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The Power of Christ in East Oakland

February 15, 2018 Ryan Barba

Missio Dei Oakland (MDO) is a house church network that is positively serving disadvantaged people in East Oakland through compassion, personal connection and spreading the gospel. In July 2012, a church start -up team of

Honoring Anhatapu in Huichin

February 2, 2018 Patricia Contreras-Flores

One of my top three favorite things to do as a kid-besides hiding behind the huge wall of a prickly pear cactus in my backyard or laying on one of two hammocks that were between

Profile of The East Oakland Switchboard

January 22, 2018 Tonya Shipp

The East Oakland Switchboard is located right around the corner from me. For three years, I’ve walked and ridden past it and wondered what the business does. Formerly homeless, I could tell it was

Sweet and Bitter

January 8, 2018 Tonya Shipp

I’m leaving my $1400 – a-month two-bedroom rented house, locking my closet door; otherwise, known as my front door, with the leaky roof above it. I lock the two locks on my security door and

Love letter to the Fruitvale

December 15, 2017 Patricia Contreras-Flores

Kalil and I were in bed just last night and at about 8 p.m. we heard firecrackers outside our bedroom window. Several rounds of fire crackers-crackle, boom, swoosh. We just laughed hard, what are

The Glenview District: The Past. The Present. What Is The Future?

December 12, 2017 Ryan Barba

The Glenview District is a neighborhood in East Oakland that is home to some of the city’s highest- rated restaurants and local businesses. It serves as a crown jewel on Park Boulevard that is within

“Why do poor neighborhoods in Oakland have less?”

July 3, 2017 Sandra Tavel

I am sitting at the Fat Lady Restaurant in Jack London Square with two friends. One friend grew up in a middle class family in Vallejo. Her mom is White and her dad is Black. The

Volunteer Artists Give Oakland’s Animal Shelter a Makeover

July 3, 2017 Kat Ferreira

If you’re an animal lover, an animal shelter can be a depressing place. For decades, the reputation of Oakland’s mismanaged shelter was no exception. But as is often the case in Oakland, when a city

My Neighborhood

June 29, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

I live a block above MacArthur Ave., between Fruitvale Ave. and 35th St., so we aren’t really in either the Dimond or the Laurel Districts. I looked it up once and learned that it’s called

Use Your Voice, an Oakland Voices community forum

June 23, 2017 Oakland Voices

On Thursday, June 15, 2017, Oakland Voices sponsored Use Your Voice, a public forum on community news. Oakland Voices correspondents shared details about the stories they had reported about East Oakland and collected ideas