March is Women's History Month, and while we here at Price And Associates believe that every month is Women's History Month, we would like to take the opportunity to recognize the hope-inspiring efforts of the women of color who head non-profit organizations that make a positive difference every day in Oakland and throughout the Bay Area.  From the advocacy of Lateefah Simon and the S.F. Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, to the intervention of Cherri N. Allison and the Family Violence Law Center, minority women are guiding the efforts of local organizations intent on changing lives: day by day, act by act, that add up to make the big difference. 

We are privileged to call many of these women friends, and we encourage you to look further into the important work their organizations do.  Here are some of the organizations and the able women who lead them.

A passionate advocate for civil rights throughout her lifetime, motivated to address the wrongs of violence which she knew all too closely from her own experience, Ms. Davis describes that she herself has undergone a transformation.  The anger that initially drove her social activism and her civil rights legal practice became the passion that motivated her to seek a healing way to address the violence and lack of hope that many of our youth experience.  Through RJOY, Ms. Davis has given hope to many young people who discovered that there is a way to resolve conflict that builds, rather than tears apart.  Perhaps one day soon this model will be implemented on a larger scale, and the cycle of violence that still harms our community will become a cycle of restoration that allows for all of us to recover from our mistakes, together.

For more information about Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, visit www.rjoyoakland.org.