East Bay Innovations works to empower more than 500 adults living with a range of disabilities.
OAKLAND — On a partly sunny midweek afternoon, Leroy Morgan sat in his Fruitvale District apartment and greeted visitors, took a phone call from a friend’s daughter, called out a window to tell a building visitor that a friend he was looking for wasn’t in right now, and accepted a Meals on Wheels delivery.East Bay Innovations
Morgan, who was born in Oakland and raised at 34th and Louise streets in the city’s Clawson or “Dogtown” neighborhood, attended Clawson elementary, Hoover junior and McClymonds high schools. Those studies led him to classes at College of Alameda and Laney College, followed by work as an assistant director with an insurance compensation fund.
Other obligations and problems ended with a lien on the property after Morgan lost his job for too many absences. He took nursing classes in Berkeley, but became ill and couldn’t complete his studies. At East Bay Innovations, Morgan met counselor Dan Ireland, a former psychiatric nurse who had worked in the UK’s National Health Service for a decade, before working at an East Bay social-service agency.
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