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Posts Tagged ‘church’

Oakland Diocese releases information on sexual abuse, but victim advocates are skeptical

By Sabine Berzina | April 9, 2019

Fifteen years ago, Dan McNevin and two other men sued the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland, alleging that a priest at a church in Niles had abused them as children. At first, McNevin felt validated. It seemed like he might finally get justice and hold the diocese accountable. As he told the press at the…

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Can tiny houses be an answer for students without a home?

By Wyatt Kroopf | December 12, 2018 | 1
Armani Turner and Aquantay Morris, two student-athletes at Laney College, live in a prototype tiny house built by their peers at Laney.

Laney College students, who were homeless, have moved into a Pocket House—a type of tiny house—that could serve as part of a solution to the housing crisis in Oakland.

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East Oakland Catholic organization celebrates the canonization of Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero

By Jessica Alvarenga | October 30, 2018

Members of the Oakland Catholic Worker gather for a backyard Sunday mass to commemorate the Salvadoran archbishop’s canonization.

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120 years after founding, Alameda church still helping immigrant families

By Ricky Rodas | October 24, 2018
Church members perform a hymn in honor of the congregation's past

Alameda based church celebrates 120 years of immigrant roots in Oakland.

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Healed from the drug epidemic, Dogtown now fears the gentrification virus

By Serginho Roosblad | October 3, 2016
Hannah Street in Dogtown, West Oakland

West Oakland’s Dogtown neighborhood reckons with gentrification and a history of drugs.

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State of the black church in Oakland is at crossroads, local leaders say

By Brad Bailey | February 3, 2016 | 3

In Oakland, the state of the black church is at a crossroads, local leaders said. Religious and civic leaders gathered in downtown Oakland last Wednesday for a prayer breakfast to discuss the state of the black church and political participation in the African American community. The event, sponsored by Black Elected Officials & Faith Based…

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“Cops and Robbers” addresses issues of race, police brutality

By Alsanosi Adam | February 6, 2015
Jinho "The Piper" Ferreira after performing his one man show Cops and Robbers responding to questions from the audiance

A young African American man enters the grocery store, hides behind a shelf, holding in his left hand what appears to be a gun. His hand is shaking. He is breathing heavily, bleeding from an injury, fighting his pain. The young man starts talking to himself. “I was born in jail, I grew up in…

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