June 2017 - Oakland Voices

Undercover Healing

June 29, 2017 Tony Daquipa

“Forget about whatever you did. Just feel your heart.” -Kokou Soglo Katamani Every student in the room said that they would do it all again next year. These students at Leadership Public School (LPS) in

Marvin

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“I found them!! The anticipation was killing me. ” My father’s eyes were wide with excitement like I had never seen before. It was a rare occasion. It had been a few years since the

My Neighborhood

June 29, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

I live a block above MacArthur Ave., between Fruitvale Ave. and 35th St., so we aren’t really in either the Dimond or the Laurel Districts. I looked it up once and learned that it’s called

100 Lunches Today, One Million Tomorrow

June 29, 2017 Abel Regalado

MARCH 4th, 2017. Lake Merritt, Oakland. It is the first Saturday in March – quite an unusual day if you ask me. The rain comes and goes. The sun timidly hides behind the clouds, yet families,

Two Spiritual Practices

June 29, 2017 Monica Green

What is a spiritual practice? Spirituality is a common thread that allows different orientations to thrive in 12-step programs that require a belief in a Higher Power, as a person understands. What is God or

Use Your Voice, an Oakland Voices community forum

June 23, 2017 Oakland Voices

On Thursday, June 15, 2017, Oakland Voices sponsored Use Your Voice, a public forum on community news. Oakland Voices correspondents shared details about the stories they had reported about East Oakland and collected ideas

Martial Arts Sifu Bill Owens Reflects on his 50th Year

June 15, 2017 Kat Ferreira

It’s Saturday afternoon and three rows of children stand frozen in anticipation, waiting for their Martial Arts Master, Sifu Bill Owens, to walk them through the next sequence of gestures. After the children mirror his

Cascos Martial Arts Academy – A Photo Essay

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A Children’s Book Desert in the Fruitvale? Not Quite

June 15, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

If you walk up and down Piedmont Avenue in Oakland, you’ll pass by several independent bookstores, gift shops, and children’s clothing shops, all of which stock lots of books for children. In contrast, if you

Empowering youth, disrupting cycles of violence

June 14, 2017 Tony Daquipa

The weather, like the multicultural crowd, was beautiful. The music was danceable, the live artwork was politically conscious, and the tacos and aguas frescas were plentiful. Organized by Homies 4 Justice, an internship program of