Despite the pandemic, The East Oakland Collective has expanded its services

Candice Elder has been busy. As executive director of the nonprofit The East Oakland Collective, an organization working towards racial and economic equity, Elder said 2020 was a year of exponential growth, catalyzed by the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on the Black and brown communities of Alameda County. 

Now, after a year of adaptation, she and her team are poised to keep on providing for people in need.