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Underground Scholars: Prison To School Pipeline

June 20, 2016 Debora Gordon

The 14 graduates at the May ceremony shared an experience most college graduates couldn’t claim – they had all served time behind bars. “This feels like a surreal moment for me right now,” said Clarence

Youth Impact Program Puts Youth in Business

May 31, 2016 Howard Dyckoff

The stakes were high: a $1,000 investment in their Oakland businesses, and they only had an allotted amount of time to convince the judges their plans were feasible, well developed and socially responsible. Eight

Latino Community Foundation’s Latino Equity Summit

April 25, 2016 Rosalinda Hernandez

Last month, I attended the Latino Equity Summit at the Sheraton Grand in Sacramento, California. The Summit brings together Latino leaders, advocates and policymakers in an effort to discuss community solutions to assist the Latino

The Tree of Life: “Come Close”

March 31, 2016 Bill Joyce

The six- feet high, 30- foot long The Tree of Life mural-on-canvas sweeps across the entrance of the Oliver Art Center at the California College of Art (CCA). A vibrant tree forms the center of the

Angela Davis talks about Black Lives Matter, Beyoncé and feminism

March 14, 2016 Saleem Gilmore

I always thought that Angela Davis was a member of the Black Panther Party. To celebrate 50 years since the founding of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, CA, I decided to go see Dr. Davis

Civil Rights figures explore “The Future of Non-Violence in America” this Saturday.

November 2, 2015 Bill Joyce

The history of nonviolence and the Civil Rights Movement — its past, present, and future — will be tangible when two leading figures of the era – Dr. Clayborne Carson and Dr. Clarence B. Jones,

The Power of Sharing Stories

October 20, 2015 Rosalinda Hernandez

“The tears are for those stories that need to be told.” – Albertina Zarazúa Padilla, Curator for MiHistoria Earlier this month, the César E. Chávez Branch of the Oakland Public Library and MiHistoria held a storytelling workshop in

East Oakland Youth Development Center: A National Model

October 15, 2015 Carlos Gonzalez

East Oakland Youth Development Center’s (EOYDC) 30- year old facility was recently rebuilt and a grand reopening and ribbon cutting ceremony to commemorate the marvelous history and the new era dawning on the facility

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

Oakland School Board Meeting 101

March 9, 2015 Gerald Green

Oakland Education Association (OEA) and their supporters’ communication tactic of choice, repetitive loudness, met its match at the February 25th Oakland School Board meeting, when pre-kindergarteners paraded hand-in-hand while John Lennon song’s, “All the People,”