Oakland Voices

Oakland Voices is on hiatus while we wait for our new class. In the meantime, we are offering a live feed from The Oakbook. Get updates on Oakland issues and events from a unique perspective.

EVENT: Volunteers Launch Weekend “Blitz” To Save Oaks From Deadly Disease

Saturday, April 28, 2012 By Howard Dyckoff, Oakland Voices Correspondent Oakland is famous for its oak trees but those are at risk due the algae-like disease called Sudden Oak Death (SOD) syndrome, which has devasted coastal forests in Northern California. Oak trees are needed [...]
 
  

  

    


  
  	    

      Update: 2012 East Oakland Project
    

  
  
  
  

	      
    
            
                    Thursday, April 5, 2012        
        

Thanks to everyone who applied to our 2012 East Oakland project, and to our 2010 West Oakland project graduates as well as all of the organizations – including East Oakland Building Healthy Communities – who helped us recruit. Our application [...]     


    
 


 

  

  

     

  

  

    


  
  	    

      East Oakland Map: If You Live Here, Join Us
    

  
  
  
  

	      
    
            
                    Tuesday, January 31, 2012        
        

We’re expanding the boundaries of what is usually considered East Oakland because we want a broad range of our city’s residents. So if you live anywhere inside the green, come join our community media & reporting project. Applications available here [...]     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      East Oakland, Stand up! Join Oakland Voices 2012
    

  
  
  
  

	      
    
            
                    Tuesday, January 31, 2012        
        

East Oakland: What’s really news? Our community media project is looking for residents to report on their neighborhoods, in their own voices. OV trains community correspondents to use digital media tools to tell stories about the issues and people that are [...]     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Videos: Oakland Voices Staff and Participants Discuss Project
    

  
  
  
  

	      
    
            
                    Thursday, October 20, 2011        
        


As we eagerly await the commencement of the next phase of the Oakland Voices project, the links below include videos produced by The Oakland Tribune to capture some of the program's impact on the West Oakland community as well as the program's staff and participants.


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      Ayodele Nzinga – Community Artist and Devoted “WordSlanga”
    

  
  
  
  

	      
    
            
                    Tuesday, November 16, 2010        
        

By Oakland Voices contributor Cameron Wilson OAKLAND, CA —  On a crisp fall night, in the Sister Thea Bowman Memorial Theater, Ayodele Nzinga portrays mystic heroine Aunt Esther Tyler in August Wilson’s play Gem of the Ocean.  In a cozy [...]     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      Boxing with Willie
    

  
  
  
  

	      
    
            
                    Thursday, November 11, 2010        
        

BY IDA HANCOX
My life and heart were torn apart three years ago when my son Willie was killed in West Oakland. Now I am raising his 6 year-old son. This blog entry is created out of my struggle to cope with Willie’s death. Now, I pray even harder than I used to for other families when someone gets killed. Their memories live here, in my blog, alongside mine as we struggle everyday with the holes left in our lives.     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      The Last Day
    

  
  
  
  

	      
    
            
                    Thursday, November 11, 2010        
        

DIARY OF A FIEND: A FAST-FOOD JUNKIE KICKS THE HABIT
By Dawneka Akins
This entry is part of my 31-day journey giving up some of the unhealthy eating habits I’ve had for most of my life. Fast food is everywhere – on every corner, on TV, and on huge billboards all over the city. For me, eating well with a low income, no car, and limited time is difficult. Dodging bad food – all I’ve known for 21 years – has become one of the biggest challenges of my life.     


    
 


 

  

  

    


  
  	    

      MULTIMEDIA: I Am Oscar Grant
    

  
  
  
  

	      
    
            
                    Wednesday, November 10, 2010        
        

Oscar Grant supporters rallied in downtown Oakland on Friday, November 5, after former BART officer Johannes Mehserle was sentenced for Grant's murder. Oakland Voices contributor Sultanah Corbett created this slide show.