Smiley, West Oakland book-tour stop offers insight to 'new face of poverty'

Article by Maria McMath.
Last updated at Thu, 3 May at 1:38am.

People began lining up around 3 p.m. at the Paramount Theater on Saturday for the 6 p.m. final appearance of Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West’s book tour for "The Rich and The Rest of Us." About a week before, Smiley described their new book project over the phone as practical and empirically grounded.  

'New Faces of Poverty'

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Oakland Local is hiring: News Associate for Spring/Summer 2012
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Sat, 31 Mar at 7:05am.

Oakland Local is seeking a smart and fast working News Associate to work with the Editor and Managing Editor to produce simple stories and briefs for the website. News Associate will work on deadline, producing three to five stories per week from press releases, community news sources and calendar listings. Stories will average 15-300 words in length.

Requirements:

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Mayor Quan's 100 Blocks Initiative includes job fairs
Article by CB Smith-Dahl.
Last updated at Fri, 9 Mar at 7:53am.

As part of her 100 Block Community Initiative, Mayor Quan recently launched several job recruitment efforts. 

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Affordable, community acupuncture in Oakland
Article by Irene.
Last updated at Thu, 2 Feb at 6:12pm.

With more people losing their jobs and fewer people spending like they did in the past, community acupuncture has become the new frontier for the alternative health industry.

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Come to FREE jobs fair in East Oakland with OL - Thursday, Nov. 10
Blog entry by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Tue, 8 Nov at 6:32am.

Looking for work?

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Youth Greening Oakland wraps up summer program (Community Voices, PHOTOS)
Blog entry by rashidah grinage.
Last updated at Sun, 4 Sep at 2:15pm.

Since 2007, PUEBLO has operated a program called Urban Youth Harvest, employing young people to harvest the excess fruit growing in back yards throught Oakland and donating it to low-income seniors and others lacking fresh produce in their diet.

But this year, Urban Youth Harvest morphed into a much more expansive program called Youth Greening Oakland.

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Labor Secretary Solis visits Jamba Juice in Oakland, talks jobs
Article by Susan Mernit.
Last updated at Mon, 25 Jul at 1:01am.

On July 21, U.S. Secretaty of Labor Hilda Solis visited the corporate headquarters of Jamba Juice in Oakland to talk about the company's commitment of 2,500 summer jobs as part of the Secretary’s Summer Jobs USA: Make the Commitment initiative.

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Struggle to find work continues for many Oaklanders
Article by Jennifer Inez Ward.
Last updated at Tue, 12 Jul at 4:30am.

It's been a long four years since Krystle Monroe had full-time employment.

"Sometimes I can't even believe it myself," she said standing next to her husband at a recent East Oakland job fair. "I've been sending out resumes, going to these job fairs, following up on tips, but nothing has worked out."

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