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A boxing gym in East Oakland with concrete floors and bags handing from ceiling while one man is boxing in the right corner

From Blight to Fight: Gopa Boxing Club Hopes to Train Next Generation of Oakland Boxers

August 26, 2022 Eduardo Jimenez

The gray brick walls on the outside of the soon-to-be-opened Gopa Boxing Club are thick with layers of painted-over gang graffiti. Inside these walls, a brand-new boxing ring now sits and punching bags lay on

A beige and brick colored small quaint church next to palm tree and electric lines, with gold painted fan details on the doorway and a gold cross on the front of church

High Street Presbyterian Church, a Hidden Julia Morgan-designed East Oakland Gem

August 16, 2022 Marabet Morales Sikahall

If you live or have lived in East Oakland, chances are that you have at some point driven up or down High Street to get to your destination, whether it’s to 580, 880, to the

Street with orange bike lane with colorful wheels

East Oakland Futures Festival: Imagining a thriving future for East Oakland

July 11, 2022 Rasheed Shabazz

East Oakland Futures Festival combines arts, urban planning, and Afrofuturism.

image of tall NBA player with mustache in new basketball court at elementary school, with a bunch of elementary kids surrounding him

Markham Elementary Celebrates Living Schoolyard That Was Over Two Decades in the Making

April 15, 2022 Tony Daquipa

There was ample sunshine, a lot of cameras (including a drone), some people wearing business suits, a homegrown NBA basketball player, and a hint of irony after school on the last day before spring break

A black woman with long hair speaks into a mic outdoors in front of a school. with students standing behind her

As Community Opposition to School Closures Continues, Legacy of State Takeover Looms Large

March 17, 2022 Tony Daquipa

The opposition against Oakland school closures isn’t giving up just yet.

Five African Americans stand and smile for camera.

Thanksgiving came early for unhoused East Oaklanders Thanks to Feed the Hood 19

November 26, 2021 Howard Dyckoff

Thanksgiving came early for unhoused East Oaklanders at more than 75 encampments with Feed the Hood 19 last weekend. More than 100 volunteers were involved with this effort as meals and personal care kits were

An art exhibit with silhouettes of African American women on display.

Oakland Voices Alumna’s Hannah Moore’s Curation at EastSide Arts

September 22, 2021 Brandy Collins

The space at EasSide Arts Alliance became a place for acknowledging the act of ritual and worship beginning September 17, with the opening night of “Spiritual Technologies.” In the center of the wide open space,