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Oakland, Where Prostate Cancer and COVID-19 Intersect
A program for African American men with prostate cancer pivoted to organizing COVID testing for African Americans in East Oakland this fall. […]
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2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Breathless in the 94621
Children growing up with asthma are a reality for families living in the 94621. “The most polluted zip code in Oakland,” said Nehanda Imara, an organizer with Communities for a Better Environment (CBE). “We need […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
A Ride through a Neighborhood
I could hear, “We’re tired of this,” echoing off the walls of First Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church. Brenda Payton, Oakland Voices coordinator, told correspondents from Sacramento and Oakland Voices how members from this […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Oakland School Board Meeting 101
Oakland Education Association (OEA) and their supporters’ communication tactic of choice, repetitive loudness, met its match at the February 25th Oakland School Board meeting, when pre-kindergarteners paraded hand-in-hand while John Lennon song’s, “All the People,” […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Arnold Perkins, Community Change Agent in Transition
After attending a Seventh-day Adventist National Conference in Oakland, the Perkins’ family in 1954 relocated from segregated Miami Florida to Oakland. Their eighth-grader son, Arnold, attended Golden Gate Academy, where white students teased him about […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Community Ready
“Community Ready,” a two word nugget these young fellows heard from Oakland Superintendent Antown Wilson, Saturday November 8, 2014, at the GradNation community summit an America’s Promise Alliance http://www.americaspromise.org/ and AT&T event held at Laney College. All […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Quan’s Last Song
A sea of mostly empty circular tables adorned with white table cloth greeted me when I arrived at Scott’s Seafood Restaurant, Jean Quan’s campaign party location Tuesday night. Live music substituted for conversation before Quan’s […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
The Madison Miracle
The Madison Miracle started in 2006 when Lucinda Taylor, Ph.D requested to lead what was considered the worst school in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). She started with 236 students and 13 teachers. Through Dr. […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
The Mayor of 82nd Ave
Organized under East Oakland Building Healthy Communities’ umbrella, the mayor and would-be mayors flocked to Allen Temple Arms located at 82nd Ave. and International Blvd, seeking blessings from Deep-in-the “E.” But first the office seekers […]