On a warm breezy Saturday morning on August 28, 2010, the 47th anniversary of Dr. King’s “I have a dream” speech, a small group of East Oaklanders gathered at the Eastmont Branch Library to celebrate one step forward in their dreams.

Our Oakland: Eastside Stories announces winners in the “My East Oakland Photo Contest” that the public art project hosted earlier in the summer. Open to all ages, the contest invited community members to submit  a photograph and statement expressing what East Oakland means to them personally.