Led by ECCCA Coordinator Solomon Belette, ECCCA members, whether At Large or on the Steering Committee, may serve on subcommittees tasked with implementing our Theory of Change:
Steering Committee
2024-2025
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Betty Geishirt-Cantrell, SparkPoint Contra Costa
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Connie Russell, People Who Care
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"DC" Carole Dorham-Kelly, Rubicon Programs
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Elaine Cortez Schroth, Contra Costa Crisis Center
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Eve Birge, White Pony Express
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Janette Kennedy, Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa
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Jose Nicasio, People Who Care (Alternate)
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Judith Ortiz, Monument Impact
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Kirsten Rigsby, Village Community Resource Center
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Loren Dalbert, Comment Studio
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Matthew Hulse, Contra Costa Senior Legal Services
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Roxanne Carrillo-Garza, Healthy Contra Costa
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Shannon Starzyk, Family Justice Center
At-Large Members
2024-2025
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Ann Wrixon, CASA
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Brianna Robinson, Opportunity Junction
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Caitlin Sly, Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano County
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Carmella Kowall, Winters Night Shelter
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Jonathan Lee, Rainbow Community Center
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Claudia Karell, Brighter Beginnings
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Claudia Ramirez, St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa
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Deana Balinton, El Timpano
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Natasha Paddock, C.O.P.E. Family Support Center
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Subcommittees, Collaboratives & Projects
2024-25
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Membership
Betty Geishirt-Cantrell, Janette Kennedy, Solomon Belette
Funding
Connie Russell, Jose Nicasio, Kirsten Rigsby, Matthew Hulse, Roxanne, Solomon Belette
Community Coalitions:
Budget Justice:
Ruth Fernandez, Sandra Naughton, Solomon Belette, Roxanne Carrillo-Garza
Office of Racial Equity and Social Justice:
Solomon Belette, Roxanne Carrillo-Garza
California Accountable Communities for Health Initiative (CACHI):
Solomon Belette, Roxanne Carrillo-Garza
Faith Alliance for a Moral Economy (FAME):
Solomon Belette
Collaborations
Community Voices Advisory (CVA) Antioch:
Judith Ortiz and Solomon Belette
Food Security Collaborative:
Caitlin Sly, Claudia Ramirez, Eve Birge, Janette Kennedy, Roxanne Carrillo-Garza, Solomon
Guaranteed Income Collaborative:
Loren Dalbert, Judith Ortiz, Ruth Fernandez, Roxanne Carrillo-Garza, Solomon Belette
Lawrence Berkely National Lab (UCB) Bay Point Housing Project:
Sparkpoint Collaborative CC, Loaves and Fishes of CC, Monument Impact, and People Who Care
MX/East CC Nonprofit Capacity Building:
Ann Wrixon, Connie Russell, DC Carole, Elaine Cortez Schroth, Jose Nicasio, Kirsten Rigsby, Loren Dalbert, Matthew Hulse, Sandra Naughton,
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ECCCA also establishes ancillary, ad hoc committees for specific projects and initiatives.
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