Sara is a proud resident of the Clinton/East Lake area of Oakland, where she enjoys her current gig as a stay-at-home mom. She grew up in Minnesota and Colorado before moving to the Bay Area in 2006. She has a background in art and worked as a graphic designer for many years. She feels her connection to the community is best held by exploring new places, asking people about their stories, and bearing witness to the changes surrounding us all.
There’s a large old Victorian boarding house, now an artist’s communal living space, in East Oakland that always makes people stop and stare when they[Read more]
If you’re like me, you’ve been slicing and dicing the presidential election results among your group of friends and neighbors, trying to figure out just[Read more]
The 16th Annual Malcolm X Jazz Festival, organized by the EastSide Arts Alliance, is expected to draw the usual large crowds to East Oakland’s San[Read more]
At the East 12th Street Wish List planning forum last week, affordable housing activists and community members gathered under tents to exchange ideas, listen to[Read more]
Taking a tour of my own city isn’t something I’ve done before, but something everyone should do once in their life. I’m slowly piecing together[Read more]
It’s a sunny and clear Valentine’s Day morning, and young and old arrive at the InterTribal Friendship House (or IFH) to ready the community garden[Read more]
