Oakland-based organizer and Regional Director of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment for San Francisco and Oakland, Carroll Fife, has dedicated her life’s work to advocating for the rights of marginalized people.

During these unprecedented times, Fife sat down with BLACK ENTERPRISE to share the importance of her work on the front lines, with Moms 4 Housing, and administratively as she helps black people remain politically engaged and empowered.

Meet Carroll Fife

Reclaiming our Power

With all the uncertainty people are living in, Fife also believes that right now is an opportune time for people to reclaim their power and inform change.

Redistributing Wealth

As one of the leaders for Moms 4 Housing, a collective of homeless and marginally housed mothers organizing to reclaim housing for the Oakland community from the big banks and real estate speculators, Fife is inspiring people all over the world to understand the housing crisis for themselves.

And so, there was a lot of deep organizing that went into a group of mothers, making a statement and engaging civil disobedience to say, ‘if there are empty units, there should not be one unsheltered person living on the streets,’” said Fife.