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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

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris returns home for a Town Hall Discussion

September 11, 2017 Sabah Williams

On Wednesday August 30th, 2017, Senator Kamala D. Harris returned to her home town of Oakland, Ca and held a town hall meeting at Beebe Memorial Cathedral. This was a free event that I heard

Middle Eastern Students Speak Out

April 10, 2017 Katharine Davies Samway

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

Seeking Refuge, Teaching Refuge

February 27, 2017 Debora Gordon

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,

Ferguson to Oakland, the 580 Shutdown

November 25, 2014 Sara Rowley

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

Oakland Responds to Mehserle Verdict

July 8, 2010 Dre McEwen

Oakland Voices special coverage of Johannes Mehserle verdict.