Jessica Black Archives - Oakland Voices

A sign painted on the ground reads "Black sanctuary = police-free schools" with people in masks behind the sign.

Oakland School Board votes unanimously to eliminate its police force by 2021

June 25, 2020 Tony Daquipa 0

The Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) Board of Education voted unanimously to approve the “George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department” last night. […]

A red car has the window open. A hand is holding a homemade cardboard sign that says "Fund Schools Not Police BLM"

Effort to get rid of police in Oakland schools gains momentum as Black Lives Matter protests continue

June 9, 2020 Tony Daquipa 2

A local campaign led by Black activists in Oakland to transform OUSD by expelling school police is gaining momentum. […]

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Oakland School Board votes unanimously to eliminate its police force by 2021

Effort to get rid of police in Oakland schools gains momentum as Black Lives Matter protests continue

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