encampments Archives - Oakland Voices

black and white image of tents set up in the early 1930s in Oakland, dubbed "Pipe City"

Pipe Dreams: Makeshift Living in Oakland is Nothing New

May 11, 2021 Kat Ferreira 4

Oakland Voices correspondent Kat Ferreira digs into the history of unhoused populations in Oakland, from Pipe City to the current encampments at the same location. […]

a woman with blonde hair and glasses smiles at the camera in front of a car.

Love and Justice in the Streets’ Talya Husbands-Hankin sees homelessness as “absolute human rights violation”

June 2, 2020 Iris Crawford 4

“What COVID-19 shows us is that we are all connected, so if we don’t take care of the most vulnerable, everyone will be impacted.” […]

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Pipe Dreams: Makeshift Living in Oakland is Nothing New

Love and Justice in the Streets’ Talya Husbands-Hankin sees homelessness as “absolute human rights violation”

Oakland Voices Alumni Spotlight: Iris M. Crawford

Oakland Voices Alumni Spotlight: Ayodele Nzinga

Oakland Voices at Maynard 200: Co-Director Rasheed Shabazz and Alumnus Tony Daquipa

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