Katharine Davies Samway, Author at Oakland Voices

A Client’s Choice Pantry in East Oakland Grocery Desert

May 4, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

I arrive around 10:15 a.m. on a recent Saturday at the Flunder Foundation Word of Mouth Food Pantry located at the City of Refuge United Church of Christ http://www.cityofrefugeucc.org/, which is in a mixed residential

Middle Eastern Students Speak Out

April 10, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

I must have passed by the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in Oakland many times, but never noticed it. This center was the site for a Sanctuary Education conference held in Oakland on

Student-Led Vigil in Support of Detained Immigrants

March 21, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

“We are here in solidarity with the 150 to 300 immigrants who are detained here at this facility. They are asylum seekers. They are green card holders. They are long-term residents,” says the Rev. Deborah

One Courageous Immigration Organizer

March 8, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

Imagine you’re 29. A Latina. You came to the U.S. with your family when you were 15. You’re undocumented, but in 2016, you got DACA status (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). What would you do

Oakland Sanctuary Posadas

February 24, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

Editor’s Note: This story was written during the Christmas season. Given the recent proposed immigration bans and the escalation of deportations of undocumented people, it is sadly more relevant than ever. It is December 23

Stop Urban Shield: A Collaborative Community Action

January 30, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

Stop Urban Shield: A Collaborative Community Action (Tuesday, January 10, 2017) 10:00 a.m. It’s pouring rain in downtown Oakland. Nevertheless, about 100 people have gathered in the lobby of the building that houses the Alameda

Oakland’s Women’s March: A March and Rally for Equality, Inclusiveness, and Tolerance

January 23, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

The March On the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, about 100,000 people march through Oakland from Chinatown to City Hall and gather in and around Frank Ogawa Plaza for a rally. There

A Resilient Person: My Father

December 20, 2016 Katharine Davies Samway

My father, Roy Davies, was 14 when he left school in 1920, the school leaving age in England at the time. He wanted to go to high school, but his father had died when he

Reflecting on election night

November 18, 2016 Katharine Davies Samway

Although I’m politically active, albeit in peace and justice issues rather than electoral politics, it’s been a while since I attended an election after-party away from someone’s home. And I had never covered such an