I must have passed by the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in Oakland many times, but never noticed it. This center was the site for a Sanctuary Education conference held in Oakland on
Student panelists at the Sanctuary Education Conference at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California described feeling isolated at school, not having any Arab or Muslim teachers or curriculum that includes their history and literature,
At 9:00, the approach to the 580 freeway on Lakeshore seemed almost quiet at first. But on Lake Park, a street that runs parallel to 580, a large group of about 200 people seemed to