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Oakland Voices – Training, Community for Emerging Storytellers in Oakland

May 5, 2021 Rasheed Shabazz 0

Learn journalism, storytelling skills. Earn $1,000. Last day to apply is May 23. […]

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

March 11, 2021 Momo Chang 0

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

October 29, 2020 Oakland Voices 1

Oakland Voices alumna and correspondent joins InvestigateWest’s project on decarbonizing. […]

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2020 elections

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

October 26, 2020 Oakland Voices 2

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

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COVID-19

The Village Oakland’s Needa Bee Speaks Out

June 2, 2020 Iris Crawford and Aqueila M. Lewis-Ross 2

“This pandemic has illustrated not only is housing a human right, but a public health intervention.” – Needa B […]

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2019-2020 Project Blogs

2019-2020 Oakland Voices Participants Graduate from Community Journalism Program

March 11, 2020 Brandy Collins 0

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

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Oakland Voices at Maynard 200: Co-Director Rasheed Shabazz and Alumnus Tony Daquipa

Oakland Voices is proud to announce that two of our members will join Maynard 200. Oakland Voices is a program of The Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, a nonprofit dedicated to expanding diversity in [...]
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Oakland Schools Closed and Port Shut Down To Protest Closures and Privatization 

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On Friday, April 29, the Oakland Education Association held a one-day strike to protest the Oakland Unified School District’s lack of an engagement process prior to deciding to permanently close eight schools and truncate two […]

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