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Oakland Voices Alumni Spotlight: Iris M. Crawford
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Oakland Voices Alumna Iris M. Crawford Attending MIT Graduate Program in Science Writing

Congratulations to Oakland Voices alumna Iris M. Crawford, who will be attending MIT's Graduate Program in Science Writing.

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Oakland Voices Alumni Update: Ayodele Nzinga, Howard Dyckoff, Tonya Shipp, Marabet Morales Sikahall, and Iris M. Crawford

Find out what some of our Oakland Voices alumni have been up to since last year.

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Oakland Voices Alumni Update: Iris M. Crawford starts internship at InvestigateWest

Oakland Voices alumna and correspondent joins InvestigateWest's project on decarbonizing.

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What is Oakland’s Measure QQ? A video explainer by Iris Crawford and Azucena Rasilla

Oakland Voices' Iris M. Crawford and The Oaklandside's Azucena Rasilla explain Oakland's youth vote ballot measure, Measure QQ.

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The Village Oakland’s Needa Bee Speaks Out

"This pandemic has illustrated not only is housing a human right, but a public health intervention." - Needa B

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2019-Oakland Voices Participants Graduate from Community Journalism Program

Oakland Voices 2019-2020 community journalists graduate from the longstanding training program.