2018 - Page 2 of 6 - Oakland Voices

Finishing School: The Significance of a GED

July 25, 2018 Ryan Barba

I was a troubled student who had lost all sight of direction in middle school and officially dropped out in the 10th grade. Besides a desire to become a professional writer, there was nothing motivating

What is East Oakland Now? Slideshow

July 25, 2018 Oakland Voices

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School to Prison to School Pipeline

July 24, 2018 Debora Gordon

Suspensions and bouncing back and forth between various schools, crack- addicted parents and grandparents, running away, physical abuse, early fatherhood (age 17), teen-age drug use, multiple arrests, several incarcerations in local, county and state jails

What’s New Around East Oakland

July 24, 2018 Tonya Shipp

The Buzz And What’s New Around East Oakland: Through August 9th, every 2nd and 4th Thursday is Night Market at Fruitvale Village in the Fruitvale District on 34th and

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

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

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

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)

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/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