Thursday, May 30th, 2013

West Oakland Youth Center almost completed, but may remain closed due to budget issues

Back in 2008, when local residents and organizers began planning a teen center, they couldn’t know that as it neared completion in 2013, the $190,000 in funding necessary to run the center and have actual programs might not be available. When Liz Derias, formally of Oakland’s Leadership Excellence, led a group of West Oakland youth in