In The News
For media inquiries, contact Executive Director Sharon Cornu at (510) 923-9600 x223.
- Claudine Wong (KTVU2) talked with Senior members about our work to house the fastest growing segment of the unhoused population – Seniors 55+, June 13, 2024
- St. Mary’s Center serves as launch point for 2024 Point In Time Count, Cal Matters, SFGate, KALW, City of Oakland, January 25, 2024
- Oakland moving people from the street to hotel housing, Staff comments in Oakland North, November 18, 2023
- How painting your life story can promote healing, Oakland North, October 20, 2023
- The fastest-growing homeless population? Seniors, CalMatters, February 10, 2023
- 30 People Tell Us What Homelessness is Really Like, New York Times, February 2023
- Despite funding influx, California homelessness crisis grows in Alameda County, Courthouse News, May 27, 2022
- ‘Food is love’: After closing its winter homeless shelter, Oakland’s St. Mary’s Center tried something new, The Oaklandside, March 12, 2021
- COVID-19 leaves unhoused Oaklanders with few options for winter shelter, The Oaklandside, December 10, 2020
Updates & Newsletters
Thank you to the dedicated team of people and thought leaders that drive our mission at St. Mary’s Center. Check out these recent updates about their work.
- St. Mary’s Seniors Keith and Jesse recently appeared in a video about how housing justice begins with home, watch here (November 2023)
- Our team prioritizes good data systems to benefit homeless Seniors, learn more from our recent webinar (November 2023)
- Our very special Sacred Storytelling portraits are live in our Community Center, watch the videos (October 2023)
- Did you catch the summer newsletter? Read it here (September 2023)
Facebook Posts
St. Mary's Center hosted the PIT count this January, helping facilitate the flawed but necessary measure of homelessness in the county. Read about the history and challenges of the PIT in KALW @ tinyurl.com/kalw-pit
Jonathan Russell - Director of Alameda Co. Health Housing and Homelessness services - stopped by to discuss policy with Senior Advocates for Hope and Justice.
Thoughtful questions from the Seniors have us all thinking about the best methods of community care.
Anne asked about subsidies in the production of acutely low-income housing. Keith asked about the Supreme Court's criminalization of homelessness. Sheila asked about trauma in temporary housing sites.
📣📣 Signal boosting! 📣📣
Join @Pacific Center for Human Growth at a FREE training for the senior community (55+) around learning more about the LGBTQIA2S+ community.
July 29 2-4 PM at the South Berkeley Senior Center.
Topics include:
Getting familiar with LGBTQ+ terminology
Understanding the historical landscape that has influenced the experiences of LGBTQ+ elders
Recognizing barriers to care
Practice using different pronouns, answering questions, and other scenarios
Help us ease the transition from homelessness to housing with welcome kits for new participants. This is great for a group or family looking to give back to the community. Thank you!