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Elaine Brown - Justice

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Commend Elaine Brown for trailblazing Affordable Housing

Commend Elaine Brown for trailblazing Affordable Housing

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$1 million donation to Oakland to give opportunities to the marginalized

$1 million donation to Oakland to give opportunities to the marginalized

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Apr 30, 2024

Supervisor Carson - Commend Elaine Brown for trailblazing Affordable Housing

Commend Elaine Brown for trailblazing Affordable Housing

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Apr 19, 2024

Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame

Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame 2024 Inductee in the category of Justice.

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Mar 30, 2024

BLACK LIVES MATTER HONORS ELAINE BROWN WITH $1 MILLION CONTRIBUTION TO THE ACTIVIST’S NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION

Elaine Brown's nonprofit is developing a 79-unit, affordable housing complex in Oakland.

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Mar 28, 2024

Former Black Panther Elaine Brown’s economic development org gets millions

Former Black Panther Elaine Brown’s economic development org gets millions

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Mar 27, 2024

$1 million donation to Oakland to give opportunities to the marginalized

A project to help the low income and the formerly incarcerated in #Oakland receives a $1 million donation from #blacklivesmatter. It is the work of a former #BlackPantherParty leader: Elaine Brown. She tells me how the money will be used.
And the building to house tenants and businesses is near completion.

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Mar 30, 2023

Elaine Brown, former leader of the Black Panther Party and the CEO of Oakland & the World Enterprises, Inc. is honored on the Assembly Floor by Assemblymember Bonta


Elaine Brown receives the District 18 Woman of the Year Award from Mia Bonta

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Mar 20, 2023

Black-owned Soul on a Roll food truck a success story for the formerly incarcerated.

Soul on a Roll is a food truck people in Oakland may soon be seeing all over town. And the three formerly-incarcerated people who own the truck, and do all the cooking are also on a roll.

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Jun 15, 2022

Reviving Seventh Street: ‘The Black Panther’ moves forward with state funding

In urban areas, “revitalization” all too often means “gentrification.” But Elaine Brown, CEO of Oakland & the World Enterprises (OWE) and former Black Panther Party member, has a very different vision for the 7th & Campbell project in Oakland. And this time, the State of California is on board.

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Apr 22, 2022

Groundbreaking for West Oakland 100%-Affordable Housing Complex

Seventh Street, called the “Harlem of the West” back in the day, was where Black business and cultural life thrived, resounding in the sounds of Billie Holiday and B. B. King and Al Green, who might play at Slim Jenkins Supper Club or some other spot there, like Esther’s Orbit Room, owned by the beautiful Esther Mabry. Seventh Street was where there had been a Black bank and pharmacy and movie theater—the Lincoln Theatre—most in the very same block as the new development. Appropriately, the groundbreaking revealed the new housing complex would be named “The Black Panther.”

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Apr 21, 2022

Affordable Housing Breaks Ground At 1666 7th Street In West Oakland

A new residential project has begun construction at 1666 7th Street in West Oakland. The project proposal includes the development of a five-story apartment complex offering affordable housing, retail space, business space, onsite amenities, and parking.

Oakland & the World Enterprises is the project sponsor, led by OAW’s CEO and former Black Panther Party chairwoman, Elaine Brown. MWA Architects is responsible for the design.

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Apr 18, 2022

Launch of Oakland housing project could see renaissance for ‘Harlem of the West’

A former leader of the Black Panther Party has put the panther spirit behind an affordable housing project that broke ground Friday in West Oakland.

Community leaders, including former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown, turned the first dirt to symbolically break ground on an $80 million project consisting of 79 units at Seventh and Campbell streets.

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Apr 15, 2022

First California Housing Accelerator Project Breaks Ground in Oakland

7th and Campbell Project Part of 27 Tier 1 Projects Awarded Total of $923 Million in February SACRAMENTO – The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) today participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for the 7th and Campbell affordable housing project – the first project in the state to break ground with the help of the California Housing Accelerator.

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Sep 17, 2021

New Oakland fried chicken truck has a mission: helping the formerly incarcerated

When GaQuayla LaGrone was released from federal prison in Southern California in 2014, she struggled to find a job to support herself and her young son. The only employer willing to hire her was Target, and only part-time during the holiday season. It was difficult to find housing and open a bank account because of her record, she said.

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Sep 17, 2021

Formerly Incarcerated Chefs Launch 'Soul on a Roll' Food Truck in West Oakland

OAKLAND (BCN) -- Four Black chefs, including three who were formerly incarcerated, kicked off their food truck business with free food and music in West Oakland Friday morning.

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Sep 17, 2021

West Oakland Farms sows seeds of renewal for ex-inmates

Three days a week, at the corner of Seventh and Campbell streets in West Oakland, a small team of farmers prunes collard greens, weighs just-picked corn and waters redwood-framed beds that have exploded in yellow flowers. Just a few feet from the shadow of the BART train, Gaquayla Lagrone, the group’s established tomato whisperer, gently collects a dozen varieties of heirloom fruits.

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Sep 1, 2021

Ground to break in fall on Lower Bottoms affordable housing development

A 100 percent affordable housing project will break ground in West Oakland in November with the help of a former Black Panther Party leader.

In 2014, former Black Panther Party leader Elaine Brown bought the land at Seventh and Campbell streets where the new housing will take shape.

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Aug 27, 2021

Oakland expects more state money for homeless housing

Both Oakland and Alameda County plan to apply for the expected next round of funds through Homekey, which lets local governments buy hotels and apartment buildings.

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Oct 6, 2015

Ex-Black Panther Elaine Brown Has a Vision for West Oakland

Oakland & the World Enterprises (OAW) is a nonprofit organization founded by former Black Panther leader Elaine Brown and Alameda County Supervisor Keith Carson, aimed at creating for-profit businesses owned and operated by former inmates.

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Sep 9, 2015

This ex-Black Panther started an urban farm to create jobs for ex-inmates

Elaine Brown brings jobs to former prison inmates and fresh produce to West Oakland. Ray Kidd was incarcerated for violent crimes from the ages of 16 to 23. Both of his parents are currently in federal prison. Now, Kidd wants to break the cycle, and he’s doing it through farming.

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Oct 29, 2014

An Activist's vision for developing lives

Pull up to the corner of Seventh and Campbell streets in West Oakland and you'll find a vacant lot, overgrown with weeds and strewn with trash, broken glass, empty spray-paint cans, a tire. Graffiti covers the fences and walls that border the lot, and every few minutes, a BART train rumbles overhead.

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