Urgent Notice: Center Closure & Resources on COVID-19

Please see the bottom of this page for a list of Community Resources. We will continue to update this page with new information as it comes in.

RYSE is also hosting free, virtual programs for young people and community members. Learn more here.

RYSE closing to slow the spread of Coronavirus:
Flattening the curve for ALL our communities

RYSE has been monitoring the status and spread of COVID-19. We are monitoring the ever-changing information from the CDC, WHO, CDPH, and local agencies alongside continued inquiry with our members, families, and partners.

Over the last week, there has been an exponential increase in spread and confirmed cases of COVID-19. This will continue for the near future. Our response has shifted from containment to slowing the spread, to flattening the curve. The most prominent strategy we have right now to slow the spread is social distancing.

Given all this, we have come to what we feel is a necessary and difficult decision to close the center, starting Monday, March 16th. We have been in ongoing conversation and consultation with our community, and well as considerations of what it means to close AND what it would mean to stay open.

We appreciate your understanding and commitment to affirming that we are worth taking care of ourselves and each other, and that our worth is more than our work.

 In prioritizing ALL our health and humanity, the following measures are in effect:

  • RYSE will be closed starting on Monday March 16th. We will announce when we will reopen for members.

  • RYSE staff will be working remotely during this time and adapting ways to be in deeper partnership and relationship with our members and community, at least for now, virtually.

  • We are coordinating emergency supports and mutual aid for our members, families, and staff. We will be sharing details of these efforts and how to connect and support by Monday on social media. For urgent issues, contact Kimberly Aceves-Iniguez, Executive Director, at kimberly@rysecenter.org or 510-206-5552 and/or Kanwarpal Dhaliwal, Associate Director, at kanwarpal@rysecenter.org or 510-579-1922.

We know that in times of crisis and pandemic, our communities face increased burdens of economic hardship, compounded distress, and too often stigma and blame. Pandemics reveal and increase inequity. Pandemics also reveal and insist on beloved community. Let’s build our sacred connections in times of social distancing. Let’s be beloved.

Resources

We will continue to update this list of community resources.
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Last Updated: 5/6/20

Call for Support

Contra Costa Crisis Center
Resources & Emotional Support
Call 211 or text "HOPE" to 20121

Contra Costa Health Services
Questions about COVID-19 shelter-in-place
8 AM - 5 PM | Call (844) 729 - 8410
Spanish and English

24/7 California Peer-run Warm Line
Peer Support & Resource Referral
Call (855) 845 - 7415
Chat online: mentalhealthsf.org

 

WCCUSD Free Student Meal Pick-ups
Monday - Friday from 11 AM - 1 PM


For youth under age of 18, regardless of the school they attend or socioeconomic status.

  • Pinole Valley High School
    2900 Pinole Valley Road, Pinole, CA 94564

  • De Anza High School
    5000 Valley View Road, Richmond, CA 94803

  • Richmond High School
    250 – 23rd Street, Richmond, CA 94804

  • Kennedy High School
    4300 Cutting Blvd., Richmond, CA 94804

  • Helms Middle School
    2500 Road 20, San Pablo, CA 94806

  • DeJean Middle School
    3400 Macdonald Ave., Richmond, CA 94805

  • Montalvin Elementary School
    300 Christine Drive, San Pablo, CA 94806

  • Riverside Elementary School
    1300 Amador Street, San Pablo, CA 94806

  • Nystrom Elementary School
    230 Harbour Way South, Richmond, CA 94804

Contra Costa County COVID-19 Food Distribution Map

Food Bank of Contra Costa & Solano
Multiple locations for food assistance and community produce.

 

Official Updates: Contra Costa County & Bay Area

Comprehensive Resources & Mutual Aid

Financial Support

Donate to an Emergency Fund

Know Your Rights & Legal Support

Tenant Protections

Mental Health & Wellness

Advocacy for Incarcerated and Detained People

General Community

Undocumented Community

Disabled Community

Homeless/Houseless Community

Seniors

Artists

Small Businesses

Anti-Racism & Disaster Response Education

Homeschool and Education

Parents, Guardians, Kin

Working Remotely

RYSE Center

CONTACT US

RYSE Center
3939 Bissell Ave
Richmond, CA 94805

 Phone: (510)374-3401
 Fax: (510) 374-3396
 Email: info@rysecenter.org