Past Authors
Cinque’s View
The Oakland Voices 2017-2018 graduation from the unique perspective of Cinque Mubarak.
Brenda Payton
2017-2018 Project Blogs
2017 Correspondents
The new group of Oakland Voices Correspondents will begin telling the stories of their neighborhoods in one week. They are They are a diverse group with varied backgrounds and experiences with one thing in common […]
2016 Project Blogs
Oakland Voices Reacts
The Oakland Voices correspondents covered local elections last week, writing about the successful campaigns for expanded protections for renters, a soda tax, a civilian police commission and the not- as- successful, but strongly community-based, campaigns […]
2016 Project Blogs
Election Night in Oakland
The Oakland Voices 2016 correspondents had gathered in the East Bay Times newsroom before heading out to cover our local races, two city council races and three measures – strengthening protections for renters, establishing an […]
Feature
Oakland Voices wins prestigious Society of Professional Journalists’ award
Four Oakland Voices correspondents awarded by Society of Professional Journalists. […]
2015 Project Blogs
Oakland Voices reflect on guns
Following President Barack Obama’s executive order addressing gun violence and regulations, the Oakland Voices correspondents wrote about their experiences with guns and their thoughts about government efforts to curb gun violence. Probably reflecting much of […]
2015 Project Blogs
Oakland Voices Speak Out on the Changes in Oakland
The changes are everywhere, from skyrocketing rents to a vibrant Uptown, from complaints about choir practice to barbecue permits at Lake Merritt. The Oakland Voices correspondents took a look at the changes in Oakland and […]
2015 Project Blogs
Community Investment – By the People for the People
Editor’s Note: The following article is in response to an Oakland Voices article, “Heroes, Pyramids and a Colossal Head.” By the East Oakland Youth Development Center Family The “G” word—gentrification. This word evokes pain and […]
Life in East Oakland
Where We Live
The Oakland Voices correspondents went out into their neighborhoods to survey what was there and what wasn’t — grocery stores, liquor stores, churches, parks. They came back with some insightful observations about community and belonging […]
2015 Project Blogs
Family Resilience
[slideshow_deploy id=’8676′]We asked the new Oakland Voices correspondents to write about a family member and resilience. They came back with inspiring stories about siblings raised in foster care, a teen mom who refused to give […]