC’s Resident Leadership Council

East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation 45 Stories for 45 Years Contributors: Mr. He, resident of Noble Tower  Over the last year, under COVID, EBALDC’s Resident Leadership Council has put together 100 care packages for our houseless neighbors.  I think back on when our RLC member Shirley Chung suggested this idea, how the program has grown, and how during these times, the packages are even more important. I remember we had many meetings discussing the facts and myths of homelessness and then voted to use our own funds to start the... Read more