Erick Chavarria, Author at Oakland Voices

Two Journalistic communities tour Oakland

March 18, 2015 Erick Chavarria

Being the first newspaper in the country to have an African-American editor, The Oakland Tribune carries a tradition of diversity. Today we see this tradition continued through the Oakland Voices program it started a few

Transgendercide of women of color drives young trans woman to suicide

March 5, 2015 Erick Chavarria

The disproportionate number of Trans non-White women who have been killed was on the mind of Aubrey Mariko, 22, on February 24th as she published her last Facebook update, a photograph of her knee

Fruitvale Legal Center expects large crowds after President’s Announcement

November 22, 2014 Erick Chavarria

Fifteen minutes before the president announced his Executive Action on Immigration, top Oakland officials called Eleni Roubatis-Wolfe, Immigration Program Director of Centro Legal de la Raza. They wanted to know, like the many people who

Undocu-Elections

November 12, 2014 Erick Chavarria

On election night I found myself at the headquarters of Libby Schaaf’s election party. I call it a party because it felt like one. The alcohol was copious (and free) and the people many.

First LGBTQ Gym in the Nation provides Safe Space for All

September 24, 2014 Erick Chavarria

The Perfect Sidekick, the first LGBTQ gym in the U.S., provides a safe space in the city of Oakland for health and fitness.

March Against Police Brutality in Solidarity with Ferguson

August 26, 2014 Erick Chavarria

The path of the march was to go to the Oakland police station but we went much farther. I arrived to see around 100 people gathered around the corner of 14th & Broadway in the

Healing & Art at Highland Hospital

July 11, 2014 Erick Chavarria

By Erick Chavarría Twenty-four hours a day the electronic doors open and close. I sit in front of Highland Hospital and wonder about all the stories that go untold here as this particular emergency