Open House: Saturday, March 3 at 3pm, 81st Ave Library

By Debora Gordon – In my neighborhood, it is mostly quiet. The silence is gently punctuated for the most part by birdsong and the occasional passing car. Only once on my excursion do I see and hear a car speeding past with loud music blaring from its speakers.

Photos from the graduation for the 2012 class of Oakland Voices.

Written by Sabirah Mustafa By Sabirah Mustafa Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes asked the question,”what happens to a dream deferred?” “Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?,” goes his famous poem Harlem, “or