Oakland Students Call for Strike Next Week Over School Safety
As I struggled trying to figure out how to host a Zoom meeting for the first time, the two 10th graders whom I was trying[Read more]
Tony Daquipa
Community Correspondent
Tony Daquipa is a dad, bureaucrat, PTA Officer, photographer, hop farmer, collector of East Oakland rainwater, urban bicyclist, union thug, karaoke diva, grumpy old man, storyteller, and preserver of history.
Stories by Tony
Free Air Purifiers for Bay Area’s Vulnerable Residents
By Tony Daquipa Posted
As California's wildfires continue to rage, free air purifier program for low-income folks with asthma will be available
“Homeroom” Documentary Highlights Youth Activism in Oakland and Gives a Sense of Hope
By Tony Daquipa Posted
"Homeroom" documentary by Peter Nicks is the most hopeful in the trilogy of films focusing on Oakland's public institutions.
Community is Key to Indigenous Red Market in Fruitvale
By Tony Daquipa Posted
The Indigenous Red Market, co-sponsored by NAHC and the Intertribal Friendship House, is free to the public. Indigenous Red Market in Oakland, CA, was started[Read more]
Fremont High, a school re-built with love, community, and bond measure money
By Tony Daquipa Posted
An East Oakland school that formerly resembled a prison, according to some, now has a state-of-the-art campus.
Longtime Raiders Fans Reminisce about Tailgate Parties in East Oakland from yesteryear
By Tony Daquipa Posted
Longtime Raiders fans feel left behind by NFL as team moves to Las Vegas.
Oakland Unified and Teachers’ Union Come to Agreement on Distance Learning
By Tony Daquipa Posted
"We will continue to work to improve crisis distance learning and organize to get the funding and resources for a safe school reopening. We have[Read more]
Oakland Activists Call For “Ed Equity or Else”
By Tony Daquipa Posted
Oakland Voices chats with four activists who attended the "“Ed Equity or Else” National Day of Resistance against calls from the Federal government to prematurely[Read more]
Educators Propose Safety Precautions As OUSD Seeks To Reopen Some Preschools Next Week
By Tony Daquipa Posted
OUSD needs to successfully negotiate Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with seven labor unions before school of any type can resume.
Oakland School Board votes unanimously to eliminate its police force by 2021
By Tony Daquipa Posted
The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the “George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department” last[Read more]
