Tony Daquipa, Author at Oakland Voices

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Oakland Asian Cultural Center Hosts Events for Mental Illness Awareness Week

September 30, 2022 Tony Daquipa

In observance of Mental Illness Awareness Week (October 3-9) and World Mental Health Day (October 10), the Oakland Asian Cultural Center will be hosting a series of events including an art exhibit, panel discussions, a

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2022 Election: What Oakland voters want for OUSD

September 9, 2022 Tony Daquipa and Ashley McBride

Residents with a direct stake in Oakland schools share their thoughts about this year’s school board races. Oakland Unified School District has been among the most chronically challenged districts in the Bay Area. Years of

Private Security Guards Allegedly Injure Parker Community School Activists

August 8, 2022 Tony Daquipa

Parker Community School activists have been engaged in a sit-in protest at a former OUSD school since it was permanently shuttered on May 25. Former Parker students and other students from the larger community attended

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Willie Davis of Lincoln Rec Center Honored as “Black Hero of Chinatown”

July 25, 2022 Tony Daquipa

When Willie Davis, Jr. moved to East Oakland in 1981, he was a firefighter at the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco. He says that that job, which he had for 25 years, required

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Community Advocates Have Taken Over Parker K-8, Oakland School Slated for Closure

June 9, 2022 Tony Daquipa

In one East Oakland neighborhood, school isn’t out for summer. Fifteen days after public education advocates started a sit-in on the nearly 100 year-old campus of Parker K-8 school, classes are back in session for

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Oakland Schools Closed and Port Shut Down To Protest Closures and Privatization

May 1, 2022 Tony Daquipa

On Friday, April 29, the Oakland Education Association held a one-day strike to protest the Oakland Unified School District’s lack of an engagement process prior to deciding to permanently close eight schools and truncate two

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Markham Elementary Celebrates Living Schoolyard That Was Over Two Decades in the Making

April 15, 2022 Tony Daquipa

There was ample sunshine, a lot of cameras (including a drone), some people wearing business suits, a homegrown NBA basketball player, and a hint of irony after school on the last day before spring break

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As Community Opposition to School Closures Continues, Legacy of State Takeover Looms Large

March 17, 2022 Tony Daquipa

The opposition against Oakland school closures isn’t giving up just yet.

One Family’s Journey Through OUSD School Closures

February 17, 2022 Tony Daquipa

Ariel Lloud, mom of two children at Grass Valley and organizer with Reparations for Black Students, says she will leave OUSD when Grass Valley Elementary closes.

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School Closures Will Impact Oakland’s Most Vulnerable Students: Disproportionately Low-income, Special Education, and English Learners

February 8, 2022 Tony Daquipa

Update: On February 9, around 1 a.m., the OUSD school board passed a modified resolution that will close two schools this year: Parker K-8 and Community Day School. Brookfield Elementary, Grass Valley Elementary, Carl B.