by Brandon Mercer | Apr 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Meet the big-hearted, caring, generous people who make GRIP work because they work at GRIP: Ralph Payton, Executive Director, GRIP Manusiu (Siu) Tuivailala, Director of Programs Chantel Toliver, Resource Center & Food Services Supervisor Damonique (Damo) Tupuola,...
by Brandon Mercer | Mar 23, 2024 | blog
Board member Brandon Mercer wrote this poem for GRIP’s annual meeting in 2024, reflecting on what GRIP’s work can mean for a person facing hunger and homelessness. “Soup” The evening fog cuts like a knife, Icy droplets slowly bleed away life...
by Brandon Mercer | Mar 23, 2024 | blog
Board member Brandon Mercer wrote this poem after walking past a man whose entire home was a six-foot square of damp, cold concrete with bedding and belongs spread across the sidewalk. When Mercer walked past the same spot a few hours later, the scene had changed from...
by Brandon Mercer | Mar 23, 2024 | events, Featured, Front Page
The fireside room at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley, looking out as the sun set behind rainclouds over the West County region provided the perfect perspective to celebrate GRIP’s year. The annual meeting and reception on February 29th recognized...
by Brandon Mercer | Jan 29, 2024 | blog, events, Featured, Front Page, News
While GRIP may have to do an annual meeting every year, no one says it has to be bureaucratic and indoors. Join us on Leap Day, Thursday, February 29th from 5:30pm-7pm, for the most spectacular sunset views in the Bay Area, on the terrace at the Unitarian Universalist...
