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Month: July 2018

Arts & Culture

Style, Grace and Soul at the Museum’s Hip Hop Exhibit

July 20, 2018 Kevonna Taylor

   Ever looking for somewhere to go and, see Black historical artifacts. Somewhere that’s hip and cool, laid back all in the same place? Visit the Oakland Museum’s “Respect: Hip Hop Style and Wisdom” and

Food

Feeding East Oakland: Roots Community Market

July 19, 2018 Ryan Barba

The Roots Community Health Center is a nonprofit health clinic in East Oakland that was founded in 2008 and currently has over 29 different programs to serve the community.  One of their most recent additions

Hidden Stories

ICE Takes Away A Friend

July 19, 2018 Kevonna Taylor

    Imagine knowing someone all your life, or seeing them everyday at school/work. Then the next day you return, and they are gone. A group of armed men taking your loved one away without

Our Neighbors

The Fear of Living with I.C.E.

July 19, 2018 Tonya Shipp

Some persons in Oakland live in fear of being arrested and sent back to their original land although Oakland is a sanctuary city.  A sanctuary city is “a city (or a county, or a state)

Food

A Food Bank Resource

July 18, 2018 Kevonna Taylor

It is no secret that the supply of free food in the Bay Area is limited. Especially in Oakland which has a large number of homeless people as well as many families who receive government

Food

Food/Comida is medicine all the time everyday

July 18, 2018 Patricia Contreras-Flores

I was walking up from my house on Fruitvale towards E. 14th Street. About two blocks from my house, I found myself walking behind two womyn. One pushed a baby stroller; a baby was wrapped

Arts & Culture

What is East Oakland Now? – a series of articles

July 17, 2018 Oakland Voices

By Hannah Moore… East Oakland now is fresh tamales on the corner on your way to work. East Oakland is the woman selling tamales who tells you about her son in El Salvador and how

News

Eighth Annual Townies Awards Highlights Oakland’s Progressive Side

July 16, 2018 Howard Dyckoff

  Social Justice activists partied down on June 28 at the Oakland Progressives Party + Townie Awards  at the Oakland Museum. The combined party, fundraiser, and awards ceremony, occurred in the museum’s sculpture garden. It was also

Arts & Culture

My Stroll Through The Dimond District

July 13, 2018 Tonya Shipp

I’d been locked away in the house for a few weeks and remembered consistently eyeballing Dimond Slice every time I’ve gone past it on the bus.  Always trying to eat in a healthy manner, I

Arts & Culture

Discover or Reacquaint Yourself With The Laurel

July 12, 2018 Tonya Shipp

The first thing that I saw of familiarity in the Laurel District was the Subway fast food restaurant across the street from the 76 Gas Station; it reminded me of my hometown, Philadelphia.  Subway makes

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