Tony Daquipa, Author at Oakland Voices

students holding signs outside middle school saying "save us"

Oakland Students, Teachers, Community Mobilize to Oppose District Plan to Permanently Close Schools

February 2, 2022 Tony Daquipa

On a cold Monday night in the middle of a pandemic, almost two hundred members of the Manzanita Community School family and their allies gathered for a watch party on the school playground to witness

a map with red stars on different schools in Oakland.

OUSD Creates List of Schools To Be Targeted for Closure

January 26, 2022 Tony Daquipa

OUSD may be moving forward with closing more schools

a wall outside a school that says "make oakland proud"

Oakland Students Call for Strike Next Week Over School Safety

January 15, 2022 Tony Daquipa

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 to interview sent me a link to a meeting that

Bright orange sky lit by California wildfire

Free Air Purifiers for Bay Area’s Vulnerable Residents

August 31, 2021 Tony Daquipa

As California’s wildfires continue to rage, free air purifier program for low-income folks with asthma will be available

A Latinx youth holds up a screen to take a selfie with a group of people behind him smiling and posing.

“Homeroom” Documentary Highlights Youth Activism in Oakland and Gives a Sense of Hope

August 20, 2021 Tony Daquipa

“Homeroom” documentary by Peter Nicks is the most hopeful in the trilogy of films focusing on Oakland’s public institutions.

a collage of colorful vendors at the Indigenous Red Market, and some performers as well.

Community is Key to Indigenous Red Market in Fruitvale

July 19, 2021 Tony Daquipa

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 by the Native American Health Center and Intertribal Friendship House.

An image of a school with gates in the front and the words "Fremont High"

Fremont High, a school re-built with love, community, and bond measure money

November 16, 2020 Tony Daquipa

An East Oakland school that formerly resembled a prison, according to some, now has a state-of-the-art campus.

A group of women decked out in Oakland Raiders gear pose smiling in a photo in the parking lot.

Longtime Raiders Fans Reminisce about Tailgate Parties in East Oakland from yesteryear

September 29, 2020 Tony Daquipa

Longtime Raiders fans feel left behind by NFL as team moves to Las Vegas.

A screen shot of a dozen diverse educators speaking during a Zoom for the Oakland Education Association.

Oakland Unified and Teachers’ Union Come to Agreement on Distance Learning

August 25, 2020 Tony Daquipa

“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 an opportunity to make schools better than they were pre-COVID.” – OEA President Keith Brown

An African American woman wearing a facemark and purple t-shirt looks at camera.

Oakland Activists Call For “Ed Equity or Else”

August 11, 2020 Tony Daquipa

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 reopen schools.