11 for 11: Special profile series of Oakland luminaries

Published on Friday, January 14, 2011
Last updated on 08:13AM, Tuesday, February 22, 2011

As the new year dawns, Oakland Local is producing a special series of profiles of extraordinary Oakland people and organizations to watch in 2011.

This series so far:

  1. Dec. 27, 2010: Red Bike Green's Jenna Burton promotes cycling for all
  2. Jan. 2: Kate Hobbs, Destiny Arts founder, expands martial arts education for Oakland youth
  3. Jan. 3: Tony Coleman, upholding accountability and building community
  4. Jan. 9: Christopher Shein makes permaculture gardening fun for all
  5. Jan. 10: Former teacher, counselor Elaine Brooks fought for student rights to learn
  6. Jan. 11: dj fflood pours forth cleansing house beats
  7. Jan. 26: 11 for 11: Keith "K Dub" Williams brings together skateboarding, art and music in Oakland
  8. Jan. 27: Jason Harvey dreams big at Oakland Food Connection
  9. Feb. 17: Oakland's ARISE H.S. prepares students to do more than get into college

Stay tuned! More coming...

About Oakland Local editorial team
The Oakland Local Editorial Team is made up of Kwan Booth, Amy Gahran, Irene Florez, Michelle Fitzhugh-Craig, Eric Arnold, Jennifer Inez Ward, CB Smith-Dahl, Meg Bertoni, Susan Mernit, Tehea Robie, Ruth Miller, Debi Mason, and others.