2014 Oakland Voices Class
Oakland Voices

2014 Correspondents

Congratulations to the 2014 Oakland Voices Authors. Erick Chavarria A native of Mexico, Erick been navigating Gringolandia ever since he moved to the US at the age of five. He is very compassionate towards social issues […]

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

Snapshots of East Oakland

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.

Author Feature

Author: Tom Webb

Tom Webb was born and raised in Santa Rosa, CA. Since 1980 I have pursued graduate studies at the University of San Francisco (Theology, 1982), Duquesne University (Formative Spirituality 1994) and Catholic Theological Union (Pastoral […]

Author Feature

Author: Tiffany Lacsado

Tiffany Rose Naputi Lacsado was born on the island Guahan (Guam) to a native Chamorrita from the southern village of Maloloj and a Filipino contract laborer from the mountain village of Sierra Bullones, Bohol, Philippines. […]

Author Feature

Author: Sergio Martinez

Sergio Martinez was born and raised in Oakland, California, and currently lives in the Fruitvale neighborhood. He is a Public Health Practitioner by training, a part-time lecturer at San Francisco State and an advocate of […]