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A Latina mom wearing a red suit dress, a young girl, and her father stand in a photo outdoors

Mothering of Self and Others is Medicine

May 7, 2024 Patricia Contreras-Flores

Patricia Contreras-Flores’s Mother’s Day essay celebrates the legacy of maternal love and nurturing that transcends generations in her family.

a black and white photo of a storefront that says Everett & jones Bar-B-Q and a group of Black people dressed in 70s attire pose in front of it

Everett and Jones Barbeque Celebrates 50 years of Sauce, Stories, and Flavor

September 15, 2023 Brandy Collins

Shirley Everett-Dicko credits community, large family, and an Asian community connection for helping start the barbecue chain

See you in my Dreams: How Spirituality Helps my Grandfather deal with Death

July 14, 2022 Tyla Brown

Tyla Brown shares how her grandfather coped with the death of his brother.

How Oakland families are adjusting to the shelter-in-place

April 15, 2020 Amelah El-Amin

Oakland families are adjusting differently to the COVID-19 related shelter-in-place order. Amelah El-Amin profiles different families in East and West Oakland.

BECOME AN EAST OAKLAND STORYTELLER

August 11, 2016 Oakland Voices

By Brenda Payton OAKLAND VOICES COORDINATOR EAST OAKLAND – Oakland Voices correspondents have written about volunteers who are feeding poor people in their neighborhoods, resilient family members, organizations devoted to improving their communities as well

A Call to Lam’s Mother

February 20, 2013 Debora Gordon

Many, perhaps most, parts of this story have been hard to tell. I often imagine someone who might be personally affected by a particular part of the story looking over my shoulder. As I write

Living Victoriously: Community Advocates Help Bay Area Women Transform Their Lives

February 18, 2013 Katherine Brown

It is rare to encounter folks that have faced numerous adversities, yet never complain. They continue to hold their heads up high, dig in their heels, and keep pushing for a better outcome. It is

Winston Callender Might Still be Alive if Things Were Different

January 16, 2013 Katrina Davis

By Katrina Davis Judith Jones points to a photo on her wall. It’s one of dozens – part of a collage filled with images of her son Winston Callender, his friends, and family. The one

Sweet Memories: Sizing Up Obesity & My Love of Sugar

September 20, 2012 Katherine Brown

If good food, exercise, and low stress are keys to fitness and beating back obesity, then I know lots of communities that are in big trouble. In order for us to even move the needle on this obesity issue, we have to consider so much more than what people or eating and how physically active they are. Bear in mind why people are eating what they eat, and why they aren’t being as physically active as they would like to be.

The world according to Ruth — an Alzheimer’s blog

July 8, 2010 JoAnn Hollis-Bell

Momma’s journey into dementia began long before most of us realized a family trip was planned. Like Alice down the rabbit hole, this experience with her continues to be full of surprises, wonders, fear, anxiety,