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Join us at the Wellness Block Party happening now until 3pm at 925 Brockhurst Street!
St. Mary's Center invites you to apply to the 2022 Alameda County Homelessness Leadership Academy 2! The Leadership Academy is a designed training ground for adults 55 years and older with lived experience being unhoused to become influential leaders in their communities and craft solutions to end homelessness.
Leadership Academy sessions will start in June and last until August. Leaders will be committing to attend six zoom session classes and graduation, then joining St. Mary's Center in action and advocacy through creating a policy platform of solutions to end homelessness in Alameda County.
All sessions are held every two weeks on Tuesday afternoons from 2:00PM - 4:30 PM.
Fill out the form to sign up here: forms.gle/97M8FNriP4PdjpMq8
May 20 is Mental Health Action Day. This year's Mental Health Action Day's theme is connection. For our Seniors, connecting through community plays a huge role in their mental health and well being.
While the pandemic was a difficult time for us all, Seniors were especially impacted by the effects of isolation. Reconnecting through our Community Center has meant a great deal to the Seniors of SMC. We are so glad to be able to enjoy each other's company again and support our Senior's mental health in person.
To donate to St. Mary’s Center visit: www.stmaryscenter.org
Former St. Mary’s Center Board Chair, Kent Donahue and wife Pamela Donahue’s K4P Charitable Family Foundation is hosting the 2nd Annual “Meet Me in Murphy’s” Concert. Enjoy music from Grammy Winning artist, Fantastic Negrito, a silent auction, food and refreshments
Tickets for the event: $100 general admission; $250 VIP
Proceeds from the event will benefit St. Mary’s Center at-risk Seniors.
To purchase tickets visit: https;//www.eventbrite.com/e/300378328667
To donate directly to St. Mary’s Center visit: www.stmaryscenter.org
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Its that time again friends for our annual "Meet Me in Murphys" charity concert ! June 11, 2022 at Crestview Pond Estate
The SF Chronicle featured SMC Senior Advocates and Residents United Network members Judy Jackson and Willie Stevens in an article about Assembly Bill 1961. Assembly Bill 1961 would create a new online application system and state database of affordable apartment listings. We are so proud of the ways that our SMC seniors are sharing their stories and using their voices to influence state and federal platforms.
Check out the article below:
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/california-affordable-housing-17180162.php?utm_source=newslet...
To Donate Visit: stmaryscenter.org/donate/
They waited years for affordable housing. Now, a new type of database could ease that problem
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A state measure to modernize affordable apartment listings and create an online...
In the News
For media inquiries, contact Executive Director Sharon Cornu at (510) 923-9600 x223.
- ‘Food is love’: After closing its winter homeless shelter, Oakland’s St. Mary’s Center tried something new, The Oaklandside, March 12, 2021
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COVID-19 leaves unhoused Oaklanders with few options for winter shelter, The Oaklandside, December 10, 2020
- Inside the Bay Area’s Geriatric Homeless Shelter, New York Times, April 23, 2020
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Bay Area’s New Homeless Epicenter? San Francisco Chronicle, August 1, 2019
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Homelessness Is a Tragedy When Solutions Are at Hand, East Bay Express, November 19, 2019
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Thousands of California Seniors Are ‘One Disaster Away’ from Homelessness. What Can the State Do? USA Today, October 3, 2019
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St. Mary’s Center: Investing in Our Elders, Community Vision, October 2, 2020