Community
Oakland students, parents, community members, teachers and other district employees came together during Oakland’s Promise Alliance Dropout Prevention Summit to exchange ideas about how to slash the district’s dropout rate.
The Mayor’s Community Toy Drive, which is sponsored by Mayor Ron Dellums and several council members, began Saturday with a sign-up event.
What’s your dream zine? Check out our interactive feature for ideas from Oakland residents hitting up the zine scene Friday night.
The Oakland Museum of California hosted a ‘sneak peak’ of its renovations that have been two years in the making. The museum is making efforts to get back to its roots as a ‘museum for the people.’
Three Oaklanders were honored by the Ella Baker Center last night at its annual fundraiser for their work on social and environmental issues in the community.
Students from across the globe create illustrated stories that document their lives at Oakland International High School. See interactive feature.
Drop in donations this year is leaving Children’s Hospital with few gifts to give away.
Some families hand down dishware and handmade quilts. Other families hand down aliases, casino luck, and hip-smashing, hard-hitting, skirt-rocking roller sports. Jane Hammer’s family falls into the second category. Hammer is team captain and coach for The Oakland Outlaws roller derby team – a group of women athletes who represent, “tenacity, fire, and drive.”
On Monday night people came out from around the East Bay to attend the Women’s Earth Alliance (WEA) event at the David Brower Center in Berkeley. The event showcased Oakland organizations like Planting Justice, Communitree, Art in Action, People’s Grocery, Something for your Soul catering service, Healthy Hoodz, and Ital Pinay Jewelry. Each addressed the importance of sustainable agriculture and featured the creative ways they are implementing it in their urban communities . “We’re trying to create health and wellness…