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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

Black Lives Matter from Haiti to Oakland

January 28, 2016 Bill Joyce

As the clouds lifted and hundreds mustered at Frank Ogawa Plaza on Martin Luther King Day, a spirited group of about 75 supporters of Haiti gathered two blocks away at the Ronald Dellums Federal Building

A Community Discusses High Rents and Displacement

January 19, 2016 Sabah Williams

Oakland Voices hosted a forum on high rents and displacement in Oakland on December 8th, 2015 at the 81st Avenue Library. Aqueila Lewis, artist and Oakland Voices correspondent, opened the evening with a powerful spoken word

Rents are on the rise in Oakland, and that is forcing good people out of the city. One bedroom apartments in Oakland are now going for a minimum of $1,300 or so, and they ask

The Oakland Change

November 20, 2015 Randy Filio

I have been coming back and forward to Oakland for the past five years. Oakland was the place that really caught my attention more than any city I ever visited, and I have visited

Change is…

November 5, 2015 Rosalinda Hernandez

During times of change, especially unwarranted change, I turn to certain quotes to remind me that change can be good. Oakland is undergoing a transformation right now. Change is everywhere. Is it good change? That,

Changing Landscapes

November 5, 2015 Bill Joyce

I received this email early one morning this past week: “Hey guys, strange jeep across the street from us. Two people inside. They laid back in their seats when we went outside … Something feels

Not Just For Sundays – A Poem and A Plea

November 3, 2015 Angela Scott

Slender brown legs stretch over a velvety cushioned pew knobby knees and shiny black shoes click keeping the beat of drums my tiny head bobs back and forth while i hum the tune to a