2015 - Page 3 of 12 - Oakland Voices

Change is…

November 5, 2015 Rosalinda Hernandez

During times of change, especially unwarranted change, I turn to certain quotes to remind me that change can be good. Oakland is undergoing a transformation right now. Change is everywhere. Is it good change? That,

Changing Landscapes

November 5, 2015 Bill Joyce

I received this email early one morning this past week: “Hey guys, strange jeep across the street from us. Two people inside. They laid back in their seats when we went outside … Something feels

Not Just For Sundays – A Poem and A Plea

November 3, 2015 Angela Scott

Slender brown legs stretch over a velvety cushioned pew knobby knees and shiny black shoes click keeping the beat of drums my tiny head bobs back and forth while i hum the tune to a

Oakland Voices Speak Out on the Changes in Oakland

November 3, 2015 Brenda Payton

The changes are everywhere, from skyrocketing rents to a vibrant Uptown, from complaints about choir practice to barbecue permits at Lake Merritt. The Oakland Voices correspondents took a look at the changes in Oakland and

A Cultural Divide – Not the Oakland I Know

November 3, 2015 Mustafa Solomon

What I’d like to talk about is the attitude that has changed in the city of Oakland. In our neighborhoods—East Oakland, West Oakland, North Oakland—in all of our neighborhoods there seems to be a new

Changes in Oakland – a Philosophical View

November 3, 2015 Carlos Gonzalez

What is there to say about the latest changes in our city and whether those changes are affecting or how they will affect the East sector of Oakland? It’s been predicted that the changes will

ESL teacher won’t take no for an answer

November 2, 2015 Debora Gordon

Gaylynne Hudson is one ESL (English as a Second Language) teacher who doesn’t understand the word, “No.” When changes in the state laws led to significant cuts in Oakland’s ESL programs, many of her

Civil Rights figures explore “The Future of Non-Violence in America” this Saturday.

November 2, 2015 Bill Joyce

The history of nonviolence and the Civil Rights Movement — its past, present, and future — will be tangible when two leading figures of the era – Dr. Clayborne Carson and Dr. Clarence B. Jones,

Barbara Zavala – The Personification of Giving Back

October 28, 2015 Bill Joyce

The morning wash flapped in the breeze in the backyard of the Oakland Catholic Worker (OCW), near the corner of International Blvd and 50th, on a recent Tuesday morning. Upstairs, a young mother — a

Everett and Jones – “Dream a dream that makes you happy.”

October 28, 2015 Saleem Gilmore

The success of Everett and Jones barbecue as a business is based on the values that have sustained the family for over four generations. Dorothy King, owner of Everett and Jones, reflected on her mother’s