July 2020 - Oakland Voices

Increasing percent of hospital patients in Alameda County are COVID-19 patients

July 30, 2020 Momo Chang

“9.1% of hospital patients in Alameda County were confirmed COVID-19 positive, higher than 6.3% last week.”

OUSD Board of Education Supports California Draft Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum Including Arab American Studies, But May be Cut from State Curriculum

July 29, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway

OUSD supports Arab American studies, but CA Dept of Education may cut it out of the Ethnic Studies curriculum.

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Welcome to Las Vegas: My family searches for home in the midst of COVID-19

July 29, 2020 Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross

In the midst of a global pandemic, Aqueila Lewis and her family move to Vegas to seek more affordable housing.

COVID-19 cases surge in East Oakland’s flatlands

July 27, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

Latinos continue to be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 in Oakalnd.

July 26 Resilience

July 26, 2020 Iris Crawford

Story of recovery from fire.

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California COVID-19 cases at all time high; Oakland nurse Janine Paiste-Ponder dies of COVID-19

July 23, 2020 Momo Chang

“Nurses were sometimes assigned five patients at once, including positive and non-positive patients.”

A woman wears a handmade crown made from flowers, and a mask that matches.

Crafting a Mask to Match my Coronavirus Crown

July 22, 2020 Kat Ferreira

Oakland Voices Alumna Kat Ferreira makes her own artistic mask to match a hand-crafted crown during COVID-19.

Alameda County pauses reopening plan, allows outdoor dining

July 20, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

COVID-19 cases have increased and delayed Alameda County’s reopening plans.

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Educators Propose Safety Precautions As OUSD Seeks To Reopen Some Preschools Next Week

July 16, 2020 Tony Daquipa

OUSD needs to successfully negotiate Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with seven labor unions before school of any type can resume.

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COVID-19 in Oakland: OUSD and al fresco dining updates

July 16, 2020 Momo Chang

Oakland now has 3,259 positive COVID-19 cases. Alameda County is at 8,478 cases (data as of July 14), nearly doubling the number of cases from just a month ago (there were 4,390 cases on June