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The Midas Touch

December 20, 2016 Marabet Morales Sikahall

The typical immigrant narrative tends to showcase the struggle more than success. But what if there was a way or one person who could balance this type of narrative? I am positive that there

A Resilient Person: My Father

December 20, 2016 Katharine Davies Samway

My father, Roy Davies, was 14 when he left school in 1920, the school leaving age in England at the time. He wanted to go to high school, but his father had died when he

Benito Daquipa, my grandfather, was born in a rocky hollow surrounded by tall hills covered with tall trees. The little hollow near the town of Corella on the island of Bohol in the southern Philippines

They nicknamed her Cinderella but she was more like Superwoman

November 4, 2016 Kat Ferreira

The day began like any other, as 18-year-old Phyllis D’Almeida made her way to school. Her thoughts were focused on the calculus exam she was scheduled to take that morning. But when she arrived at

A resilient Person, My Mother Ana Reyes

November 3, 2016 Abel Regalado

For a resilient warrior, failures and obstacles are nothing more that an opportunity to express the qualities that define them. My mother, Ana Reyes is the person in my life who demonstrates resilience when times

The Looking Glass

November 2, 2016 Jynessa Lazzaroni

I remember the evening we got the call. I’d sat lazily at my dining room table with my cousin, discussing the current news and exchanging stories. We were mid gossip when our phones rang in

For My Father

October 31, 2016 Sandra Tavel

El diablo sabe mas por viejo que por diablo. The devil knows more from age than from being the devil Fall, 2016: The photo was taken from a low angle pointed upwards toward the

D.K. DAILEY, EAST OAKLAND’S SCIENCE FICTION WRITER, AUTHOR OF 13 BOOKS, STILL SEEKING A PUBLISHER.

October 28, 2016 Damu Dailey

Meeting D.K. Dailey, you probably wouldn’t guess her unique accomplishment – she’s written 13 books. And even though she hasn’t been published yet, she keeps writing. “I never thought I’d have 13 books written, yet

Sights and Sounds: Art After Foreclosure in East Oakland, A Radio Story

May 16, 2016 Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross

http://cpa.ds.npr.org/kalw/audio/2016/05/WEB.ArtForclosure.mp3 This is my grandmother’s story as much as it is mine. I lived with her, Attaway, on 2657 67th Avenue from August 2006 to May 2012 and enjoyed every minute of it. But, a

In Support of Affordable Housing at Oakland’s Brooklyn Basin Project

February 22, 2016 Sabah Williams

On Thursday February 18th, community members and Oakland city officials gathered with representatives of MidPen Housing at the site of the new Brooklyn Basin waterfront housing development. They came together to request that the state