News
The Best of Oakland Pride 2023
A diverse group of intergenerational folks gathered in downtown Oakland on a sunny day to enjoy the Oakland Pride parade. […]
Community
Arts & Culture
Oakland’s Plymouth United Church is Promoting Jazz and Justice
Editor’s Note: This article is published in partnership with Oaklandside. A diverse group of mostly masked people had gathered by 11:00 a.m. on a Sunday in late February, many wearing multicolored beads and feathered leis. […]
Feature
Crime, race, safety: what’s really happening in Oakland Chinatown?
The assaults have sparked international outrage and been widely called hate crimes. Is there evidence that they were racially motivated? What do Chinatown stakeholders say Chinatown needs? This article was produced in partnership with The […]
Arts & Culture
Oakland’s artist communities are “calling in” perpetrators
“The “He” represents a number of accused perpetrators who have been called into accountability within some Bay Area artist communities.” […]
2017-2018 Project Blogs
Cruising Through The Fruitvale District
The Fruitvale District is huge. I cruised it on three separate days. There are three business districts surrounded by residences. I rode up Fruitvale Avenue and walked along Foothill Boulevard a few blocks in each […]
2017-2018 Project Blogs
Discover or Reacquaint Yourself With The Laurel
The first thing that I saw of familiarity in the Laurel District was the Subway fast food restaurant across the street from the 76 Gas Station; it reminded me of my hometown, Philadelphia. Subway makes […]
2016 Project Blogs
Empowering Youth and Disrupting Cycles of Violence
“I give them all the advice that I didn’t get.” -Michael Muscadine The weather, like the multicultural crowd, was beautiful. The music was danceable, the live artwork was politically conscious, and the tacos and aguas […]
2016 Project Blogs
A Place Where Community Happens
“We’re all different, but we all have that love for Sequoia.” -Zachary Hile At the risk of missing the start of Game 1 of the NBA Finals, several generations of Sequoia students, families, and staff […]
Ferguson Aftermath
Undeterred by the ‘Hella Storm’ 200 Oakland Students Walk out for Michael Brown
Oakland (December 15th, 2014)—Undeterred by the ‘Hella-Storm’, roughly 200 students, hailing from eight Oakland high schools staged a ‘die-in’ outside the Fruitvale BART station, disrupting business as usual for 4 minutes and 28 seconds. The […]
2012 East Oakland Project Blogs
Looking at Lam & What Needs to Be Done
By Debora Gordon Lam was, and perhaps still is, a young man with a lot of potential. He could have gone on to lead a life of commonplace trials and triumphs; having a family, a job […]