Education/Schools/Youth

Speaker delivering formal address in hall

“Let Our People Come Out of the Shadows”

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights President will extend legal status to five million undocuented immigrants By Post Staff In…

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Superintendent Gives Green Light for Social Justice Website for Teachers and Students

Posted in Arts and Culture, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Media, Police-Public Safety School District had removed “Urban Dreams” after complaints by Fox News and…

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Berkeley High Alumnus and Whistleblower Threatened with Arrest

Posted in Berkeley, Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Most people would consider Ralph Walker a model Berkeley High…

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Growing Bay Area Movement Calls for End to Mass Incarceration

Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated By Ashley Chambers A daylong summit to discuss ways to work to end…

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Young Leaders from Ferguson Speak in Oakland

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein Four young leaders from Ferguson, MO were in Oakland this week…

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Mayoral Candidates Consider Plan to Activate Community Involvement

By Post Staff Several of Oakland’s mayoral candidates have expressed interest in creating communitywide action task forces…

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Civicorps and City of Oakland Work Together to Train Youth as Truck Drivers

Posted in Business, Climate change, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Labor, Oakland Talks Trash Recycling and organics truck driver Wulliam Montolla By Ken Epstein Oakland may…

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In 11 Years of State Oversight, No Audits of Oakland Schools’ Finances

Posted in Business, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Politics By Post Staff In the 11 years since the State of California declared the…

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Oakland Youth Head to Ferguson, MO for National Weekend of Resistance

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Post Staff Four young people from the Martin Luther King Jr. Freedom Center in…

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School District Curriculum Website Still Offline in Censorship Dispute with Teachers

Posted in Arts and Culture, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Ashley Chambers Oakland teachers are still waiting to see if the Oakland…

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