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Who are the voices at the Protests? The people behind the mics, masks, and signs

June 19, 2020 Iris Crawford and Sarah Belle Lin 0

We caught up with protesters Michael Houston, Alexcia Sundra, Brianna Noble, and Selena De Leon on why they protest as a part of the Black Lives Matter movement. […]

COVID-19

Tuesday Night Neighborhood Concert with Grammy-nominated Latin Jazz Artist in Oakland During Shelter-at-Home Order

April 9, 2020 Katharine Davies Samway 9

It’s 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday evening in Oakland and neighbors are gathering for a quickly-arranged concert on their street. People sit and stand on their porches, steps, and sidewalks. An older couple enjoys the concert […]

An arch over the street that says "Laurel."
COVID-19

Sheltering-in-Place in the Laurel District

April 8, 2020 Bill Joyce 6

Mine is the only car as I pull up to 35th and MacArthur early Tuesday morning. Usually swarming with students on their way to Skyline High and workers heading downtown or BART, only one man […]

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My Neighborhood

The Lower Bottoms: The Edge of the World

September 15, 2019 Ayodele Nzinga 0

I like this neighborhood best late at night. When it’s quiet and bathed in a kind, artificial light, and smelling vaguely of weed, flowers, and the places where former neighbors now live on curbs. I […]

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2019-2020 Project Blogs

Doom, gloom on the streets of Deep East Oakland

August 1, 2019 Amelah El-Amin 0

Oakland Voices correspondent Amelah El-Amin walks you down a block in Deep East Oakland. […]

2017-2018 Project Blogs

A Shout-Out To RBA Creative

July 27, 2018 Tonya Shipp 0

A big shout- out to Randolph Charles Belle for hosting Oakland Voices Cohort Group #6  at his space, RBA Creative, for our twice -a- month meetings.  For sometimes entrusting his keys to our coordinator so […]

2017-2018 Project Blogs

Flores flowering in gratitude

July 27, 2018 Patricia Contreras Flores 1

Recently in the midst of so much heaviness on all fronts, I went looking for some hope. I returned to poetry, my first written love form. I stumbled upon a poem that my former student […]

2017-2018 Project Blogs

Cruising Through The Fruitvale District

July 26, 2018 Tonya Shipp 0

The Fruitvale District is huge.  I cruised it on three separate days.  There are three business districts surrounded by residences.  I rode up Fruitvale Avenue and walked along Foothill Boulevard a few blocks in each […]

2017-2018 Project Blogs

Investing for East Oakland

July 26, 2018 Patricia Contreras Flores 2

We all know the wave of development is pushing folks farther into East Oakland, the deeper parts. Parts that local folks call Deep East Oakland. Past the 70s into the 80s and 90s. An area […]

2017-2018 Project Blogs

Food/Comida is medicine all the time everyday

July 18, 2018 Patricia Contreras Flores 1

I was walking up from my house on Fruitvale towards E. 14th Street. About two blocks from my house, I found myself walking behind two womyn. One pushed a baby stroller; a baby was wrapped […]

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The sounds of sneakers squeaking, basketballs bouncing, and coaches yelling echoed throughout Bishop O’Dowd’s brand new, state-of-the-art, 1,300 plus capacity gymnasium. This gym is the crown jewel of the private Catholic school’s new $40 million […]

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