July 2022 - Oakland Voices

Talk of the Town: What have you discovered about Oakland since pandemic?

July 26, 2022 Trinity Thompson

Trinity Thompson asked Oakland residents about what they’ve learned about Oakland during the COVID-19 pandemic.

An elder African American man wears Warriors cap and black t-shirt with a lion/dragon image on it, standing in front of bright mural.

Willie Davis of Lincoln Rec Center Honored as “Black Hero of Chinatown”

July 25, 2022 Tony Daquipa

When Willie Davis, Jr. moved to East Oakland in 1981, he was a firefighter at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco. He says that that job, which he had for 25 years, required

Oakland Police must stop high speed pursuits

July 21, 2022 Cat Brooks and Prism Reports

Death of Lolomanaia Soakia latest example of why Oakland Police must end reckless chases

An African American director with a beanie chats with a tall man in a white tank top and with an Afro

How One Local Filmmaker Debuted First Film and Comic Book During Pandemic

July 15, 2022 Brandy Collins

Love Conquers All, a comic book and movie co-written by filmmakers Janell Grace and Malik Glass, is a story about Kennedy, a man reconciling his issues with trauma and grief after the passing of his