COVID-19
COVID-19 Did Not Get the Best of Me: How I Rapturously Dealt With the Pandemic
Oakland Voices alumna Tonya Shipp shares her experience of what life has been like since the pandemic. […]
Unemployment
2019-2020 Project Blogs
Unhoused in Oakland During COVID-19 Pandemic
The challenges I face as an unhoused Oakland resident during the COVID-19 pandemic are income and work, access to essentials, and taking care of my daughter. […]
COVID-19
New Bay Area COVID-19 shelter-in-place order, Oakland schools closed, unemployment rises
Oakland COVID-19 Update: New Shelter-in-place, Oakland schools closed, unemployment rises […]
2012 East Oakland Project Blogs
Poverty Puts Young Women on the Verge of Prostitution
Some women are forced to walk the streets, selling their bodies for cash. Mary Moore has never done that. Her exchange was different – not for drugs, or money, but just to keep a roof over her head. “I never done it before but I contemplated it. No woman should ever have to think about selling herself,” Moore said. […]