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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

  • Connie Russell, People Who Care

  • "DC" Carole Dorham-Kelly, Rubicon Programs

  • Elaine Cortez Schroth, Contra Costa Crisis Center

  • Eve Birge, White Pony Express

  • Janette Kennedy, Loaves and Fishes of Contra Costa

  • Jose Nicasio, People Who Care (Alternate)

  • Judith Ortiz, Monument Impact

  • Kirsten Rigsby, Village Community Resource Center

  • Loren Dalbert, Comment Studio

  • Matthew Hulse, Contra Costa Senior Legal Services

  • Roxanne Carrillo-Garza, Healthy Contra Costa

  • Shannon Starzyk, Family Justice Center

At-Large Members

   2024-2025

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  • Ann Wrixon, CASA

  • Brianna Robinson, Opportunity Junction

  • Caitlin Sly, Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano County

  • Carmella Kowall, Winters Night Shelter

  • Jonathan Lee, Rainbow Community Center

  • Claudia Karell, Brighter Beginnings

  • Claudia Ramirez, St. Vincent de Paul of Contra Costa

  • Deana Balinton, El Timpano

  • 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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