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A sign painted on the ground reads "Black sanctuary = police-free schools" with people in masks behind the sign.

Oakland School Board votes unanimously to eliminate its police force by 2021

June 25, 2020 Tony Daquipa 0

The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the “George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department” last night. […]

At Least 45 Oakland Public School Administrators Support Elimination of OUSD Police Force

June 22, 2020 Tony Daquipa 4

Oakland Voices spoke with two of the principals who want to eliminate armed police in OUSD. […]

A red car has the window open. A hand is holding a homemade cardboard sign that says "Fund Schools Not Police BLM"

Effort to get rid of police in Oakland schools gains momentum as Black Lives Matter protests continue

June 9, 2020 Tony Daquipa 2

A local campaign led by Black activists in Oakland to transform OUSD by expelling school police is gaining momentum. […]

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Oakland School Board votes unanimously to eliminate its police force by 2021

At Least 45 Oakland Public School Administrators Support Elimination of OUSD Police Force

Effort to get rid of police in Oakland schools gains momentum as Black Lives Matter protests continue

Oakland Voices Alumna Ayodele Nzinga Featured in ‘The New Yorker’ Film “The Game God(S)”

Oakland Voices Alumni Update: Marabet Morales Sikahall Joins Chapter 510

Oakland Voices Alumna Ayodele Nzinga is City’s First Poet Laureate

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