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Guide helps Oakland families find youth programs

May 8, 2026 Rasheed Shabazz

Black Youth Book website allows search by age, location, and days

Advocates call for new Alameda County District Attorney to stop charging youth as adults

March 13, 2025 Community Voices

Urban Peace Movement calls on Alameda County DA Ursula Jones Dickson to stop charging youth as adults.

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From the flats to the hills and back: one Oakland teen’s daily commute

March 5, 2024 Seven Shavers

15-year-old “Seven” Shavers explains why she feels safe—and sometimes doesn’t—in her neighborhood and when taking the bus to school.

A man with a low pony tail and polo shirt stands next to an African American man in a white shirt in front of a shop that has the letter P and T in large lettering

High-Tech Golf Simulator Center Opens in Downtown Oakland

October 12, 2023 Eduardo Jimenez

Primetime Golf in downtown Oakland offers a cutting-edge simulated golf experience.

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Rethinking Youth Violence: Separating Fact from Fiction in Amid Growing Concerns

August 29, 2023 Prism Reports

A so-called “surge in violence” by teens is leading cities to crack down, but youth advocates say they’re going about it the wrong way

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GHTech’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities Series Closes with Uplifting Communities on Juneteenth

June 23, 2023 Brandy Collins

Monday, January 19 marked the day of freedom referred to as Juneteenth for enslaved Black people in Galveston, TX – two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed. On this year’s Juneteenth, GHTech’s Historically Black

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It Takes a Village: Community Leaders Assemble to Protect Black Women and Youth

June 20, 2023 Kristal Raheem

For decades, the Oakland community has grappled with the juxtaposition of having a rich history of Black empowerment, while also housing an underground economy fed by the exploitation of Black girls and women. This year,

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S.H.A.D.E Celebrates the Return of their Annual ‘Stop the P.I.M.P.’ Event for Oakland Youth

May 3, 2023 Kristal Raheem

On Friday, April 28, 2023, Oakland-based organization S.H.A.D.E (Survivors Healing, Advising and Dedicated to Empowerment) hosted their 11th Annual Stop the P.I.M.P (Prostituting Innocent Minors for Profit) event. The event is a youth open mic

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Reviews: Chapter 510’s New Youth-Written Books Full of Imagination and Creativity (Part 2)

April 19, 2023 Momo Chang and Kristal Raheem

Some Oakland Voices correspondents read and reviewed newly published books by Chapter 510, a literary nonprofit based in Old Oakland. The youngest writers were 8 years old when they wrote their books. The published books include

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How One Local Filmmaker Debuted First Film and Comic Book During Pandemic

July 15, 2022 Brandy Collins

Love Conquers All, a comic book and movie co-written by filmmakers Janell Grace and Malik Glass, is a story about Kennedy, a man reconciling his issues with trauma and grief after the passing of his