EOC aims to improve racial and economic equality in East Oakland through programs and projects related to Civic Engagement & Leadership, Economic Empowerment, Homeless Services & Solutions, and COVID-19 relief for some of Oakland’s most vulnerable populations — Black residents and unhoused neighbors.
From climate change to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the world is waking up to the urgent need for local resiliency initiatives. Resilience hubs are an emergent phenomenon that have recently taken hold in Toronto, Boston, New Orleans, Oakland, and beyond as cities and community organizations are looking more closely at social infrastructure and community cohesion as a fundamental foundation of “resilience.”
Resilience hubs are physical spaces that act as centers for community preparedness, emergency response, and recovery in the face of social and environmental hazards. The emphasis of these spaces, and what distinguishes them, presently, from community centers and other community infrastructure, is that they are community-run and that their emphasis is specifically oriented to hazard response.