2025 - Page 8 of 13 - Oakland Voices

Singer 3LISE turns pain into a pathway for healing

September 2, 2025 Kristal Raheem

Oakland’s 3LISE turns loss into a path of healing. Through music and sound, she shares tools for slowing down, self-regulation, and community resilience.

Photos: Children’s Fairyland celebrates 75 years in Oakland

September 2, 2025 Rasheed Shabazz

Children’s Fairyland celebrated 75 years in Oakland with a birthday bash and parade.

Federal lawsuit targets Palestinian-owned, Oakland coffee shop

August 31, 2025 Amelah El-Amin

The owner of Jerusalem Coffee House spoke out against the Trump administration targeting an Oakland business.

Black Panther ‘Cub’ tells her story

August 26, 2025 Dera R. Williams

Meres-Sia Gabriel’s childhood connections to the Black Panther Party significantly shaped her life.

‘Crushing Wheelchairs’ film depicts brutality of homeless sweeps

August 25, 2025 Rasheed Shabazz

POOR Magazine offers a free screening of the film “Crushing Wheelchairs” on August 28.

16 free events this weekend in Oakland

August 21, 2025 Ayah Ali-Ahmad

This weekend in Oakland: enjoy free events from the massive Chinatown StreetFest to the Rockridge Rock-N-Stroll and more.

Black Arts Film Festival honors ‘OGs of Oakland’

August 19, 2025 Ayah Ali-Ahmad

How Oakland’s BAM Film Fest has grown into a powerful celebration of Black arts, film, and community, honoring ancestral legacies and defying a climate of funding cuts.