Year: 2016

“Were you able to get off work?” my Oakland Voices partner, Cinque called to ask. I was en route to the East Bay Times office but I had forgotten to text him before leaving. I

I am defined as first-generation American and like me, there are many young people throughout this nation who are in this category. My parents and my brother are from Guatemala, a country in Central America

Tuesday, November 8th, 2016 – as I woke up on this unusually sunny morning in Oakland, I realized it was the first time I was fully aware of the impact that adults in my community,

Although I’m politically active, albeit in peace and justice issues rather than electoral politics, it’s been a while since I attended an election after-party away from someone’s home. And I had never covered such an

Oakland Voices has a tradition of having a pizza party before heading out to collect stories on election night. My stomach jumped around and though the pizza looked lovely, I couldn’t eat. Which is odd

The Oakland Voices correspondents covered local elections last week, writing about the successful campaigns for expanded protections for renters, a soda tax, a civilian police commission and the not- as- successful, but strongly community-based, campaigns