2019 Class Archives - Oakland Voices

Finding sustained Bay Area beauty outdoors during COVID-19

August 13, 2020 Amelah El-Amin

Observe some of the beauty in the Bay Area’s natural environment.

Unhoused in Oakland During COVID-19 Pandemic

April 6, 2020 Markaya Spikes

The challenges I face as an unhoused Oakland resident during the COVID-19 pandemic are income and work, access to essentials, and taking care of my daughter.

A group of community journalists sit at a table to listen to speakers.

2019-Oakland Voices Participants Graduate from Community Journalism Program

March 11, 2020 Brandy Collins

Oakland Voices 2019-2020 community journalists graduate from the longstanding training program.

Second Mondays brings ‘Black Joy’

February 21, 2020 Brandy Collins

Organizers announced the winner afterwards: Jeremy Michael Vasquez and JusDizz.

Families, teachers speak out at Oakland school board meeting

January 28, 2020 Yadira Cervantes

On Wednesday, November 13, 2019, parents, students, teachers, and community members protested at the Oakland Unified School District school board meeting held at La Escuelita. Teachers criticized the board for school closures that harm Oakland

Zarinah El-Amin Majied: Breaking the Chains of Intergenerational Trauma

January 27, 2020 Amelah El-Amin

“Growing up as an only child though I had four siblings was very lonely”, Zarinah El-Amin Majied conveyed as she recalled her childhood. Her mother, who left Zarinah’s older siblings Annie Pearl and Roosevelt in

Glenn Bailey: After ‘life’ behind bars

January 24, 2020 Ayodele Nzinga

Glenn Bailey has served 52 years inside the California carceral system. The last 42 were part of a life sentence for a double homicide he readily admits he committed. When he was arrested, authorities arrested

Moms 4 Housing: A Movement Begins

January 22, 2020 Brandy Collins

On Monday, November 18, 2019, two mothers boldly began occupying a West Oakland house that had been vacant for two years on Magnolia Street. Dominique Walker, 34, and Sameerah Karim, 41, members of Moms 4

Youth Climate Strike hits Bay Area streets

November 22, 2019 Iris Crawford

Hundreds marched in San Francisco during the during September 2019 Youth Climate Strike.

The Honest Struggle documents challenges of returning home from prison

October 13, 2019 Amelah El-Amin

The Honest Struggle, a documentary featuring Sadiq Davis, was screened at the Lighthouse Mosque on September 28. The hour-long film takes the audience down and around the peaks and valleys of re-entry, the process of