Tag: Candice Elder

East Oakland Collective and members of Digital Underground honor Shock G through Feed the Hood, combining mutual aid, music and remembrance. Leah Harmony catches up with Candice Elder and Mystic to discuss the partnership’s work to provide meals, supplies and support for Oakland residents.

Candice Elder, founder and executive director of the East Oakland Collective, is a force to reckon with in Oakland when the issue of homelessness is brought up. During this quarantine season, her comrades as well as herself have successfully organized a moratorium on the police sweeping of homeless encampments in Oakland, which was passed unanimously by the City Council.

On Martin Luther King Day, Monday, Jan. 20, 2020, at 10:00 a.m., noted Bay Area grassroots leaders will host a protest rally at the Oakland City Church to highlight the plight of the unhoused.