Organizations

Builder's Exchange of Alameda County / www.beac.com

Oakland African American Chamber / www.oaacc.org
We are founding members of the Oakland African American Chamber and are also currently in charge of Membership Recruitment.

Oakland Metropolitan Chamber / www.oaklandchamber.com
Karen is the 2006 Co-Chair of the Chamber's Ambassador Committee. She has been a participating member of the Chamber since joining in 2002.

Lend-A-Hand Foundation / www.lendahandfoundation.org
We are both on the Board. Karen Allen is the current Board President. Annual projects of Lend A Hand include the Back To School Giveaway, which provides school supplies to over 1,200 homeless and needy Oakland students each August. Another project is a holiday party for the residents of the Mitilda Cleveland Transitional Housing Program and Henry Robertson Centerfor homeless Oakland citizens.