Oakland May Day March Brings Out Thousands to Advocate for Immigrant Rights (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Matt Werner.
Last updated at Thu, 3 May at 1:44pm.

May Day is traditionally a holiday celebrating springtime where people in many countries take to the streets to celebrate spring. In Oakland, California on May 1, 2012, thousands of Bay Area residents and progressive organizations turned out in an impressive march full of people celebrating their backgrounds and cultures while pushing for social change.

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How Occupied Oakland co-opted city's historic immigrant rights march (Reflection)
Article by Steve Fisher.
Last updated at Thu, 3 May at 1:25am.

Occupy Oakland may have been “at it for months,” but the group's naive attempt at supporting the struggles of our most vulnerable communities fell flat on May 1. 

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May Day Watch: A breakdown of 'unsanctioned' Occupied Oakland actions

Article by Steve Fisher.
Last updated at Tue, 1 May at 11:54pm.

(Editor's Note: Check back throughout the day for continuous May Day coverage by Oakland Local staff.)

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Help with a Toy Drive for children in Arizona (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Favianna Rodriguez.
Last updated at Fri, 10 Dec at 11:33am.

I'm getting ready for a fresh Open Studio Art Jam party this Sat. Dec 11, so remember to come if you can. Info is at end of this email.

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Wanna add $1.5 trillion to economy? Help win immigration reform (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Jon Rodney.
Last updated at Wed, 15 Sep at 7:08pm.

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Oakland black clergy in immigration march to Arizona's capitol! (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Jon Rodney.
Last updated at Sat, 29 May at 4:26pm.

A delegation of Bay Area African-American clergy and community leaders - many from Oakland - is on the ground in Phoenix right now!

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Protests & vigils reign in rogue immigration agency in Oakland (Community voices)
Blog entry by Jon Rodney.
Last updated at Fri, 9 Apr at 6:26pm.

Outraged by a series of startling revelations of abuse and misconduct, some 6

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