Monday, May 20th, 2013
By Aubrie Johnson – Tower Staff Writer African-American youth filled the first two rows of chairs lining the congregation room of the Acts Full Gospel Church in Oakland on April 27, clad in white T-shirts reading “OAKLAND NAACP Youth Leadership Conference.” Some held slips of paper from an earlier exercise in their hands, with their
Monday, May 20th, 2013
On June 1, Urban Peace Movement’s Youth Peace Ambassadors will host a youth summit and peace festival in East Oakland for annual Silence The Violence Day. In preparation for the festival, our youth leaders are planning to...
Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Cities like Oakland cannot pass or enforce laws where State or Federal laws pre-empt them. We all remember a recent dramatic illustration of this principle when federal authorities raided licensed, tax-paying medical marijuana dispensaries in Oakland that...
Thursday, April 18th, 2013
Community activists cheered the Oakland City Council’s move to force a more transparent police reform process from the city administration Tuesday night. The Council voted 8-0 to set a timeline for City Administrator Deanna Santana to complete...
Wednesday, June 27th, 2012
Just in from the Mayor’s Office: Today, Mayor Quan acknowledged and takes full responsibility for the inaccurate statistic. “I was given incorrect data last year regarding areas with a high concentration of homicides in our city. I...
Friday, June 15th, 2012
by Will Evans, California Watch Oakland’s school board has ordered a formal investigation of a church school, a school board member confirmed today, following a meeting last night where angry parents of former students accused the school of...
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
The plaza in front of Oakland City Hall became an Occupy site again on Wednesday night when an interfaith group of Occupy leaders held a service for Trayvon Martin, the African-American youth killed in Florida, and said they would...
Sunday, November 20th, 2011
More than 1,500 people marched through Oakland yesterday as part of the Occupy Oakland march and demonstration. As some veered off to plant a garden at Frank Ogawa Plaza (dubbed Oscar Grant Plaza by some), most headed...
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
These are challenging times, with high unemployment and tremendous uncertainty in the economy. In such times, open, respectful, honest, and informed communication is essential. That is why we are writing to you today. We understand that Occupy...
Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
The Oakland Education Association, which represents 2700 school employees, endorsed the mass action called by the Occupy Oakland movement and urged its members to take part. In a statement posted on its website, the association explained its...
