Roots in the News: “In Oakland, a Job Where Being a Former Inmate Gets You in the Door”
Roots’ social enterprise, Clean360, was featured on KQED 88.5 FM’s The California Report in a piece by Matt Beagle. Read and listen here.
Roots’ social enterprise, Clean360, was featured on KQED 88.5 FM’s The California Report in a piece by Matt Beagle. Read and listen here.
Oakland, CA (KGO)-Music, dance and food are all back! Auckland’s first Friday festival is here.“Almost two years later, this is amazing,” said Adriana Contreras, who lives in Auckland. Her daughter was four months old when Adriana and her family last arrived on the first Friday. Today she talks about the festival and even has her…
Roots Community Health will increase community awareness through informational social media posts and a fact sheet that will be presented to all female patients. African American women suffer from a higher prevalence of fibroids. It is estimated that by the age of fifty 90% have fibroids. Members of the community are encouraged to join the…
Plus, a new report addresses ways the country’s largest county can get all of its citizens connected; San Jose, Calif., launches a new initiative to aid with Internet affordability; and more. October 07, 2021 • Zack Quaintance, Julia Edinger Alameda County, Calif., which includes the city of Oakland. (Shutterstock) The nonprofit organization The Greenlining Institute has announced…
California has also undercut its already struggling public health system — and missed an opportunity to invest in it. May 24, 2021 by Kaiser Health News Leave a Comment By Angela Hart SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has embraced Silicon Valley tech companies and health care industry titans in response to the…