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Momo Chang

About Momo Chang
Momo Chang is a freelance journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area and Senior Editor at Civil Eats. She served program alumni as the Oakland Voices Co-Director from 2019 to 2024. Her work focuses on healthcare, immigration, education, Asian American communities, food and culture. She is a former staff writer at the Oakland Tribune. Momo has received journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting and the Asian American Journalists Association, among others. Her work has appeared in the East Bay Express, San Francisco Chronicle, Wired, and The New York Times. Momo is primarily a print journalist who also produces audio and visual stories for documentary film and radio. She is a Senior Contributing Editor for Hyphen and formerly the Content Manager at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM).
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Arts & Culture

“Stephen Curry: Underrated” Documentary Opened SFFILM Festival at Grand Lake Theater

April 21, 2023 Momo Chang

A new documentary by local filmmaker Peter Nicks will be released this summer on July 21, 2023, via Apple TV+. Stephen Curry: Underrated, focuses on the origin story of Curry: his roots during his childhood

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Arts & Culture

Reviews: Chapter 510’s New Youth-Written Books Full of Imagination and Creativity (Part 2)

April 19, 2023 Momo Chang and Kristal Raheem

Some Oakland Voices correspondents read and reviewed newly published books by Chapter 510, a literary nonprofit based in Old Oakland. The youngest writers were 8 years old when they wrote their books. The published books include

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Education

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Could Have Visited Any School District, and He Chose OUSD

March 30, 2023 Momo Chang

NBA legend, humanitarian, and author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar visited Oakland High yesterday to congratulate the Oakland High boys and Oakland Tech girls basketball teams for winning state championship titles this year. He was there to celebrate

News

Oakland High Boys, Oakland Tech Girls, Win Big at State Championships Friday

March 11, 2023 Momo Chang

The Oakland Tech Girls basketball team win their third straight state title in a row last night at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. The girls won their Division 1 championship game. The O-High boys

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Education

After a Year of Intense Community Action, New OUSD School Board Reverses School Closures

February 17, 2023 Momo Chang

In January, a new school board comprised of some newly-elected board members decided on the fate of six Oakland schools that were set to be shuttered this school year. Last year at this time, the

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News

Five Acres in Oakland Hills Officially Under Indigenous Stewardship

January 19, 2023 Momo Chang

At a celebration at the Chabot Space & Science Center in December, The City of Oakland and Sogorea Te’ Land Trust made it official: around five acres of land in the Oakland hills were returned

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Elections

Sheng Thao Inaugurated as Oakland’s 51st Mayor at Paramount Theatre

January 11, 2023 Momo Chang

On Monday afternoon, Oakland held an inauguration ceremony at the Paramount Theatre. The new mayor of Oakland, Sheng Thao, along with Oakland City Councilmember Nikki Fortunato Bas (District 2), Janani Ramachandran (District 4), Kevin Jenkins

COVID-19

Alameda County in Medium COVID-19 Tier

December 13, 2022 Momo Chang

Update as of Tuesday, December 20, 2022: The City of Oakland reinstates mask mandate inside all city buildings, effective until March 31, 2023. City buildings include “libraries, City senior centers, senior adult care facilities, recreation

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Education

Laney College Offering Free Tuition for Spring

November 28, 2022 Momo Chang

Laney College and the three other Peralta Community College District schools — College of Alameda, Berkeley City College, and Merritt College in Oakland — are offering free tuition for California residents and undocumented residents. The

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Elections

Oakland Elections Results: Sheng Thao Will Be New Mayor

November 22, 2022 Momo Chang

The results of the elections are in. Below are the winners, as counted by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. Mayor Sheng Thao City Council District 2: Nikki Fortunato Bas District 4: Janani Ramachandran District

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Momo Chang is a freelance journalist based in the San Francisco Bay Area and Senior Editor at Civil Eats. She served program alumni as the Oakland Voices Co-Director from 2019 to 2024. Her work focuses on healthcare, immigration, education, Asian American communities, food and culture. She is a former staff writer at the Oakland Tribune. Momo has received journalism awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for investigative reporting and the Asian American Journalists Association, among others. Her work has appeared in the East Bay Express, San Francisco Chronicle, Wired, and The New York Times. Momo is primarily a print journalist who also produces audio and visual stories for documentary film and radio. She is a Senior Contributing Editor for Hyphen and formerly the Content Manager at the Center for Asian American Media (CAAM).
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