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Arts & Culture

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

January 21, 2021 Iris Crawford 0

“[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

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

January 19, 2021 Tonya Shipp 1

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

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COVID-19

Vaccine recalled by state not distributed in Alameda County

January 19, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz 0

COVID-19 still widespread in Oakland, Alameda County. […]

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COVID-19

New Priorities Will Speed Vaccine Distribution in Oakland

January 15, 2021 Howard Dyckoff 2

Information on vaccine roll-out in Oakland and beyond. […]

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COVID-19

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

January 14, 2021 Momo Chang 1

COVID-19 cases in Oakland expand. […]

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Education

Bringing the Political into the Classroom

January 13, 2021 Debora Gordon 3

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

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COVID-19

Alameda County faces ‘biggest surge of COVID-19 cases’ since pandemic began

January 11, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz 1

Stay home and wear a mask — if you can. […]

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Feature

What We Learned From Last Year – Oakland Voices Correspondents Reflect on 2020

January 8, 2021 Oakland Voices 1

Editor’s Note: We asked our alumni and correspondents to reflect on 2020, and/or what to look forward to in 2021. Below, Brandy Collins, Howard Dyckoff, and Debora Gordon reflect on the lessons from 2020. Brandy Collins […]

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Feature

Looking back on 2020: My Family’s Housing Journey and A Pandemic

January 5, 2021 Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross 1

Editor’s Note: We asked our alumni and correspondents to reflect on 2020, and/or what to look forward to in 2021. Below, poet/writer Aqueila M. Lewis reflects on what a year 2020 has been for her […]

COVID-19

COVID-19 Cases Surged in Oakland in December

January 4, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz 1

COVID-19 cases surged in Oakland in December 2020. […]

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Oakland Voices has trained dozens of community journalists over the years. We caught up with one of our alumna, Debora Gordon. In our last update about Gordon, we mentioned that she published a children’s book. As [...]
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Education

Bishop O’Dowd To Unveil New Facility With High School Hoops Showcase

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The sounds of sneakers squeaking, basketballs bouncing, and coaches yelling echoed throughout Bishop O’Dowd’s brand new, state-of-the-art, 1,300 plus capacity gymnasium. This gym is the crown jewel of the private Catholic school’s new $40 million […]

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