Community
A Sunday celebration at the Lakeside Garden Center celebrated the indigenous roots of restorative justice.
After gathering 170 signed letters addressed to OUSD Superintendent Antwan Wilson, Santa Fe CAN had the chance Thursday to make their case to the superintendent to re-open Santa Fe Elementary.
Oakland’s school board meeting focused on Superintendent Antwan Wilson’s strategic plan “Pathway to Excellence.”
Oakstop is a place with many labels: a shared working environment, an event space and an art gallery. Oakstop exhibits work from local and emerging artists and is a destination for a diverse community of artists, entrepreneurs and freelancers.
Bay Area residents attended the Jonestown tragedy’s 36th anniversary at the Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland on Tuesday.
Santa Fe CAN Education Committee is working to re-open an elementary school that was closed in 2011 because of low enrollment. Members say the number of neighborhood children is up, but the future of the site after Emery Secondary School moves out remains unclear.
In a meeting Monday night, community leaders from North Oakland met to discuss a pilot program that will tackle sentencing for young offenders. Alternative sentencing will divert offenders from the court system and a criminal record, and instead focus on mediated discussion between victims and offenders.
On Saturday, the African-American Male Achievement Office hosted Oakland’s first GradNation event to increase graduation rates for young men of color.
Reverend Jacqueline Duhart’s lifelong spiritual journey that led her to the faith of Unitarian Unitarianism then to the First Unitarian Church of Oakland.