One in five homeless students in Oakland not attending online class
High rates of Oakland's homeless, foster, and new immigrant students have dropped out from online learning.
Tag Archives: Fruitvale
Air Quality Bad – stay indoors if possible; protect your neighbors from smoke inhalation by donating to Mask Oakland
Mask Oakland is donating N95 masks to homeless populations and organizations that work with unhoused populations. Our curbside neighbors are most at risk for smoke inhalation.
Oakland’s BIPOC-owned vandalized businesses tell their story
Oakland Voices Correspondents chat with several small, BIPOC-owned businesses in Oakland following the vandalism that affected more than 200 businesses.
COVID-19 cases still rising in Oakland, as people protest police killings
As protests sweep through the U.S., COVID-19 cases rise. Fruitvale is Oakland's coronavirus epicenter.
Oakland’s Class of 2020 Seniors Reflect on Past Four Years
The Class of 2020 had the end of their senior year disrupted by a deadly global pandemic, but they have proved their resilience by making it to graduation.
Teachers in East Oakland Rise to the Challenge Eight Weeks after School Closure
Two months into schools being closed, three East Oakland teachers say some students have yet to have internet access during this time, and how many students do not like online learning.
Empowering Youth and Disrupting Cycles of Violence
“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[Read more]
Dad Hip Hop
“It wasn’t hard to be a Tupac fan when I was in high school,” says Oakland rapper, music producer, record label owner, and dad, Tahajiye Edwards. “But people thought you were a little strange when[Read more]
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[Read more]
Looking at Lam & What Needs to Be Done
By Debora Gordon Lam was, and perhaps still is, a young man with a lot of potential. He could have gone on to lead a life of commonplace trials and triumphs; having a family, a job[Read more]
