Month: April 2018
Councilmembers Delay Vote on Proposal for Construction Job Opportunities for Oaklanders
Pre-apprenticeship building trades trainees from the Cypress Mandela Training Center, which was founded by the Oakland Private…
Veteran teacher Soraya Sajous-Brooks speaks at meeting at Prescott Elementary School
Posted in Charter schools and privatization, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification By Ken Epstein At a meeting this week with Oakland Unified School…
Opinion: Support Community Leadership on the Oakland Planning Commission
Posted in Affordable Housing, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Labor By Rev. Damita Davis-Howard We’re in a development boom in Oakland. Cranes and bulldozers…
Tim White Rehired to Lead Facilities Dept. at Oakland Unified School District
By Post Staff The Oakland Unified School District has rehired widely respected administrator Tim White as Deputy…
Open Letter: Oakland Mayor Should Reject Job Policies That Increase Discrimination Against Black Workers
Posted in Affordable Housing, Against White Supremacy, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Libby Schaaf Black Americans have twice as much unemployment as white workers….