2018 - Oakland Voices

East Oakland Congress of Neighborhoods Celebrates First Year

September 26, 2018 Howard Dyckoff

Residents of East Oakland are being invited to a birthday party for an infant community organization. Its been a year since the call went out and the new East Oakland Congress of Neighborhoods formed. Now

Cinque’s View

August 13, 2018 Brenda Payton

The Oakland Voices 2017-2018 graduation from the unique perspective of Cinque Mubarak.

Oakland Voices 2017-2018 Graduation

August 1, 2018 Oakland Voices

The Oakland Voices 2017-2018 class graduated July 20, 2018 – Patricia Contreras-Flores, Hannah Moore, Kevonna Taylor, Tonya Shipp, Eduardo Jimenez and Ryan Barba. Congratulations.

Oakland Voices and KALW produce Hey Area stories

August 1, 2018 Oakland Voices

Oakland Voices alum have been working with KALW public radio station to develop radio stories about East Oakland. Here are the links to the stories: Tony Daquipa reports on the best places to by fresh

A Shout-Out To RBA Creative

July 27, 2018 Tonya Shipp

A big shout- out to Randolph Charles Belle for hosting Oakland Voices Cohort Group #6 at his space, RBA Creative, for our twice -a- month meetings. For sometimes entrusting his keys to our coordinator so

Flores flowering in gratitude

July 27, 2018 Patricia Contreras-Flores

Recently in the midst of so much heaviness on all fronts, I went looking for some hope. I returned to poetry, my first written love form. I stumbled upon a poem that my former student

Cruising Through The Fruitvale District

July 26, 2018 Tonya Shipp

The Fruitvale District is huge. I cruised it on three separate days. There are three business districts surrounded by residences. I rode up Fruitvale Avenue and walked along Foothill Boulevard a few blocks in each

Investing for East Oakland

July 26, 2018 Patricia Contreras-Flores

We all know the wave of development is pushing folks farther into East Oakland, the deeper parts. Parts that local folks call Deep East Oakland. Past the 70s into the 80s and 90s. An area

On Volunteering

July 25, 2018 Tonya Shipp

I’ve volunteered at three East Oakland organizations: Hieroglyphics Imperium, The Alameda County Food Bank and at The Unity Council. I had learned about a music festival online, Hiero Day 2017, where the prices were too

Avrahams Halwani Speaks His Mind

July 25, 2018 Tonya Shipp

The OV team was assigned to interview East Oakland residents about Where Is East Oakland and What Is East Oakland Now. I interviewed six subjects and five of them were included in our video, presented