Flores flowering in gratitude
Recently in the midst of so much heaviness on all fronts, I went looking for some hope. I returned to poetry, my first written love form. I stumbled upon a poem that my former student[Read more]
Feeling Good
Party Your Way Into Fitness at Club Ritmo!
Club Ritmo Fitness is located a few blocks from the Fruitvale BART station. From the Number 1 bus that runs up and down International Boulevard, it’s the stop just before or after the BART Station,[Read more]
Affordable Clothing and Other Reasons to Shop at Rainbow Shops
I love fashion and that’s why I stop by Rainbow Shops at least twice a month. It appears they get new stock in at least once a week and the person who’s assigned to unpack[Read more]
One of the Many
In my last article, I profiled Missio Dei Oakland. In this article, I write about how I joined the church. Entering the darkest phase of my existence in 2015, I had developed the mentality[Read more]
The Power of Christ in East Oakland
Missio Dei Oakland (MDO) is a house church network that is positively serving disadvantaged people in East Oakland through compassion, personal connection and spreading the gospel. In July 2012, a church start -up team of[Read more]
Love letter to the Fruitvale
Kalil and I were in bed just last night and at about 8 p.m. we heard firecrackers outside our bedroom window. Several rounds of fire crackers-crackle, boom, swoosh. We just laughed hard, what are[Read more]
Martial Arts Sifu Bill Owens Reflects on his 50th Year
It’s Saturday afternoon and three rows of children stand frozen in anticipation, waiting for their Martial Arts Master, Sifu Bill Owens, to walk them through the next sequence of gestures. After the children mirror his[Read more]
Cascos Martial Arts Academy – A Photo Essay
O.G. Beat Meet, a video story
Faces of Bay Area PLAN’s Family FEST
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