Oakland’s Black Churches Struggle as African Americans Leave

On January 1, 2017, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on how Oakland’s predominantly African-American churches are affected by the city’s changing demographics. “If your congregation is in Oakland, the neighborhood around it is probably changing,” Michelle Myles Chambers, a program assistant for the San Francisco Foundation’s Faiths program, said. “So it’s advantageous to go out and welcome new neighbors into the facility.”