January 2021 - Oakland Voices

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Prisoner and Accomplished Writer Jermon Clark Shares His Story

January 29, 2021 Debora Gordon

An Oakland man is seeking healing through writing.

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COVID Cases Start to Drop but ICU Cases Remain High

January 28, 2021 Momo Chang

What you need to know about COVID in Oakland right now.

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What We Learned From Last Year: “Missed opportunities for joy and delight will never be overlooked again”

January 26, 2021 Jo Ann Hollis

The pandemic has taught us to not take a single thing for granted.

Stay-at-home orders lifted, but COVID-19 still with us

January 25, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz

COVID-19 hospitalizations are predicted to decline.

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2021’s Wednesdays: Georgia’s win, Black women organizers, and Poetry

January 21, 2021 Iris Crawford

“[Organizing] is something people dedicate hours of their lives to training to do, and then more importantly, leaders sacrifice their lives to doing it right.” – Cat Brooks

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COVID-19 Did Not Get the Best of Me: How I Rapturously Dealt With the Pandemic

January 19, 2021 Tonya Shipp

Oakland Voices alumna Tonya Shipp shares her experience of what life has been like since the pandemic.

Vaccine recalled by state not distributed in Alameda County

January 19, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz

COVID-19 still widespread in Oakland, Alameda County.

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New Priorities Will Speed Vaccine Distribution in Oakland

January 15, 2021 Howard Dyckoff

Information on vaccine roll-out in Oakland and beyond.

Oakland nears 20,000 COVID cases; Coliseum might be vaccination site

January 14, 2021 Momo Chang

COVID-19 cases in Oakland expand.

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Bringing the Political into the Classroom

January 13, 2021 Debora Gordon

“For the first time in my years of teaching, I taught “sedition,” “insurrection,” “coup d’état,” and “treason.””