Posts Tagged ‘anti-violence’
Quan announces plan to stop sexual exploitation of children in Oakland
In one of her last organizing projects as mayor of Oakland, Jean Quan announced last week a new effort to stop the sexual exploitation of children along a stretch of East Oakland. The city began putting more police officers on the streets late last month in order to discourage pimps, as well as adult males seeking to buy sex, from preying on victims and minors at risk.
Read MoreOakland to participate in national program to curb violence
In dual news conferences in Oakland and Washington D.C., Congresswoman Barbara Lee and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced Tuesday that Oakland and Richmond have been named by the Justice Department as part of a new national program that Holder called an “all-hands approach to curbing endemic violence” in five U.S. communities with high violent…
Read MoreBillboard photos of Oakland gun crime victims display consequences of violence
A billboard campaign initiated by Oakland youth uses personal stories of loss to spread an anti-gun violence message.
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