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Glenn Bailey: After ‘life’ behind bars

January 24, 2020 Ayodele Nzinga 1

Glenn Bailey has served 52 years inside the California carceral system. The last 42 were part of a life sentence for a double homicide he readily admits he committed. When he was arrested, authorities arrested […]

Empowering Youth and Disrupting Cycles of Violence

June 14, 2017 Tony Daquipa 1

“I give them all the advice that I didn’t get.” -Michael Muscadine The weather, like the multicultural crowd, was beautiful. The music was danceable, the live artwork was politically conscious, and the tacos and aguas […]

formerly incarcerated

Glenn Bailey: After ‘life’ behind bars

Empowering Youth and Disrupting Cycles of Violence

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