Immigrant Rights

Ken A. Epstein

Oakland Anti-Displacement Coalition Says “Speak Out to Stay Put!”

Carroll Fife (top left), a co-founder of the Oakland Alliance, spoke at a workshop on developing an…

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Ken A. Epstein

City of Oakland and Local Businesses Must Hire Oakland Now, Say Community Leaders

Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Labor, LGBT, Oakland Job Programs, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated Speakers at the Post Salon on jobs for Oakland residents were (…

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Ken A. Epstein

Dan Kalb Proposes Law to Protect Renters from Landlord Harassment

By Ashley Chambers An ordinance was introduced at the city’s Community and Economic Development meeting this week…

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Ken A. Epstein

We Must Speak Up” for Racial Justice, Say Teen Leaders and Rep. Barbara Lee

Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Mass incarceration, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Restorative Justice Calling for Black-Brown unity, a youth said, “The…

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Ken A. Epstein

S.F. Latino Community Leader Rosario Anaya, 70

Posted in Community, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights By Wade Woods Former San Francisco School Board member and director of the Mission…

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Ken A. Epstein

LGBT Mural at Galería de la Raza Set on Fire

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights, LGBT Ani Rivera, director of Galería de la Raza, speaks before a crowd of 300…

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Kitty-Epstein

Commentary: Oakland Needs a Department to Address Institutionalized Injustice

Posted in Commentary, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Labor, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Kitty Kelly Epstein Two-thirds of the people…

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Ken A. Epstein

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…

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Ken A. Epstein

Latino Students Are “Overlooked and Poorly Represented” in Oakland Unified

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights, Labor By Jorge Lerma Latinos are not getting fair representation. Latinos make up 41…

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Ken A. Epstein

Support Grows for City of Oakland Department to Address Racial Inequality

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Immigrant Rights, Labor, LGBT, Oakland Job Programs, Politics, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Ashley Chambers A number of community…

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