2016 - Page 5 of 11 - Oakland Voices

The Looking Glass

November 2, 2016 Jynessa Lazzaroni

I remember the evening we got the call. I’d sat lazily at my dining room table with my cousin, discussing the current news and exchanging stories. We were mid gossip when our phones rang in

For My Father

October 31, 2016 Sandra Tavel

El diablo sabe mas por viejo que por diablo. The devil knows more from age than from being the devil Fall, 2016: The photo was taken from a low angle pointed upwards toward the

D.K. DAILEY, EAST OAKLAND’S SCIENCE FICTION WRITER, AUTHOR OF 13 BOOKS, STILL SEEKING A PUBLISHER.

October 28, 2016 Damu Dailey

Meeting D.K. Dailey, you probably wouldn’t guess her unique accomplishment – she’s written 13 books. And even though she hasn’t been published yet, she keeps writing. “I never thought I’d have 13 books written, yet

Oakland Voices wins prestigious Society of Professional Journalists’ award

October 26, 2016 Brenda Payton

Four Oakland Voices correspondents awarded by Society of Professional Journalists.

On the way to new prison “home,” Lam Vo sees outside world for the first time in seven years

October 17, 2016 Debora Gordon

“I’m told Tehachapi does snow, so I can’t wait to see the hills powdered with pure white snow. It will be a wonderful sight that I have not seen in a long time since going

Oaklanders say enough to trash and dumping

October 7, 2016 Howard Dyckoff

In a labor of love one recent Saturday, Oaklanders took a bite out of the trash and dumping problem in their neighborhoods by cleaning up more than 46 sites around the city during the 21st

East Oakland Barbershop a School for Life

September 20, 2016 Tom Webb

When you listen to Tyrone Burns, 46, owner of “Pull-up Your Pants Barbershop” on 82nd Avenue and Hillside in East Oakland, you hear the voices of a teacher, counselor, coach, social worker, surrogate parent,

Barber offers vision and advice to young men

September 15, 2016 Tom Webb

When you listen to Tyrone Burns, 46, owner of “Pull Up Your Pants Barbershop” on 82nd and Hillside avenues in East Oakland, you hear the voices of a teacher, counselor, coach, social worker, surrogate

Oakland Voices Application 2016

August 24, 2016 Oakland Voices

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August 11, 2016 Oakland Voices

By Brenda Payton OAKLAND VOICES COORDINATOR EAST OAKLAND – Oakland Voices correspondents have written about volunteers who are feeding poor people in their neighborhoods, resilient family members, organizations devoted to improving their communities as well