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September 24, 2023
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Some Unexpected Outcomes of the Pandemic: Katharine Davies Samway

February 25, 2022 Katharine Davies Samway 9

We asked our Oakland Voices alumni community members and correspondents: How has pandemic life changed your habits and your outlook? How have you navigated public spaces and health risks now that we are in a […]

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Health & Wellness

“Health, Racial Equity, and Truck Transportation on 580 Under the Microscope”

February 23, 2022 Howard Dyckoff 0

How an Issue Raised by Oakland Middle Schoolers May be Sparking Changes […]

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Education

School Closures Will Impact Oakland’s Most Vulnerable Students: Disproportionately Low-income, Special Education, and English Learners

February 8, 2022 Tony Daquipa 23

Update: On February 9, around 1 a.m., the OUSD school board passed a modified resolution that will close two schools this year: Parker K-8 and Community Day School. Brookfield Elementary, Grass Valley Elementary, Carl B. […]

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Oakland Students, Teachers, Community Mobilize to Oppose District Plan to Permanently Close Schools

February 2, 2022 Tony Daquipa 3

On a cold Monday night in the middle of a pandemic, almost two hundred members of the Manzanita Community School family and their allies gathered for a watch party on the school playground to witness […]

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COVID-19

Oakland Students Call for Strike Next Week Over School Safety

January 15, 2022 Tony Daquipa 1

As I struggled trying to figure out how to host a Zoom meeting for the first time, the two 10th graders whom I was trying to interview sent me a link to a meeting that […]

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An Old Student Opines on Belonging and Otherness

December 17, 2021 Pamela Rudd 0

This opinion piece was first published at The Citizen, Laney College’s news outlet. In America, old people are seen as irrelevant–it doesn’t matter your race, religion or political party. We don’t count for much. With […]

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COVID-19

Kids COVID Vaccine Requirements

December 15, 2021 Momo Chang 0

When Oakland Students Need to be Vaccinated OUSD pushed back the deadline of vaccine requirements for children aged 12 and up to February (previously, it was January). (Children must be fully vaccinated with two shots […]

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COVID-19

OUSD Adopts COVID Vaccine Mandate, with Details to Come

September 28, 2021 Momo Chang 0

OUSD’s School will require students over 12 years old to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. […]

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Arts & Culture

“Homeroom” Documentary Highlights Youth Activism in Oakland and Gives a Sense of Hope

August 20, 2021 Tony Daquipa 3

“Homeroom” documentary by Peter Nicks is the most hopeful in the trilogy of films focusing on Oakland’s public institutions. […]

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Arts & Culture

Distance Learning, Halfway Across the World: Photo Essay By Cadence Patrick

March 16, 2021 Cadence Patrick 0

Oakland School for the Arts Digital Media student Cadence Patrick shares photo essay on moving across the globe during the pandemic. […]

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Alumni Updates

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Oakland Voices Alumni Update

Maynard 200 Fellowship Kicks Off by Empowering its Fellows to Effect Change

In June, the Maynard 200 Fellowship kicked off with 49 fellows in attendance. Oakland Voices is a program of the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, and this year, co-director Momo Chang and alumna Brandy Collins [...]
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Steph and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation to Remodel Six Oakland Schoolyards

May 23, 2023 1

This past weekend, Allendale Elementary in East Oakland revealed a newly-constructed playground, garden, and mural to the community. Allendale is the first of six Oakland public schools that will receive a new playground, thanks to […]

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