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Opinion: Oakland charter reform must require equity, not just efficiency

April 21, 2026 Desley Brooks

Desley Brooks argues that charter reform won’t fix inequity unless equity is required in every decision made.

2017 Correspondents

October 27, 2017 Brenda Payton

The new group of Oakland Voices Correspondents will begin telling the stories of their neighborhoods in one week. They are They are a diverse group with varied backgrounds and experiences with one thing in common

Use Your Voice: A Community Forum sponsored by Oakland Voices

June 5, 2017 Oakland Voices

Oakland Voices is sponsoring a public forum on community news. What are the stories you want to see about your neighborhood? What are you most proud of? What concerns you? Come and share your

Ghost Notes

May 3, 2017 Damu Dailey

Notes on spirituality Thirty six people died in Oakland’s most horrific fire on Friday December 2, 2016. This is a story about photojournalism and two rules of spirituality I observed while reporting on the tragedy

Oakland’s May Day Procession

May 2, 2017 Sandra Tavel

Monday, May 1, 2017. May Day procession through the Fruitvale District on International Blvd at 29th Ave. Words matter and I’d like to see these events publicized as processions, rather than protests.

My Salvation

April 13, 2017 Tony Daquipa

I stared deeply into his brown eyes, not because I was trying to avoid looking at the graphic carnage that had been inflicted upon the rest of his body, but because I was transfixed by

Oakland’s Women’s March: A March and Rally for Equality, Inclusiveness, and Tolerance

January 23, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

The March On the day after the inauguration of President Donald Trump, about 100,000 people march through Oakland from Chinatown to City Hall and gather in and around Frank Ogawa Plaza for a rally. There

Forever the Heart of the Raider Nation

January 12, 2017 Tony Daquipa

There are 31 stadiums in the National Football League, and then there’s the Coliseum in East Oakland. Aside from a 12-year fling with Los Angeles, the Raiders have called Oakland their home since 1960. Late

BECOME AN EAST OAKLAND STORYTELLER

August 11, 2016 Oakland Voices

By Brenda Payton OAKLAND VOICES COORDINATOR EAST OAKLAND – Oakland Voices correspondents have written about volunteers who are feeding poor people in their neighborhoods, resilient family members, organizations devoted to improving their communities as well

Oakland Voices Class Members Find their Muse

April 28, 2016 Tom Webb

If you ask a journalist why he or she chooses to engage in this craft, you’re bound to find 101 reasons. But the newest community journalists trained by the Oakland Voices program were nearly univocal