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Finding sustained Bay Area beauty outdoors during COVID-19

August 13, 2020 Amelah El-Amin 1

Observe some of the beauty in the Bay Area’s natural environment. […]

2019-2020 Project Blogs

Unhoused in Oakland During COVID-19 Pandemic

April 6, 2020 Markaya Spikes 0

The challenges I face as an unhoused Oakland resident during the COVID-19 pandemic are income and work, access to essentials, and taking care of my daughter. […]

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2019-2020 Project Blogs

2019-2020 Oakland Voices Participants Graduate from Community Journalism Program

March 11, 2020 Brandy Collins 0

Oakland Voices 2019-2020 community journalists graduate from the longstanding training program. […]

2019-2020 Project Blogs

Second Mondays brings ‘Black Joy’

February 21, 2020 Brandy Collins 0

Organizers announced the winner afterwards: Jeremy Michael Vasquez and JusDizz. […]

2019-2020 Project Blogs

Families, teachers speak out at Oakland school board meeting

January 28, 2020 Yadira Cervantes 0

On Wednesday, November 13, 2019, parents, students, teachers, and community members protested at the Oakland Unified School District school board meeting held at La Escuelita.  Teachers criticized the board for school closures that harm Oakland […]

2019-2020 Project Blogs

Zarinah El-Amin Majied: Breaking the Chains of Intergenerational Trauma

January 27, 2020 Amelah El-Amin 0

“Growing up as an only child though I had four siblings was very lonely”, Zarinah El-Amin Majied conveyed as she recalled her childhood. Her mother, who left Zarinah’s older siblings Annie Pearl and Roosevelt in […]

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Glenn Bailey: After ‘life’ behind bars

January 24, 2020 Ayodele Nzinga 1

Glenn Bailey has served 52 years inside the California carceral system.  The last 42 were part of a life sentence for a double homicide he readily admits he committed.  When he was arrested, authorities arrested […]

2019-2020 Project Blogs

Moms 4 Housing: A Movement Begins

January 22, 2020 Brandy Collins 1

On Monday, November 18, 2019, two mothers boldly began occupying a West Oakland house that had been vacant for two years on Magnolia Street. Dominique Walker, 34, and Sameerah Karim, 41, members of Moms 4 […]

2019-2020 Project Blogs

Youth Climate Strike hits Bay Area streets

November 22, 2019 Iris Crawford 0

“Hey, Hey! Ho Ho! Climate change has got to go!” This chant and many others could be heard throughout the waves of protestors participating in the Youth Global Climate Strike in San Francisco on September […]

2019-2020 Project Blogs

The Honest Struggle documents challenges of returning home from prison

October 13, 2019 Amelah El-Amin 0

The Honest Struggle, a documentary featuring Sadiq Davis, was screened at the Lighthouse Mosque on September 28.  The hour-long film takes the audience down and around the peaks and valleys of re-entry, the process of […]

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On Friday, April 29, the Oakland Education Association held a one-day strike to protest the Oakland Unified School District’s lack of an engagement process prior to deciding to permanently close eight schools and truncate two […]

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