2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

Canticle Farms: Dancing on the Horizon

[slideshow_deploy id=’8273′] When one hears the word “farm,” all sorts of images cross one’s mind.  The idyllic world described in the childhood nursery rhyme  “Old McDonald.”  Small truck farms located on the margins of country […]

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

Breathless in the 94621

Children growing up with asthma are a reality for families living in the 94621. “The most polluted zip code in Oakland,” said Nehanda  Imara, an organizer with Communities for a Better Environment (CBE). “We need […]

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

A Ride through a Neighborhood

  I could hear, “We’re tired of this,” echoing off the walls of First Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. Brenda Payton, Oakland Voices coordinator, told correspondents  from Sacramento and Oakland Voices how members from this […]

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

Sharing Oakland

  Oakland greeted the Sacramento Voices with sunshine and cool bay breezes on Saturday, March 14. Oakland Voices and Sacramento Voices correspondents boarded a bus that would take us through the heart of Oakland. Our […]

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

Two Journalistic communities tour Oakland

Being the first newspaper in the country to have an African-American editor, The Oakland Tribune carries a tradition of diversity. Today we see this tradition continued through the Oakland Voices program it started a few […]

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

There’s so much more to Oakland

Taking a tour of my own city isn’t something I’ve done before, but something everyone should do once in their life. I’m slowly piecing together the places, the people, the history of this fascinating city […]

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

Oakland: Through a Tourist’s Lens

On March 14, the correspondents of Oakland Voices and Sacramento Voices came together in Oakland to meet and discover the city.  While driving through Oakland, we stopped at historic  places that contributed to the evolution […]

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

This is Why I Hella Love Oakland

It’s not often that I play tour guide in my hometown of Oakland. Usually when family or friends visit they want to see iconic places like the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower and Fisherman’s Wharf, […]