September 2015 - Page 2 of 2

On a mission: Kelly Carlisle and Acta Non Verba

September 16, 2015 Rosalinda Hernandez

I called Acta Non Verba (“ANV”) to see if I could stop by for a tour of the farm and to interview Kelly Carlisle, the founder and executive director of the organization. Little did I

Community Wish List for Lake Merritt land

September 9, 2015 Sara Rowley

At the East 12th Street Wish List planning forum last week, affordable housing activists and community members gathered under tents to exchange ideas, listen to music, and brainstorm about their community vision for a hotly

Pedal Fest takes flight in Jack London Square

September 9, 2015 Howard Dyckoff

Caption: Members of the BMX Pros Trick Team came up from Southern California to show their high flying bike tricks. In August, thousands of Oaklanders flocked to the Jack London Square area to learn about about

Tears at the bus stop

September 8, 2015 Rosalinda Hernandez

I am at the bus stop around the corner from my house waiting for the bus. Cars are buzzing by left and right. Music blares from the cars– hip hop mixed in with Mexican banda

8:30 a.m. at 35th and MacArthur

September 8, 2015 Bill Joyce

The first thing that catches my eye is the middle-aged blind guy with his cane across the street. He and a man roughly the same age stand at the corner in front of Taco

Where We Live

September 4, 2015 Brenda Payton

The Oakland Voices correspondents went out into their neighborhoods to survey what was there and what wasn’t — grocery stores, liquor stores, churches, parks. They came back with some insightful observations about community and belonging

Home in the Fruitvale

September 4, 2015 Marilu Aguilar

A video walk through my neighborhood I frequented Oakland’s Fruitvale District before I called it home. When I walked along International Boulevard from the Fruitvale BART station, I used to sneak a curious look at the

73rd and International

September 4, 2015 Angela Scott

The aroma of KFC, nail polish and bus exhaust contend for a space and all settle inside my nostrils. This is 73rd and International Blvd. With its never ending red traffic lights, the 1R whizzing

Seminary Gas & Food

September 4, 2015 Sabah Williams

Sitting outside our local gas station Seminary Gas & Food, I realize that this is probably the busiest spot in our neighborhood. There are lots of customers stopping for gas, cigarettes, coffee, snacks, alcohol and

My Neighborhood

September 2, 2015 Randy Filio

[slideshow_deploy id=’8918′]I have lived in this neighborhood for about six months now. As soon as I moved to the Bay Area from Santa Ana, I found myself living in Berkeley with one of my old