Community Campaigns
Discover our active partnerships with mutual aid projects & organizations in the Bay Area.
With funding from Berkeley’s Civic Arts, we are pleased to partner with Self-Help Hunger Program (SHHP).
The Self-Help Hunger Program is dedicated to making a positive change in North Oakland and South Berkeley. Started in 2009 by Black Panther ‘Aunti’ Frances Moore, SHHP’s food pantry provides fresh produce and warm meals to over 500 people every week.
Located in Driver Plaza along South Berkeley and North Oakland’s border this is a historic epicenter for local Black culture and a community living room for many displaced neighbors with generational ties to the area.
Using the HEAR HERE Community Billboard, we’ll give voice and visibility to unhoused neighbors by documenting and sharing their memories through neighbor-scale listening sessions.
Be on the look out as the HEAR HERE Community Billboard travels the neighborhood sharing recorded stories, songs, spoken word and images of the area’s disappearing rich history.
Watch testimonial videos we created with the Self-Help Hunger Program!
“Lifting up the voices that normally are not heard especially during this time of gentrification, displacement, and homelessness will be a healing medicine for those releasing their stories.
— Aunti Frances Moore, Black Panther Party Elder, founder of Self-Help Hunger Program, and community activist
STONE SOUP
Come meet & Break Bread with Self Help Hunger Program!
61st & Adeline Streets
POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER
Meet neighbors and get to know the Self Help Hunger Program! This program plays a vital role in supporting the surrounding North Oakland and South Berkley community. You’ll get a chance to learn about the concept of ‘radical redistribution’ and assess your role in our community’s economic tapestry—all over a delicious, warm bowl of soup with neighbors.
The HEAR HERE Community Billboard will be showcasing SHHP testimonial videos and providing staging for an powerful program of SHHP legacy stories. Aunti Frances will read excerpts from her forthcoming memoir about the evolution of the Self Help Hunger Program.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERING IS A FUNDRAISER
Since December 2023, the HEAR HERE Community Billboard truck and engagement team has toured communities throughout North, South and West Berkeley. We’re connecting with hundreds of neighbors—sharing Self Help Hunger Program testimonials and stories, inviting them to join this circle of care.
Support the Program! Nourishing Communities, Restoring Dignity
Self Help Hunger Program operates a food pantry four days a week, supplying fresh, healthy greens and essential supplies to over 300 people weekly, nourishing two neighborhoods through Jasper P. Driver Plaza. With a new food rescue van, they’ve extended their reach into three more areas: East Oakland, South Berkeley, and West Oakland.
WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!
Here's how your donation can make a difference:
$25: Provides essential pantry supplies for a family
$50: Feeds 1 family for one week with healthy produce and meals
$100: Provides 1 week of gas for our weekly food rescue operations.
$200: Provides weekly supplies for 140 free hot meals.
$400: 1 month public restroom services and maintenance.
$500 - $1000: Provides weekly wages, site maintenance, insurance & operational costs.
