Oakland Voices
Martin Reynolds: Introduces the Oakland Voices Project
Please watch our video to find out more about the Oakland Voices project and how it impacts the community as its participants.
Year: 2014
Oakland Voices
Oakland Voices Graduates: Impact to the participants
Please watch the 2012 Graduates video and see how the Oakland Voices project builds confidence and life skills to its participants.
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.
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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 […]
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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. […]
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Author: Shavonnee Clark
Shavonnee Clark is an Oakland Native who is deeply connected to her city. She recently returned to Oakland after graduating from UCLA with a B.A. in Political Science and Education Studies. She has returned to […]
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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 […]
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Author: Sara Rowley
I’m a proud resident of Oakland, where I enjoy my current gig as a stay-at-home mom. I grew up in Minnesota and Colorado before moving to the Bay Area in 2006. Graphic design is a […]
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Author: Sandra Muniz
My mom came to the United States in 2000, while my dad was already here six months before my family arrived. We came for the American dream, however we were not notified that the individual […]
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Author: Saa’un Bell
Saa’un is grounded in her southern roots of Greenville Alabama and Eastern Samar where the rain never sleeps. She is the oldest of six, in a serious, but comical, working class Black and Filipino immigrant […]