Army Spc. Angel Laureano holds a vial of the COVID-19 vaccine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., Dec. 14, 2020. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)
Oakland’s Daily Free Vaccine and COVID Test Clinic in Downtown
The City of Oakland announced a 7 days a week free COVID vaccine and test clinic at Frank Ogawa Plaza, near City Hall. It is open 9am-5pm daily until November 30, 2021. It is a walk-up test and vaccine site and no appointment is necessary. Here are more sites in Oakland to get a free[Read more]
Back to School in Oakland: Perspectives from a Kindergarten, 3rd...
This article is part three of a three-part series sharing OUSD administrator and teacher perspectives[Read more]
Back to School in Oakland: High School Teachers Consider the...
from kindergarten through high school, share their experiences and perceptions, from classroom to Zoom and[Read more]
Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of Akoma Market
Our correspondent Lauren Richardson has the rundown on the one-year anniversary of the Akoma Market[Read more]
Back to School in Oakland: A Board Member, Two Principals,...
What back-to-school has been like so far this semester
Remembering Dirk Tillotson
On Saturday, October 2, 2021, education activist Dirk Tillotson was killed in a home invasion[Read more]
Serving up Literacy with the Currys—Eat. Learn. Play. BUS and...
Fabulously multi-colored and splashed with scenes from across Oakland, Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s new BUS[Read more]
OUSD Adopts COVID Vaccine Mandate, with Details to Come
The OUSD School Board passed a resolution requiring that students ages 12 and up receive[Read more]
Oakland Voices Alumna’s Hannah Moore’s Curation at EastSide Arts
The space at EasSide Arts Alliance became a place for acknowledging the act of ritual[Read more]
Gavin Newsom Recall Election Fails
Newsom will remain California's governor.
COVID Vaccine Myths, Questions, and Facts
We gathered the latest info on vaccines.
Free Air Purifiers for Bay Area’s Vulnerable Residents
As California's wildfires continue to rage, free air purifier program for low-income folks with asthma[Read more]
Questions About the Delta Variant? Dr. Jenkins of Native American...
A year ago, we spoke with Dr. Gerard Jenkins, Chief Medical Director of the Native[Read more]
“Homeroom” Documentary Highlights Youth Activism in Oakland and Gives a...
"Homeroom" documentary by Peter Nicks is the most hopeful in the trilogy of films focusing[Read more]
Masks: Is it over?!
Editor’s Note: Oakland Voices alumna Kevonna Taylor shares how she feels about mask guidelines, especially[Read more]
Oakland Black Pride Director Olaywa Austin on Returning Pride to...
While San Francisco Pride events start June 11, and will be different from Oakland Pride,[Read more]
Facial Freedom: An Escape from “Mask-ne”
Editor’s Note: Oakland Voices alumnus and Editor-in-Chief of The Peralta Citizen, Ryan Barba was an[Read more]
Oakland Voices – Training, Community for Emerging Storytellers in Oakland
Learn journalism, storytelling skills. Earn $1,000. Last day to apply is May 23.
Oakland Voices Alumnus Ryan Barba Attending UC Berkeley in the...
Oakland Voices alumnus (2017-2018 cohort) has been accepted to several UC’s, and will be attending[Read more]
Coliseum vaccination site closing in April
Oakland has 25,870 COVID-19 cases. Alameda County has had 82,243 cases and 1,399 deaths. Vaccine[Read more]
COVID Vaccine Codes Intended for Low-Income Residents and Community Groups...
One of the ways in which the state has tried to ensure the vaccines are[Read more]
‘The sweetest escape’: a love letter to Oakland’s libraries
Libraries are physically closed, but they continue to serve their neighborhoods. One East Oaklander shares[Read more]
Crime, race, safety: what’s really happening in Oakland Chinatown?
The assaults have sparked international outrage and been widely called hate crimes. Is there evidence[Read more]
Filmmaker Alex Bledsoe Seeks Families in Oakland Who Experienced Lead...
Award-winning filmmaker seeking subjects from Oakland to interview about lead poisoning.
What We Learned From Last Year – Oakland Voices Correspondents...
Editor’s Note: We asked our alumni and correspondents to reflect on 2020, and/or what to[Read more]
Looking back on 2020: My Family’s Housing Journey and A...
Editor’s Note: We asked our alumni and correspondents to reflect on 2020, and/or what to[Read more]
Arts & Culture
Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of Akoma Market
Our correspondent Lauren Richardson has the rundown on the one-year anniversary of the Akoma Market in deep East Oakland.
- Oakland Voices Alumna’s Hannah Moore’s Curation at EastSide Arts
- “Homeroom” Documentary Highlights Youth Activism in Oakland and Gives a Sense of Hope
- OMCA’s “Mothership: Voyage Into Afrofuturism” is the Story of Survivors in the Future
- New Barbara Lee Documentary Required Viewing for Oaklanders
- Community is Key to Indigenous Red Market in Fruitvale
- Oakland Voices Alumna Ayodele Nzinga is City’s First Poet Laureate
- Bay Area’s hip-hop insiders say loss of artists are not isolated issues, long-term[Read more]
- Oakland’s Nomadic Press Founder J.K. Fowler on Pandemic, Poetry, and Publishing
Education
Back to School in Oakland: Perspectives from a Kindergarten, 3rd Grade Teacher, and Librarian
This article is part three of a three-part series sharing OUSD administrator and teacher perspectives to the start of in-person learning, including many lessons learned during 18 months of[Read more]
- Back to School in Oakland: High School Teachers Consider the Changes from Zoom[Read more]
- Back to School in Oakland: A Board Member, Two Principals, and a Union[Read more]
- Remembering Dirk Tillotson
- Serving up Literacy with the Currys—Eat. Learn. Play. BUS and the Oakland Literacy[Read more]
- OUSD’s Back to School Plans
- California School Kids Will Need to Wear Masks When Indoors
- OUSD’s Restorative Justice: A Portal to Possibility
- Oakland Voices Alumnus Ryan Barba Attending UC Berkeley in the Fall
Masks We Wear
Confessions of a Maskhole
I learned there’s now a term to describe people like me who are undisciplined mask wearers — maskholes. You know the type: we slop them on like an old[Read more]
- Welcome to Las Vegas: My family searches for home in the midst of[Read more]
- Crafting a Mask to Match my Coronavirus Crown
- Masks will be around for a while, sew I’ll keep making them
- COVID-19: Different Masks for Different Situations
- With COVID-19 masks mandatory, smiles more important
- Wearing a COVID-19 mask triggers my trauma
- The bright side of wearing a mask: No one tells me I should[Read more]
- Unmasked: Finding kindness in strangers underneath the COVID-19 face masks
