Spaces are still available! Roots Los Angeles launches the Fatherhood Workshop, a curricula of Timelist Program. At the end of our twelve week workshop, participants will be better prepared to be responsible fathers, create goal-oriented individuals eager to be dutiful father’s, and develop role models for the male youth. Classes meet Thursday’s from 7 pm –…
Clean360 East Oakland Makes History on Grand Opening Day
Clean360 celebrated the opening of its third retail store on February 2nd, 2017. New and loyal customers patronized the latest Roots Community Health social enterprise and participated in hourly gift basket raffles. The smell of delicious bar-b-que overtook the outside air as customers shopped inside the new store and explored unique soap scents. Clean360’s third…
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Emancipator Spotlight: Perrie Anderson
Emancipator Perrie Anderson’s journey with Clean360 began by reading a handout on display at a local community employment center in Oakland. “What caught my eye about the Emancipators Initiative was that it provided jobs for East Oaklanders previously incarcerated and on probation. I went to Roots Community Health to receive more information and received a…
Legal Clinic
On February 27 between 10:00am—1:00pm, we will hold a free, Prop 47 Legal Clinic. Those in attendance will receive free consultations with attorneys from Bay Area Legal Aid. Get help with Prop 47 and Traffic Amnesty. Obtain advice about other Clean Slate remedies and get screened for additional legal services: Evictions, reasonable accommodations requests, and…
VOLT Job Fair
We have partnered with VOLT Workforce Solutions to offer a Job Fair on February 22nd, 2017 between 10:00am-2:00pm. VOLT connects talented applicants with great opportunities at top companies in the East Bay. Submitting your applicant profile through their agency means you will be considered for current openings as well as other positions that you’re qualified…
Day 10: Pathways to Change
In 2016, Roots Community Health expanded our Whole Health Model by acquiring Timelist Group and their curricula, developed by and for incarcerated individuals. The curricula, which emphasizes individual’s mindset and behavior, aims to end the cycle of violence, crime, poverty, unemployment and recidivism of those who have been incarcerated, complementing Roots’ comprehensive wraparound services. Our…
Day 9: Economic Empowerment
The Emancipators Initiative creates opportunity through workforce development and wraparound care. It remains a pillar of hope for those who have been disconnected from the workforce for an extended period of time, have experienced significant barriers to employment, and may not have basic job readiness skills. Members of the program are able to gain work…
Day 8: Economic Resources
Health disparities that stem from differences in socioeconomic status affect our immediate area in unprecedented numbers. For our clients, steps to meaningful employment, upward mobility and enhanced family life are attainable through economic resource assistance. We are able to address these conditions through our Empowerment Center. The Empowerment Center is an integral component of…
Day 7: Children’s Health
The Center’s for Disease Control (CDC) identifies health disparities as inequitable differences directly related to the distribution of political, economic, and environmental resources. An African-American child born into East Oakland is expected to live 15 fewer years than a white child born 3 miles away in the Oakland Hills. Unfortunately, data suggest that similar health…