Month: April 2015
New West Oakland Skate Park Runs into Bumpy Ground
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Gentrification By Tasion Kwamilele A conflict over a skate park in West Oakland has become…
Coalition Wants Coliseum City to Produce Jobs and Housing for Residents
Posted in Coliseum City, Economic Development, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs By Ashley Chambers In the wake of the City Council decision to…
City Proposes “Bleak” Budget for Jobs and Training Programs
Posted in Economic Development, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety Frank Tucker Removed from WIB Board, Reinstated by Mayor’s Office By Ken…
Councilmembers Back $3,000 a Month Apartment Tower Project, Opposed by Eastlake Neighbors
Rendering of Lake Merritt Boulevard Apartments, courtesy of UrbanCore. By Ken Epstein The City Council’s Community and…
UC Berkeley Supporters Rally For Missing 43 Students in Mexico
Posted in Berkeley, World News By Nikolas Zelinski Friends and family of 43 missing university students, “normalistas,” spoke at UC…
Latinos Underrepresented in Teaching and Other Jobs in OUSD
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights, Labor Supt. Antwan Wilson: “We have to embody the diversity of this community” By Ken…
Hundreds Defend ‘Afrika Town’ Community Garden
Posted in Arts and Culture, Community, Health The Afrika Town community garden and mural are located at 23rd Street and San…
Opinion: Oakland Needs Office of Race and Equity
Posted in Commentary, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, LGBT, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government, Uncategorized “Allow ourselves to become comfortable with being uncomfortable” By Desley Brooks…
Concerns Raised at Oakland Unified Over Jackson’s $30,000 Per Month, Conflict of Interest
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Responsive Government Jackie Minor Sets Jackson’s Pay Rate, Says School Board Approval Not Necessary By Ken Epstein…
The Outrage of Jailing Atlanta Black Educators
Posted in Commentary, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Kitty Kelly Epstein The jailing of seven Black Atlanta educators is an outrage matched…