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Jo Ann Hollis

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What We Learned From Last Year: “Missed opportunities for joy and delight will never be overlooked again”

The pandemic has taught us to not take a single thing for granted.

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Caring during COVID-19: The Essential Work of Being an Airline Worker

Airport travel is increasing in Oakland. Hear from an airline worker on what it's been like being an essential worker.

An African American teen girl, Alysia Reaves, speaks into a microphone behind a podium in front of SF City Hall.
17 year-old Oakland youth activist calls for allies, unity

“I am driven by the ancestral spirit that guides me. I envision a place that works for everybody. A place that allows everyone to flourish and a place that embraces everyone’s identity.”

Unmasked: Finding kindness in strangers underneath the COVID-19 face masks

With many people wearing masks due to COVID-19, people are smiling with their eyes and some people are being nicer.

Newcomers embrace their West Oakland neighborhood and vice versa
Finding Bridget; Finding Me
An issue of lack of communication more than gentrification
Community, not gentrification, on Adeline