Health & Wellness

Oakland Voices’ health coverage examines health challenges and solutions in Oakland in order to be a catalyst to eliminate health inequities, change narratives, and transform the Town.

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

Canticle Farms: Dancing on the Horizon

March 27, 2015 Tom Webb Comments Off on Canticle Farms: Dancing on the Horizon

[slideshow_deploy id=’8273′] When one hears the word “farm,” all sorts of images cross one’s mind.  The idyllic world described in the childhood nursery rhyme  “Old McDonald.”  Small truck farms located on the margins of country […]

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

Breathless in the 94621

March 26, 2015 Gerald Green 1

Children growing up with asthma are a reality for families living in the 94621. “The most polluted zip code in Oakland,” said Nehanda  Imara, an organizer with Communities for a Better Environment (CBE). “We need […]

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

The Scrubs of Eastmont

August 8, 2014 Janice Davis 1

  If you ever visit the Eastmont Town Center located on 73rd and Bancroft, you are likely to see men and women strolling around amongst the crowds in single-colored medical scrubs, often in shades of […]

2014 East Oakland Project Blogs

Eastmont Town Center

July 11, 2014 1

By Janice Davis It is the early afternoon of June 27, 2014 when I decide to visit the Eastmont Town Center on 73rd Ave and MacArthur. The weather is sunny and breezy. The Wellness Center […]