Equal Rights/Equity
East Bay Town Hall Meeting Seeks Solutions to Police Impunity
Posted in Community, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Ken Epstein A town hall meeting seeking solutions to the “strained…
High School Students Walk Out, Saying: “Graduations Not Funerals”
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter By Ken Epstein Wanting their voices to be heard in the growing protests…
Police Chief Stands Up to Rank and File Officers’ Criticism
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety “I would do it again,” says chief who held “Black Lives Matter”…
Oakland Protesters Blockade Police Department
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety By Sarah Lazare, Common Dreams Bearing a banner declaring “Black and Breathing,”…
Schools’ Superintendent Calls on Educators to Understand the “Urgency of Now”
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter By Ken A. Epstein Oakland Unified School District’s new superintendent Antwan Wilson has…
Black Students at Alameda’s Encinal High Hold Silent Protest
Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter Special to the Post The Black Student Union (BSU) at Encinal High School…
Oakland Street Academy’s Students, Jesse Jackson Say, “Black Lives Matter”
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter By Ashley Chambers and Ken Epstein In an impromptu visit to Emiliano Zapata…
Rashidah Grinage Passes the Torch at PUEBLO Celebration
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety John Yuasa Takes Over as Executive Director By Ken Epstein Rashidah Grinage is…
Protesters Chant: “I Can’t Breathe”
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Police-Public Safety Failure to indict in Eric Garner’s death provokes outrage By Post Staff…
Education Activism Spreads Across the Country
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity By Kitty Kelly Epstein Ethnic Studies advocates in Los Angeles won a school board resolution…