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Talk of the Town: What do you love most about Oakland?

October 10, 2019 Amelah El-Amin

Oakland Voices correspondent Amelah El-Amin asks residents, What do you love most about Oakland?

Talk of the Town: What do you like most about Oakland?

October 8, 2019 Yadira Cervantes

Oakland Voices correspondent Yadira Cervantes asks Oaklanders: What do you like most about the Town?

Oakland Voices 2019 Correspondents

September 19, 2019 Oakland Voices

Amelah El-Amin Amelah El-Amin is a mother, grandmother, and African American Muslim human rights activist. She has been serving our community for over 25 years. She co-founded Mu’eed, Inc, a non-profit which has coordinated Humanitarian

Summer night sights and sounds in East Oakland

August 28, 2019 Brandy Collins

See and hear what Oakland Voices correspondent Brandy Collins observed in her East Oakland neighborhood.

Maynard Institute Names New Oakland Voices Coordinator

February 24, 2019 Oakland Voices

Multimedia journalist Rasheed Shabazz will coordinate the Maynard Institute’s flagship community storytelling program, Oakland Voices, the organization announced today. Shabazz has a range of journalism and community organizing experiences that will support this new phase

Eighth Annual Townies Awards Highlights Oakland’s Progressive Side

July 16, 2018 Howard Dyckoff

Social Justice activists partied down on June 28 at the Oakland Progressives Party + Townie Awards at the Oakland Museum. The combined party, fundraiser, and awards ceremony, occurred in the museum’s sculpture garden. It was also

Local Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) Commemoration and Demonstration

May 23, 2018 Katharine Davies Samway

A Palestinian Nakba commemoration/demonstration was held on May 15 outside the Israeli consulate in San Francisco. Over 1,000 Palestine supporters turned out to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (the Catastrophe), when over 750,000

Oakland Vigil for Palestinian Teen

May 18, 2018 Katharine Davies Samway

“Happy birthday, dear Ahed, happy birthday to you!” sings a crowd of over 100 people that has gathered outside the Ronald Dellums Federal Building in downtown Oakland. It is late January and they have come

CityCamp banner at entrance to Oakland City Hall.

CityCamp this Saturday – Help Oakland build a better Future

April 19, 2018 Howard Dyckoff

Oakland’s annual CityCamp this Saturday brings together residents and technologists to plan and inspire Oakland’s future. The event is free and sponsored by the City of Oakland, the Kapor Center and OpenOakland – the city’s

A Talk in the Fruitvale About the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel

March 3, 2018 Katharine Davies Samway

It’s about 3:45 p.m. on a recent Sunday when I arrive at Reem’s, a bakery and café near the Fruitvale BART station that sells Middle Eastern food. It was opened in 2017 and is