Strategic Plan

Values

At East Oakland Collective, we are committed to:

Leadership. We lead with honesty and integrity to build and empower resident leadership.

Resilience. We build community relationships and help the community thrive by working towards self-determination, community healing and abundance.

Boldness / Innovation / Creativity. We break down barriers with authenticity and seek culturally creative solutions to address racial and economic inequality in East Oakland.

Justice. We combat racial, social and economic inequities for the Black residents of East Oakland.

Vision

We envision a community that ensures the voices of the residents of East Oakland, prioritizing Black residents, are heard and that residents of East Oakland become resource rich – to be able to eat, work, learn and play comfortably in their own neighborhoods.

Mission Statement

The East Oakland Collective supports residents of East Oakland, prioritizing Black residents, to navigate challenges and barriers to inequities through resource distribution and advocacy.

We work towards racial and economic justice and equitable access. Our work includes homeless services and solutions, economic empowerment and community action.

What We Do

Racial and economic equity through programming and efforts in:

Resource Distribution. Wellness, resiliency efforts, food justice.

Economic Empowerment. Lending circles.

Community Action. Neighborhood and transportation planning, Mobility 4 All.

Homeless Services and Solutions. Advocacy, policy and organizing work with and on behalf of unhoused populations.

Strategic Priorities

1. Support resiliency and equitable access for East Oakland residents

   • Expand food access

   • Develop and build economic empowerment program

   • Develop and build transportation access

   • Expand overall wellness

2. Develop organizational capacity

   • Build out procedures for finance, administration, human resources, marketing and communications

   • Raise $2 million over the next 3 years in order to expand our work

   • Board Development

   • Develop organizational data and metrics collection

This strategic plan developed December 2021-March 2022 in collaboration with East Oakland Collective staff by The Ross Collective.