east oakland Archives - Page 9 of 32

The Neighborhood DNA

March 1, 2018 Eduardo Jimenez

Every morning when I look at my bathroom mirror, I notice how my face has changed since I first started noticing that my face does indeed change during my teen years, almost 30 years ago.

East Oakland Hip Hop Cultural Icon

February 27, 2018 Tonya Shipp

I love hip-hop and rap music; they’re my favorite genres. Don’t get me wrong, I like jazz, R&B, reggae, soca, salsa, hard rock, pop, alternative, and etcetera, so I do have diversified taste. However, what

Beloved Oakland 2018

February 23, 2018 Hannah Moore

It was at the moment that Yuri Kochiyama’s daughter was accepting the award for her mother, presented by Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter. Images of Yuri were projected on the screen behind

The Power of Christ in East Oakland

February 15, 2018 Ryan Barba

Missio Dei Oakland (MDO) is a house church network that is positively serving disadvantaged people in East Oakland through compassion, personal connection and spreading the gospel. In July 2012, a church start -up team of

Honoring Anhatapu in Huichin

February 2, 2018 Patricia Contreras-Flores

One of my top three favorite things to do as a kid-besides hiding behind the huge wall of a prickly pear cactus in my backyard or laying on one of two hammocks that were between

Profile of The East Oakland Switchboard

January 22, 2018 Tonya Shipp

The East Oakland Switchboard is located right around the corner from me. For three years, I’ve walked and ridden past it and wondered what the business does. Formerly homeless, I could tell it was

Design your destiny then print BIG.

January 18, 2018 Lauren Richardson

Some people wait on life to define them and others design and define life for themselves. When you get that opportunity to show off your design, make sure you print big. Early Eighties In the

Sweet and Bitter

January 8, 2018 Tonya Shipp

I’m leaving my $1400 – a-month two-bedroom rented house, locking my closet door; otherwise, known as my front door, with the leaky roof above it. I lock the two locks on my security door and

Hope Dealers and Spirit Wheelers

December 19, 2017 Hannah Moore

The East side of the O in the Wild Wild West, California’s desert and no man’s land. This desert isn’t only craving water but thirsty for so much more. Seminary to Havenscourt is not yet

Love letter to the Fruitvale

December 15, 2017 Patricia Contreras-Flores

Kalil and I were in bed just last night and at about 8 p.m. we heard firecrackers outside our bedroom window. Several rounds of fire crackers-crackle, boom, swoosh. We just laughed hard, what are