My Neighborhood Archives - Page 12 of 13

Heroes, Pyramids and a Colossal Head

October 14, 2015 Angela Scott

Brooding bodies surging onto cracked streets stained with drops of ripened watermelon slices sold from a corner stand where two Mexican women chismes (gossip) after they hand you your change. Babies pushing babies in strollers while toothless

Out on the streets with Street Level

September 29, 2015 Bill Joyce

Don Francisco, a Street Level outreach worker who delivers breakfast to day laborers, is a little worried. Forty containers aren’t sufficient for the number of workers that he will see in the next couple of

Hope Collaborative

September 28, 2015 Mustafa Solomon

Hope Collaborative is a collective of Bay Area organizations and community residents that works to help families and youth work towards healthy living in East and West Oakland. Officially, it has been around for 7 years,

East Bay Housing Organizations works for Affordable Housing

September 25, 2015 Randy Filio

Charlotte Rosen is the Membership and Communications Associate for East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO). Some of her many duties are fundraising, event organizing and coming up with strategic communications to improve EBHO’s campaigns and programs.

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

Tears at the bus stop

September 8, 2015 Rosalinda Hernandez

I am at the bus stop around the corner from my house waiting for the bus. Cars are buzzing by left and right. Music blares from the cars– hip hop mixed in with Mexican banda

8:30 a.m. at 35th and MacArthur

September 8, 2015 Bill Joyce

The first thing that catches my eye is the middle-aged blind guy with his cane across the street. He and a man roughly the same age stand at the corner in front of Taco

Home in the Fruitvale

September 4, 2015 Marilu Aguilar

A video walk through my neighborhood I frequented Oakland’s Fruitvale District before I called it home. When I walked along International Boulevard from the Fruitvale BART station, I used to sneak a curious look at the

73rd and International

September 4, 2015 Angela Scott

The aroma of KFC, nail polish and bus exhaust contend for a space and all settle inside my nostrils. This is 73rd and International Blvd. With its never ending red traffic lights, the 1R whizzing

Seminary Gas & Food

September 4, 2015 Sabah Williams

Sitting outside our local gas station Seminary Gas & Food, I realize that this is probably the busiest spot in our neighborhood. There are lots of customers stopping for gas, cigarettes, coffee, snacks, alcohol and