Arts & Culture
Everett and Jones Barbeque Celebrates 50 years of Sauce, Stories, and Flavor
Shirley Everett-Dicko credits community, large family, and an Asian community connection for helping start the barbecue chain
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family
Family resilience
See you in my Dreams: How Spirituality Helps my Grandfather deal with Death
Tyla Brown shares how her grandfather coped with the death of his brother. […]
COVID-19
How Oakland families are adjusting to the shelter-in-place
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. […]
2015 Project Blogs
BECOME AN EAST OAKLAND STORYTELLER
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 […]
2012 East Oakland Project Blogs
A Call to Lam’s Mother
By 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. […]
2012 East Oakland Project Blogs
Living Victoriously: Community Advocates Help Bay Area Women Transform Their Lives
By 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 […]
2012 East Oakland Project Blogs
Winston Callender Might Still be Alive if Things Were Different
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 […]
2012 East Oakland Project Blogs
Sweet Memories: Sizing Up Obesity & My Love of Sugar
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.
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