Bee Coleman comes to the PBF Fellowship from the East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative (EBPREC). As Project Manager of the Displacement Avoidance Plan, they implemented outreach, organizing and education strategy in Deep East Oakland with the Better Neighborhoods, Same Neighborhoods Initiative, funded by the Transformative Climate Communities Program. Bee is a current community owner with EBPREC.
Previously, Bee studied electrical engineering at Howard University and went on to work as a patent examiner; evolving from DARPA consultant to dog walker, to cooperative developer and organizer.
As a PBF Fellow, Bee is honored to team up with Richmond LAND, Community Housing Development Corporation and the Housing Authority of the County of Contra Costa on the redevelopment of former public housing properties known as Las Deltas. They are excited to support Richmond LAND’s flagship development, the tiny-cottage eco-village of North Richmond.
