COVID-19
Oakland’s BIPOC-owned vandalized businesses tell their story
Oakland Voices Correspondents chat with several small, BIPOC-owned businesses in Oakland following the vandalism that affected more than 200 businesses. […]
Black Lives Matter
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17 year-old Oakland youth activist calls for allies, unity
“I am driven by the ancestral spirit that guides me. I envision a place that works for everybody. A place that allows everyone to flourish and a place that embraces everyone’s identity.” […]
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Oakland Voices: Youth activists leading the Black Lives Matter Movement
Oakland Voices interviewed five young leaders who have taken the Black Lives Matter Movement by storm and reminded us that not only are our youth the future, but they are also the present. […]
COVID-19
Oakland Voices discussion with organizer, performer, and activist Cat Brooks as part of bi-monthly broadcast, “Oakland Voices Tonight”
As civil unrest continued worldwide, Oakland Voices’ Coordinator Rasheed Shabazz moderated an online conversation about COVID-19, policing, and inequality in Oakland with Cat Brooks. […]
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Thousands Turn Out for Huge Demonstration in Berkeley for Black Lives Matter
I left the demonstration/funeral procession feeling more hopeful than usual. Maybe all of these demonstrations around the country, from the Bay Area to small towns like Pleasanton and Fargo, N. Dakota, might lead to the systemic changes that people today were clearly demanding — no more police killings of Black and Brown men and women and the demilitarization of police forces. […]