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Arts & Culture

New design for Oakland Voices created by Vogue of TDK graffiti crew

June 22, 2022 Kat Ferreira 0

Today, we updated the Oakland Voices website–for ease of reading, maximizing visual storytelling, and improved accessibility. We also updated the Oakland Voices design and masthead to capture the history and spirit of our community journalism […]

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Arts & Culture

New Barbara Lee Documentary Required Viewing for Oaklanders

August 13, 2021 Kat Ferreira 0

The documentary film about Congresswoman Barbara Lee debuted at Oakland’s Grand Lake Theatre last week. […]

black and white image of tents set up in the early 1930s in Oakland, dubbed "Pipe City"
Feature

Pipe Dreams: Makeshift Living in Oakland is Nothing New

May 11, 2021 Kat Ferreira 4

Oakland Voices correspondent Kat Ferreira digs into the history of unhoused populations in Oakland, from Pipe City to the current encampments at the same location. […]

A woman wears a handmade crown made from flowers, and a mask that matches.
COVID-19

Crafting a Mask to Match my Coronavirus Crown

July 22, 2020 Kat Ferreira 0

Oakland Voices Alumna Kat Ferreira makes her own artistic mask to match a hand-crafted crown during COVID-19. […]

COVID-19

Mask Oakland and the 411 on N95 Respirator Masks

April 27, 2020 Kat Ferreira 1

Oakland grassroots fire response group, Mask Oakland, explains why N95 respirator masks are more difficult to obtain and distribute now due to COVID-19. […]

Photo: fashionable face mask with Towngirl brand label
COVID-19

Need a COVID-19 Mask? Oakland Activists and Artists Can Help

April 27, 2020 Kat Ferreira 4

Oakland artists and activists are creating masks to keep communities safer during the COVID-19 pandemic. […]

Polka OAS Mural
2016 Project Blogs

Volunteer Artists Give Oakland’s Animal Shelter a Makeover

July 3, 2017 Kat Ferreira 0

If you’re an animal lover, an animal shelter can be a depressing place. For decades, the reputation of Oakland’s mismanaged shelter was no exception. But as is often the case in Oakland, when a city […]

2016 Project Blogs

Martial Arts Sifu Bill Owens Reflects on his 50th Year

June 15, 2017 Kat Ferreira 5

It’s Saturday afternoon and three rows of children stand frozen in anticipation, waiting for their Martial Arts Master, Sifu Bill Owens, to walk them through the next sequence of gestures. After the children mirror his […]

2016 Project Blogs

Lake Merritt Monster Sighting Near Oakland A’s Proposed Stadium Site is a Sea Lion

June 7, 2017 Kat Ferreira 3

My first thought when I heard the splash and saw something slimy part the water was, “Dear God, the fabled Lake Merritt Monster has returned!” It was sunset and I was walking my dog Penny […]

2016 Project Blogs

Fruitvale after the Ghost Ship fire

May 17, 2017 Kat Ferreira 0

Note: this story originally aired on KALW Public Radio 91.7 FM in San Francisco as part of their “Sights & Sounds of East Oakland” series and was published on the KALW website. You can listen […]

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Education

Bishop O’Dowd To Unveil New Facility With High School Hoops Showcase

November 23, 2022 1

The sounds of sneakers squeaking, basketballs bouncing, and coaches yelling echoed throughout Bishop O’Dowd’s brand new, state-of-the-art, 1,300 plus capacity gymnasium. This gym is the crown jewel of the private Catholic school’s new $40 million […]

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An Oakland resident for over 25 years, Kat Ferreira's local Fruitvale area roots skip back a few generations to the early 1900s. Active in the community, she has volunteered with a variety of Oakland-based nonprofit organizations and neighborhood groups, including the Eastlake Music Festival, Friends of the Oakland Fox theater, Wardrobe for Opportunity, and more. Her professional background spans the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, with an emphasis on community advocacy, nonprofit fundraising, social policy research, online marketing and social media. You can follow Kat on Twitter and Instagram.
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