Month: October 2015
New Biography of Loren Miller, Civil Rights Attorney and Journalist
Posted in Arts and Culture, Equal Rights/Equity, History and remembering Loren Miller was one of the nation’s most prominent civil rights…
New Biography of Loren Miller, Civil Rights Attorney and Journalist
Posted in Arts and Culture, Equal Rights/Equity, History and remembering Loren Miller was one of the nation’s most prominent civil rights…
Gentrification Threatens Oakland Churches and Artists
Posted in Affordable Housing, Arts and Culture, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Oakland Job Programs, Racial profiling, Restorative Justice Coalition of faith-based, housing and cultural groups…
Art Exhibit at Oakland’s Betti Ono Gallery Exposes Realities Migrants Experience in Detention
Posted in Arts and Culture, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights Visitors to the Betti Ono gallery exhibit “Visions from the Inside”…
Churches, Community Unite Against Coal in Oakland
Posted in Army Base Jobs, Climate change, coal dispute, Economic Development, Environment, Health, Labor, Uncategorized Speakers at a community coal meeting included (L to R): Pastor…
Dominguita Velasco, Latino Community Activist, 114
Posted in Community, History and remembering Dominguita Velasco, shown celebrating her 111th birthday with family and friends, died Oct. 11…
Dominguita Velasco, Latino Community Activist, 114
Posted in Community, History and remembering Dominguita Velasco, shown celebrating her 111th birthday with family and friends, died Oct. 11…
Environmental Groups’ Legal Action Could Halt Coal Terminal
Sierra Club poster in West Oakland. Photo courtesy of SF Business Times. By Tulio Ospina Environmental and…
The National Lawyers Guild Honors Local Attorney Walter Riley
Posted in Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Racial profiling The National Lawyers Guild honored Oakland civil rights attorney Walter Riley at its…
End Jim Crow Segregation at Oakland Restaurants, Say Activists
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Oakland Job Programs By Ken Epstein and Ashley Chambers Restaurants and hospitality businesses employ nearly…