News
‘Breonna Taylor wasn’t me, but she could have been’
Oakland Voices correspondents Saa’un Bell and Brandy Collins share their insights on the Breonna Taylor verdict. […]
Saa'un Bell
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Oakland talks ABC’s Asian-American Family Sitcom: “Fresh off the Boat”
Fresh off the boat? No, actually, my mom hopped off a plane with me and my brother clinging to her legs. Perhaps it was her lack of English, America’s lack of Tagalog, and the resulting […]
Ferguson Aftermath
Undeterred by the ‘Hella Storm’ 200 Oakland Students Walk out for Michael Brown
Oakland (December 15th, 2014)—Undeterred by the ‘Hella-Storm’, roughly 200 students, hailing from eight Oakland high schools staged a ‘die-in’ outside the Fruitvale BART station, disrupting business as usual for 4 minutes and 28 seconds. The […]
Ferguson Aftermath
Black men counter media perception with ‘DetermiNation’
The grand jury decision in Ferguson to not indict police Officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, has left the hearts of the African-American community reeling—nationwide, and in Oakland, sending the message that black lives do […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
The Oakland Mayoral Election
No confetti, no raucous crowds here, just a bluesy ambiance set by the live jazz playing in the background. The bluesy sentiment and folks talking work, life and family was a somewhat lackluster atmosphere […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
East Oakland, the Forgotten Enclave of Oakland
Brown fields (land contaminated by past industrial use), crowded buses, six corner stores in a seven block radius—none of which had fresh fruits or vegetables. Asthma, low-wages and affordable housing were among the many […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
A Farm in East Oakland? Full Harvest explores the possibilities.
One fleeting glance at the three-storied rain cloud painted house on 39th Avenue in Oakland’s Laurel District, and you would never know. The possibilities. The possibility of “Full Harvest Urban Farm”, an acre farm […]
Author Feature
Author: Saa’un Bell
Saa’un is grounded in her southern roots of Greenville Alabama and Eastern Samar where the rain never sleeps. She is the oldest of six, in a serious, but comical, working class Black and Filipino immigrant […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
4701 San Leandro Street
It’s grimy. Industrial. It looks like no one lives here. But if you look closely, you’ll see the rusted tin metal numbers on the concrete gate: 4701. It smells of welded metal & black ash, […]