2016 - Page 11 of 11 - Oakland Voices

There has got to be something the government can do regarding guns

January 25, 2016 Randy Filio

I was about 7 when I had my first encounter with a gun. It was my grandpa’s and I found it somewhere around the living rom. As a young kid I was really exited

Gun violence: Stay ready

January 25, 2016 Saleem Gilmore

If you stay ready, you don’t have to get ready. I was born to a teenage mother who learned how to be a woman as she learned how to be a mother. My biological

Oakland Voices reflect on guns

January 25, 2016 Brenda Payton

Following President Barack Obama’s executive order addressing gun violence and regulations, the Oakland Voices correspondents wrote about their experiences with guns and their thoughts about government efforts to curb gun violence. Probably reflecting much of

Oakland teachers join the Makers Movement

January 20, 2016 Debora Gordon

A bicycle-powered blender. A hooked rug wolf portrait that lights up and maybe howls. A squirrel that registers the noise level in a classroom. These are a few of the creations invented by Oakland

A Community Discusses High Rents and Displacement

January 19, 2016 Sabah Williams

Oakland Voices hosted a forum on high rents and displacement in Oakland on December 8th, 2015 at the 81st Avenue Library. Aqueila Lewis, artist and Oakland Voices correspondent, opened the evening with a powerful spoken word

Young Oakland Women travel to South Africa and report back to their community

January 8, 2016 Howard Dyckoff

For Kierra Bassette-Cotton, the experience was transformative. Dane’Nicole Williams was struck by how warm everyone was. Alexis Hill learned a new openness for different foods. The 11 young women from McClymond’s High School who

Methadone Clinics – A Chance to Change

January 4, 2016 Randy Filio

Day after day we face a drug addiction problem in the streets of Oakland that continues to grow as the population increases. Bay Area Addiction Research and Treatment (BAART) has been providing drug treatment