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The Lights of East Oakland

December 29, 2014 Tom Webb

In the darkest moments of people’s lives there appears to be an innate desire to search for hope. And evidence of that hope is often marked by reference to light. The month of December in

President’s Executive Order on Immigration: Voices from East Oakland

November 28, 2014 Tom Webb

Reactions to President Barack Obama’s Executive Order on immigration drew mixed responses from East Oakland residents. Known formally as the “Deferred Action for Parental Accountability and Expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival” programs, these actions

Fruitvale Legal Center expects large crowds after President’s Announcement

November 22, 2014 Erick Chavarria

Fifteen minutes before the president announced his Executive Action on Immigration, top Oakland officials called Eleni Roubatis-Wolfe, Immigration Program Director of Centro Legal de la Raza. They wanted to know, like the many people who

Dia De Los Muertos Fruitvale District

November 11, 2014 Sergio Martinez

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Community Change Agents

September 4, 2014 Gerald Green

On a Thursday in August, I heard English and Spanish as I watched African- American and Latino families share a pot-luck dinner in honor of mothers graduating from the Bay Area Parent Leadership Action Network’s

Friday Night Family Events Bring Neighbors Together

August 6, 2014 Le’Ana Powell

Stop the Violence is the message at two local parks in East Oakland. Community Engagement Coordinator Jennifer Argueta is the Director of Messengers 4 Change (a project of Oakland Unite), and manages these Friday

Missing Willie: Remembering Willie Tatmon III

September 10, 2010 Ida Hancox

We are losing our loved ones more and more each day to violence. Its seems like the smallest things can start deadly fights: staring, an argument over a girl, clothes, money, and especially turf. The