Confessions of a Maskhole
I learned there’s now a term to describe people like me who are undisciplined mask wearers — maskholes. You know the type: we slop them[Read more]
Bill Joyce
Bill Joyce is a retired Berkeley teacher and 2016 alumnus of Oakland Voices.
Stories by Bill
Oakland’s BIPOC-owned vandalized businesses tell their story
By Bill Joyce and Aqueila Lewis Posted
Oakland Voices Correspondents chat with several small, BIPOC-owned businesses in Oakland following the vandalism that affected more than 200 businesses.
Oakland Voices: Youth activists leading the Black Lives Matter Movement
By Bill Joyce, Sarah Belle Lin and Debora Gordon Posted
Oakland Voices interviewed five young leaders who have taken the Black Lives Matter Movement by storm and reminded us that not only are our youth[Read more]
Tuesday Morning at Arsola’s Food Pantry in Oakland During COVID-19
By Bill Joyce Posted
Long before hundreds of vehicles roll up on Tuesday morning, a half dozen volunteers are on the job. Along a makeshift assembly line, extended to[Read more]
Sheltering-in-Place in the Laurel District
By Bill Joyce Posted
Mine is the only car as I pull up to 35th and MacArthur early Tuesday morning. Usually swarming with students on their way to Skyline[Read more]
Dishing Up a Kinfolks Thanksgiving
By Bill Joyce Posted
The Kinfolks Motorcycle Club’s annual Thanksgiving dinner at Palo Vista Gardens is still an hour away but the dinner guests are already gathering. Joanne Berstine,[Read more]
Nearly a Century of Magic in the Dimond
By Bill Joyce Posted
Magic in all its mystery hung, literally, in the air at a recent meeting of the Oakland Magic Circle (OMC). Twelve- year- old Azlan Dubin[Read more]
Sometimes it takes a tragedy
By Bill Joyce Posted
[slideshow_deploy id=’11545′] As the unsettling sifting of the ashes of the Ghost Ship fire drew to a close Wednesday, three blocks away at St. Elizabeth[Read more]
What Would You Do?
By Bill Joyce Posted
(On the 2nd weekend in October, labor activists, military veterans, musicians, artists, and people of faith from across the US converged on both sides of[Read more]
Grand Opening of The Shed: The Original Scraper Bike Team on the Move
By Bill Joyce Posted
The Original Scraper Bike Team mustered at noon on Saturday, June 11 at the 81st Ave Library. Scrapers torqued chains and pumped air in their[Read more]
