Alumni Archives - Oakland Voices

Momo Chang awarded for Oakland Chinatown reporting

December 19, 2025 Oakland Voices

A collaboration between Oakland Voices and The Oaklandside receives an award from the San Francisco Press Club.

Alumni Update: Kristal Raheem joins YouthBeat

December 12, 2024 Oakland Voices

Kristal Raheem is development manager at YouthBeat, an Oakland-based nonprofit that provides media arts and literacy training.

In Memoriam: Gerald Green, Oakland Voices Alumnus and Fearless Health Advocate

July 15, 2024 Oakland Voices

Gerald Green, retired engineer, writer, and health advocate passed away on June 17.

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Ayodele Nzinga named Rainin Arts Fellow

April 24, 2024 Oakland Voices

Oakland’s Ayodele Nzinga is one of four Bay Area artists selected for a Rainin Artist Fellowship, which comes with $100,000.

What’s Your Favorite Place in the Town?

March 4, 2024 Oakland Voices

Oakland Voices correspondents share their favorite places in the Town.

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Maynard 200 Fellowship Kicks Off by Empowering its Fellows to Effect Change

July 24, 2023 Brandy Collins

In June, the Maynard 200 Fellowship kicked off with 49 fellows in attendance. Oakland Voices is a program of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, and this year, co-director Momo Chang and alumna Brandy Collins

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Oakland Voices Alumnus Ryan Barba Attending UC Berkeley in the Fall

May 3, 2021 Oakland Voices

Oakland Voices alumnus (2017-2018 cohort) has been accepted to several UC’s, and will be attending Berkeley in the Fall. Barba is Editor-in-Chief at the Peralta Citizen at Laney College. Barba said, “being a high school

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Oakland Voices Alumna Iris M. Crawford Attending MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing

April 29, 2021 Oakland Voices

Congratulations to Oakland Voices alumna Iris M. Crawford, who will be attending MIT’s Graduate Program in Science Writing.

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What We Learned From Last Year: “Missed opportunities for joy and delight will never be overlooked again”

January 26, 2021 Jo Ann Hollis

The pandemic has taught us to not take a single thing for granted.

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Looking back on 2020: My Family’s Housing Journey and A Pandemic

January 5, 2021 Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross

Editor’s Note: We asked our alumni and correspondents to reflect on 2020, and/or what to look forward to in 2021. Below, poet/writer Aqueila M. Lewis reflects on what a year 2020 has been for her