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“Hi, my name is Becky and I am going to die,” I said as we went round the circle. We were at a three-day workshop run by Chris Zydel and Sharon Pavelda called a “death rehearsal,” a therapeutic workshop designed to help people envision and accept the eventuality of their own deaths.
Full-bellied, bleary-eyed, and shaking the last vestiges of their turkey-induced tryptophan hangovers, shopoholics and bargain-hunters nationwide kicked off the holiday spending season, lining up before dawn the morning after Thanksgiving to raid their favorite stores on Black Friday. But while consumers flocked to big-box stores across the Bay Area, local North Oakland retailers reported a much quieter beginning to the year’s shopping season.
Wednesday morning, 9 a.m. No appointments. No press releases. No plan. Just 17 reporters, each with one hour alone with one corner of the city.
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.