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Oakland Voices Alumni Update: Marabet Morales Sikahall Joins Chapter 510

November 2, 2021 Oakland Voices 1

Our Oakland Voices alumna Marabet Morales Sikahall (Oakland Voices 2016) recently joined Chapter 510 & the Dept. of Make Believe, a youth writing center in Oakland with a mission to help every young person in […]

A Guatemalan American young woman with short, wavy hair stands in front of a sign that says Eastmont Library

‘The sweetest escape’: a love letter to Oakland’s libraries

February 17, 2021 Marabet Morales Sikahall 3

Libraries are physically closed, but they continue to serve their neighborhoods. One East Oaklander shares her experience. […]

An African American man with no hair smiles at camera while sitting, wearing a grey inmate uniform.

Prisoner and Accomplished Writer Jermon Clark Shares His Story

January 29, 2021 Debora Gordon 5

An Oakland man is seeking healing through writing. […]

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Oakland Voices Alumni Update: Marabet Morales Sikahall Joins Chapter 510

‘The sweetest escape’: a love letter to Oakland’s libraries

Prisoner and Accomplished Writer Jermon Clark Shares His Story

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