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Families, teachers speak out at Oakland school board meeting

January 28, 2020 Yadira Cervantes

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

Zarinah El-Amin Majied: Breaking the Chains of Intergenerational Trauma

January 27, 2020 Amelah El-Amin

“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: After ‘life’ behind bars

January 24, 2020 Ayodele Nzinga

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

Photos: 2020 Reclaim MLK’s Radical Legacy

January 24, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

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

Moms 4 Housing: A Movement Begins

January 22, 2020 Brandy Collins

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

An African American woman wearing a grey head wrap and black cardigan poses in front of a grey marble like background for her portrait.

The Key to The East Oakland Collective’s Candice Elder: Purpose

January 22, 2020 JoAnn Hollis-Bell

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

Say His Name: Oscar Grant remembered 11 years after murder at Fruitvale BART Station

January 1, 2020 Rasheed Shabazz

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

In Memoriam: Oakland Voices Alumnus Tom Webb

January 1, 2020 Momo Chang

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