July 2014 - Oakland Voices

Martin Reynolds: Introduces the Oakland Voices Project

July 22, 2014 Oakland Voices

Please watch our video to find out more about the Oakland Voices project and how it impacts the community as its participants.

Oakland Voices Graduates: Impact to the participants

July 22, 2014 Oakland Voices

Please watch the 2012 Graduates video and see how the Oakland Voices project builds confidence and life skills to its participants.

Snapshots of East Oakland

July 19, 2014 Brenda Payton

The Oakland Voices Correspondents went out into their neighborhoods and observed. They came back with narratives that illustrate how people of diverse backgrounds share the space and get along.

4701 San Leandro Street

July 11, 2014 Saa'un Bell

It’s grimy. Industrial. It looks like no one lives here. But if you look closely, you’ll see the rusted tin metal numbers on the concrete gate: 4701. It smells of welded metal & black ash,

Clinton Neighborhood In June

July 11, 2014 Sara Rowley

By Sara Rowley Fifteen minutes of true quiet in my neighborhood is hard to come by. I am at the median that runs diagonally through the intersection of E. 18th Street and 12th Avenue, where

Wednesday afternoon in Elmhurst Park

July 11, 2014 Le’Ana Powell

It’s Wednesday July 2nd at 3:36 p.m. I’m at Elmhurst Park located between C Street and B Street on 98th Avenue. I feel a breeze on my arms, face, and chest. My bare feet feel

By Gerald Green A petite yellow butterfly air-danced above my head while I looked towards the intersection of Elysian Fields Drive and Golf Links Road. Speeding car tire sounds reverberated in my ear. Many drivers

FM Smith Park

July 11, 2014 Shavonnee Clark

By Shavonnee Clark As I sat on a bench at FM Smith Park on East 20th Street and Park in east Oakland, a calming breeze filled the air. It was 5:30pm on a Tuesday

An Evening in San Antonio Park

July 11, 2014 Jimmy Jordan

By Jimmy Jordan As the sun begins to set over Downtown Oakland, San

Healing & Art at Highland Hospital

July 11, 2014 Erick Chavarria

By Erick Chavarría Twenty-four hours a day the electronic doors open and close. I sit in front of Highland Hospital and wonder about all the stories that go untold here as this particular emergency

Month: July 2014