Culture
The members of Legal Services for Prisoners with Children (LSPC) provides legal advocacy and works to create policies that will positively affect those who are in prison or have recently been released from it.
The Oakland Museum’s event tells the personal stories of city residents through art.
Artist Rosten Woo’s new public sculptures in Oakland are bringing new understanding of air pollution to the city.
At Somos Familia, Latinx parents with queer or trans children meet together in a support group and share resources with one another.
“I always was ashamed, and I always thought of myself as a prostitute,” said Elizabeth Quiroz. “But now that I know this, I’m educating myself. That’s not what happened. I was a victim. Now I’m a survivor.”
Muslims from all over the Bay Area gathered at Lighthouse Mosque for Iftar on September 19.
Pacific Islanders in Alameda County have the second highest infant death rate, but new initiatives could counteract this.
Oakland’s Mam community, an indigenous group originally from Guatemala, celebrated their first cultural festival on September 15.
Oakland artist Chris Johnson and Oakland Museum of California curator use billboards to engage the community.