Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated

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Prison Leader Hugo “Yogi” Pinell Killed

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated By Jaron Epstein Hugo Yogi Pinell, born March 10, 1945 in Nicaragua and one of…

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Voting Rights Restored to Thousands of Californians

Posted in Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, voting rights By withdrawing a challenge to the voting rights of the formerly incarcerated and some…

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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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Opinion: Oakland Needs Office of Race and Equity

Posted in Commentary, Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Environment, Equal Rights/Equity, Gentrification, Health, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, LGBT, Police-Public Safety, Politics, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government, Uncategorized “Allow ourselves to become comfortable with being uncomfortable”  By Desley Brooks…

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State of Black Oakland (SOBO) Holds “People’s Assembly”

Posted in Community, Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Health, History and remembering, Housing/Foreclosures, LGBT, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Responsive Government By Rasheed Shabazz Hundreds of…

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City Council Votes to Protect Businesses in the Path of Coliseum City Project

Posted in Coliseum City, Community, Economic Development, Environment, Gentrification, Housing/Foreclosures, Labor, Oakland Job Programs, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated, Transportation By Ken Epstein The City Council voted Tuesday to keep residential…

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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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A Push for Alameda County to Fund Reentry Programs

Posted in Economic Development, Equal Rights/Equity, Health, Oakland Job Programs, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated By Ashley Chambers A number of local groups are challenging…

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Protesters Disrupt Alameda County Board of Supervisors Meeting, Demand Services for Formerly Incarcerated

Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated By Ashley Chambers After months of rallying the community in the Jobs Not…

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City Council and Mayor Pledge Actions to Reduce Systemic Racial Injustice

Posted in Economic Development, Education/Schools/Youth, Equal Rights/Equity, Ferguson/Black Lives Matter, Gentrification, Police-Public Safety, Reentry/Formerly Incarcerated District Attorney O’Malley Speaks at Council Meeting By Ken Epstein…

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