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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Oakland Has Disappeared: Record Deportations (Essay)
Blog entry by arnoldo garcia.
Last updated at Mon, 1 Nov at 10:39pm.

On September 30, 2010, Oakland, California closed its doors; the elections were canceled; property tax notices stopped being served, street sweepers stayed motionless, teachers and students, families all gone.

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Historic pilgrimage to Angel Island honors detained ancestors (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Jon Rodney.
Last updated at Mon, 27 Sep at 1:59pm.

Sept. 25 - As I write this, some 350 people - most members of the Bay Area's Chinese-American community - are undertaking an emotional voyage to Angel Island. Many of the folks participating had ancestors who were detained at the island's immigration station in the early 20th century, but had never before visited the site.

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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.

[From March 2010]

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Will "S-Comm" turn Oakland into Arizona? (Community Voices)
Blog entry by Jon Rodney.
Last updated at Thu, 10 Jun at 12:40am.

While all eyes are still fixed on Arizona's cruel new anti-immigrant law, SB1070, a police-immigration collaboration program with disturbing similarities is being secretively forced on counties across the country. 

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Alto Arizona: Can art & music help win this fight?
Blog entry by Favianna Rodriguez.
Last updated at Tue, 1 Jun at 2:36am.

I arrived to Arizona on Sunday evening to do some work around the upcoming May 29th mega march.

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'Because I Have Roots in Arizona' - A Xicanita in the making looks back
Article by Melanie Cervantes.
Last updated at Sun, 30 May at 3:19pm.

A Xicanita in the making, Arizona, 1982

My earliest memories of experiencing the Southern Border are of trips to the place where my dad grew up and where my tio Tony and tia Maria lived-Nogales. They lived on the Arizona side of the border but my uncle and my dad were born on the Mexico side.

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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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