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Youth at MLK Freedom Center Join Struggle to Empower Voters
By Ken Epstein Young people who participated in an intensive six-week voter registration and community engagement project…
Black Students Demand School District Take Steps to Reduce Racism at Berkeley High
Posted in Berkeley, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Labor, Racial profiling By Ken Epstein In the wake of a racist, violent threat and…
Community Objects to Privately Funded OUSD Enrollment Reform
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Labor By Ken A. Epstein Members of the Board of Education and community activists are raising…
Environmental Groups Withdraw Lawsuit, Give City Opportunity to Stop Coal
By Tulio Ospina Environmental groups represented by Earthjustice have withdrawn their lawsuit against the City of Oakland…
Berkeley NAACP Calls on BUSD to Investigate Discrimination Against Employees, Students
Berkeley High School By Ken Epstein Manour Id-Deen, president of the Berkeley NAACP, met recently with Berkeley…
Oakland Schools’ PR Chief Receives New $192,000 Contract
Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Responsive Government By Ken Epstein Isaac Kos-Read, chief of Communications and Public Affairs for…
High Priced Consultant Still Earning $30,000 a Month at Oakland Unified
Posted in Education/Schools/Youth, Labor, Oakland Job Programs Buildings and Grounds Workers Fear They Will Be Replaced by Consultants By Ken A….
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…
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…
Faith Leaders Call on Legislators to Commit to Jobs, Justice and Human Rights
Posted in Community, Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Immigrant Rights, Labor By Ken Epstein Three Oakland pastors are taking the lead to bring together…