Posts Tagged ‘Unity Council’
Artists and dancers celebrate culture, community, and the dead on Día de los Muertos
The festival’s theme wove through the 26 altars assembled by local artists as well as artwork created by this year’s poster contest winner Eduardo Chaidez. The poster features an illustrated image of a little girl with Día de los Muertos-inspired face paint and an Oakland T-Shirt, holding a sign that reads “DREAM FOR ALL.”
Read MoreEx-offenders and low-income youth help reduce vandalism in Oakland through graffiti abatement program
Oakland Community and Economic Development Agency has partnered with service organizations to create job opportunities for out-of-work youth while mitigating blight in the city’s commercial corridors. The city’s partnership with Men of Valor, a non-profit re-entry program in East Oakland that provides housing, job training and other services to high school drop-outs, recovering addicts and the formerly incarcerated, has proven so successful since it began in June—removing about 114 graffiti markings from 88 businesses along Foothill and International boulevards—that in October CEDA decided to expand the program and take on new partners.
Read MoreOakland Strokes outreach program brings rowing to youth
Oakland Strokes is a co-ed junior rowing program with about 200 kids on its roster from schools around the East Bay. The Strokes are one of the top youth rowing clubs in the country, boasting six national titles for the girls’ team and two for the boys. There’s a non-competitive middle school program, a novice team for first-year rowers, and a varsity team.
Read MoreStudy finds young Latinos ill-taught, “vulnerable”
A new report on Latino boys and men in Oakland finds low test scores, a high dropout rate and poor preparation for the workforce. Says the lead researcher: “The gang issue is a symptom of this, not the cause.”
Read MoreCommunity photos: Oakland celebrates Earth Day
The “official” Earth Day 2010 is Thursday, April 22, but Oaklanders have been at it for days now. Browse through their pictures to see what folks have been up to. And remember, it’s not to late to add your own!
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