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Coliseum and Fremont HS Will Open As Vaccine Distribution Sites

February 10, 2021 Howard Dyckoff 1

Starting this week, some Oakland seniors 65 and older — alongside food and agriculture essential workers, emergency workers, and education and childcare workers — will receive their vaccines near the Fruitvale district. And starting next […]

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Caring during COVID-19: The Essential Work of Being A Caregiver

August 28, 2020 JoAnn Hollis-Bell 0

Ed, sole caregiver for his wife, both contract COVID-19 despite precautions. […]

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Oakland Unified and Teachers’ Union Come to Agreement on Distance Learning

August 25, 2020 Tony Daquipa 2

“We will continue to work to improve crisis distance learning and organize to get the funding and resources for a safe school reopening. We have an opportunity to make schools better than they were pre-COVID.” – OEA President Keith Brown […]

essential workers

Coliseum and Fremont HS Will Open As Vaccine Distribution Sites

Caring during COVID-19: The Essential Work of Being A Caregiver

Oakland Unified and Teachers’ Union Come to Agreement on Distance Learning

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