Joy blooms in Golden Gate as new median, community food space take shape
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Wed, 9 May at 8:13am.

Neighbors around the Stanford/Lowell part of Oakland's Golden Gate neighborhood are feeling pretty happy these days, thanks to new projects by two local social justice nonprofits - Phat Beets Collective and Planting Justice.

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Community Food Security Coalition: Growing the global occupation (Community Voices)
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Mon, 7 Nov at 7:52pm.

Sitting at a table underneath the main escalator at the Oakland Marriott Center, just a few blocks away from OccupyOakland, I asked Elias Araujo - who has been an organizer for the Landless Workers’ Movement in Brazil for 24 years - about where he places the food justice struggle in light of global people's demonstrations.

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Young Oakland entrepreneur is dedicated to creating change in his community (Q&A)

Article by Juan Antonio Mart....
Last updated at Sat, 22 Oct at 12:24am.

Last year, Salvador Mateo was a senior at Mandela High School Law and Public Service Academy in Oakland. 

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'Dismantling Oppressions in the Food System' hosted by Phat Beets - TODAY, Saturday, Sept. 24
Blog entry by Phat Beets Produce.
Last updated at Sat, 24 Sep at 10:05pm.

Part of the Food n' Justice Workshop series at the North Oakland Farmers' Market co-sponsored by Planting Justice, People's Grocery and Phat Beets Produce

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Permaculture to the People! Planting Justice Expands its ‘Transform Your Yard’ Program
Blog entry by Haleh Zandi.
Last updated at Sun, 22 Aug at 9:33am.

Planting Justice is an Oakland-based food and social justice organization with a mission to expand access to affordable healthy food, create living-wage green jobs, and make permaculture more relevant and accessible to low-income urban residents.  Rather than relying solely on foundations to fund its programs, Planting Justice transforms front and backyards of full-paying AND low-income cl

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Community members transform East Oakland's Burbank Community Garden
Blog entry by Haleh Zandi.
Last updated at Fri, 20 Aug at 8:24am.

The peaches and nectarines are ripe and ready to pick at the Burbank Community Garden in Oakland.

The garden has been revitalized through a collaboration between West Oakland Youth Standing Empowered - WYSE - Planting Justice and the East Lake YMCA after-school program at Explore College Preparatory school.

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