Why is it necessary to debate the need for background checks?
The first time I saw a gun was in my grandmother’s attic. The attic was off limits, accessible only by stairs from a second[Read more]
Bill Joyce
Bill Joyce is a retired Berkeley teacher and 2016 alumnus of Oakland Voices.
Stories by Bill
I Am Because We Are – OCO celebrates
By Bill Joyce Posted
Oakland Community Organizations (OCO) member Tracy Phillips scanned the tables spread out at the Eastmont Mall office during the group’s annual holiday gathering. “Like bees[Read more]
Downtown Oakland For Sale? A video story
By Bill Joyce Posted
Gun Tracing Pilot Program Approved by Public Safety Committee
By Mustafa Solomon, Bill Joyce and Marilu Aguilar Posted
The Oakland City Council’s Public Safety Committee on November 10 accepted a $1 million gun tracing proposal as a pilot program to be funded for[Read more]
Changing Landscapes
By Bill Joyce Posted
I received this email early one morning this past week: “Hey guys, strange jeep across the street from us. Two people inside. They laid back[Read more]
Civil Rights figures explore “The Future of Non-Violence in America” this Saturday.
By Bill Joyce Posted
The history of nonviolence and the Civil Rights Movement — its past, present, and future — will be tangible when two leading figures of the[Read more]
Barbara Zavala – The Personification of Giving Back
By Bill Joyce Posted
The morning wash flapped in the breeze in the backyard of the Oakland Catholic Worker (OCW), near the corner of International Blvd and 50th, on[Read more]
Laurel Cyclery – More than a Bike Shop
By Bill Joyce Posted
At any other bike shop, the word ‘hubs’ refers to internal or fixed gear hubs and often, the messy job of repacking them with tiny[Read more]
Out on the streets with Street Level
By Bill Joyce Posted
Don Francisco, a Street Level outreach worker who delivers breakfast to day laborers, is a little worried. Forty containers aren’t sufficient for the number of[Read more]
Street Level – a safety net of the safety net
By Bill Joyce Posted
Health clinic volunteer Hermalinda Aguiar leaned forward and said, “We have a saying: ‘Panza llena, corazón contento; Full belly, a happy heart.’” In a phrase,[Read more]
