On Wednesday, November 13, 2019, parents, students, teachers, and community members protested at the Oakland Unified School District school board meeting held at La Escuelita. Teachers criticized the board for school closures that harm Oakland […]
“Growing up as an only child though I had four siblings was very lonely”, Zarinah El-Amin Majied conveyed as she recalled her childhood. Her mother, who left Zarinah’s older siblings Annie Pearl and Roosevelt in […]
Glenn Bailey has served 52 years inside the California carceral system. The last 42 were part of a life sentence for a double homicide he readily admits he committed. When he was arrested, authorities arrested […]
On Monday, Jan. 20, the Anti-Police Terror Project hosted the annual Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy event to honor the forgotten perspective of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. This year’s event centered around the recent efforts […]
On Monday, November 18, 2019, two mothers boldly began occupying a West Oakland house that had been vacant for two years on Magnolia Street. Dominique Walker, 34, and Sameerah Karim, 41, members of Moms 4 […]
My initial telephone meeting with Candice Elder provided me with an opportunity to learn not only about a few of her efforts generated within the East Oakland Collective, but more importantly, it provided me a […]
Family, friends, and supporters gathered at Fruitvale BART Station in Oakland on Jan. 1 to remember Oscar Grant and the movement sparked by his death 11 years ago. Speakers, poets, and singers remembered Grant, chanted […]
Oakland Voices is sad to share the news that one of our alumni members, Tom Webb, has passed away. “We were so saddened to hear of Tom’s passing,” said Martin Reynolds, Oakland Voices Co-Founder and […]
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