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Hip Hop Therapy/ Beats Rhymes and Life

September 18, 2015 Angela Scott

Imagine walking into your therapist’s office and seeing hip hop album covers hanging from the wall. To your immediate left is a stage and like the rest of the room, it is being renovated by

Intertribal Friendship House

September 17, 2015 Sabah Williams

Intertribal Friendship House (IFH) is a special place. We call it our “Urban Rez” and it is a vital part of the Bay Area Native American Community. It is one of the first urban Native

On a mission: Kelly Carlisle and Acta Non Verba

September 16, 2015 Rosalinda Hernandez

I called Acta Non Verba (“ANV”) to see if I could stop by for a tour of the farm and to interview Kelly Carlisle, the founder and executive director of the organization. Little did I

The smell of fresh baked bread follows me home

August 25, 2015 Rosalinda Hernandez

Waking up a Saturday morning in August and it’s already 70 degrees in East Oakland. It’s 9 in the morning and before it gets hotter, I grab my little Chihuahua, Night, and head east on

The Dimond – We Have it All

August 21, 2015 Mustafa Solomon

I want to start out by saying that I live in the Dimond District of East Oakland. I’ve been a very fortunate person to live in this neighborhood. It has everything. As a grassroots activist, I

Oakland Juneteenth Celebration Returns on June 27

June 24, 2015 Howard Dyckoff

It’s time again for West Oakland’s annual Juneteenth Celebration. Presented this year by the B-H Brilliant Minds Project, the festivities will held on June 27th, 11 AM to 6 PM, at 3233 Market St.

What if They Held a Dinner and Everyone was Able to Eat

May 20, 2015 Tom Webb

“What if they held a dinner and everyone was able to eat?” This is the question 385 anti-hunger advocates posed to their state assembly representatives last week in Sacramento. Busloads of multicultural citizen activists

Oakland CROP walkers take one step at a time against hunger

April 29, 2015 Tom Webb

While Bay Area landlords, developers and real estate investors wildly cheer the latest housing boom, spiraling rents and housing prices, a small number of local residents responded Saturday morning to a more somber fact for

Best Eats in East Oakland

April 6, 2015 Oakland Voices

Oakland Voices correspondents compiled a list of their favorite places to eat in East Oakland, ranging from fresh donuts to birria – goat stew. The restaurants and taco trucks will take you on a tour

Her Resilience: From a Seed to a Flower

March 25, 2015 Sara Rowley

When I first spoke with Hazel Streete of the “Her Resilience: a Mural for Women Affected by Violence” project in the late fall of 2014, her team had just found a home for their