2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Movement fair – staying healthy
Oakland Voices asks booth hosts at Tassafaronga Park’s Oakland Movement Festival: “What do you think is the biggest health issue facing our community today?”
Our Neighbors
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
A Woman’s Place – the story of a mural
A woman’s place is in the struggle says the San Antonio District’s anonymous artist and community. There is a story in every piece of art, and this mural located on International Boulevard and 19th Avenue […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Flowers of East Oakland
If one judges by simple appearances, the neighborhoods which comprise East Oakland seem to teem with problems. The murder rate, though down from years past, is still unacceptably high. The frequency of crimes like assault, […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Where the Kids Are
A few months ago, I took a group of neighborhood kids up to the end of our block to a big old oak tree. We slung a rope over a low-hanging branch, tied it, and […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
National Night Out: A Photo Essay
National Night Out, what a turnout this year! There were so many in the Clinton/ Bella Vista area I barely scratched the surface going to the three you see here. I started at Bella Vista […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Friday Night Family Events Bring Neighbors Together
Stop the Violence is the message at two local parks in East Oakland. Community Engagement Coordinator Jennifer Argueta is the Director of Messengers 4 Change (a project of Oakland Unite), and manages these Friday […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Where is Deep in the E?
I found it strange the most southern portion of Oakland was called East Oakland, when I arrived in the Bay Area the summer of 1969. Now some call parts of East Oakland, “Deep in the […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Movies on the Old Parkway
Inside the Parkway Theater on E. 18th Street, the seats are empty and the screens are dark. But across the street outside, a small crowd gathers around the storefront of Woody’s cafe to watch a […]
2014 East Oakland Project Blogs
Ms. Lola’s Place
By Tom Webb It may seem odd to suggest that a homeless woman actually has a place to call her own. Ms. Lola is a middle-aged African-American woman who stands vigil on International Boulevard near […]