Social Justice Programs

Activities

The goals of BOSS’s social justice work are:

  • to change public policies to affect the root causes of homelessness and poverty,
  • to provide better support to those are currently homeless or low-income.
    • Decision-making Participant Councils in all programs
    • Hiring participants as staff
    • Recruiting participants to serve on the Board of Directors
    • Supporting participant volunteerism in programs
    • Supporting participants’ external involvement in the community such as on public commissions, neighborhood associations, and other forums
    • Teaching public speaking, writing, and community education skills
    • Teaching internet research and outreach skills
    • Transportation Justice Working Group (TJWG): Fighting for increased regional public transit resources—transportation relied on daily by low-income people.
    • Urban Habitat Social Justice Caucus: Working with Bay Area social justice groups on regional and national issues.
    • Berkeley Community Coalition: Working with Berkeley-based human service groups to protect the local network of care for homeless, poor, hungry, and disabled people.
    • Detox Center Coalition: Seeking an Alameda County site for an urgently needed new drug/alcohol detox center.

    • We employ the following social justice activities:

    Leadership Development

    Issue Education

    BOSS provides education to our participants on community issues related to homelessness—e.g. local, state, and national legislation that directly affect homeless people, decisions being made about the allocation of public funds, and more.We support the right and responsibility of all citizens to vote, and conduct voter registration efforts to encourage more homeless and low-income people to exercise that right.

    Goal-Focused Campaigns

    BOSS participates in grassroots organizing campaigns that target specific policy goals—affordable housing, improved health care, welfare reform, education policy, transportation justice, and other issues.To support these efforts BOSS is currently a member of:For information about BOSS’s current social justice campaigns, visit createpeaceatome.org.For all social justice activities, contact boona cheema, Executive Director, or Janny Castillo, Community Organizer – (510) 649-1930.

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