'Walk to End Poverty,' help raise awareness during annual event - Saturday, May 19
Blog entry by Maria McMath.
Last updated at Thu, 17 May at 7:35am.

To raise awareness and educate all Alameda County residents about the social factors that impact poverty, the Alameda County - Oakland Community Action Partnership will host the Walk to End Poverty, this Saturday, May 19, around Oakland's Lake Merritt.

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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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KALW presents Smiley, Cornel West at Oakland's Paramount Theater - April 28
Blog entry by Maria McMath.
Last updated at Tue, 24 Apr at 4:18am.

In the only Bay Area appearance during their new book tour, Tavis Smiley and Cornel West will discuss "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto" at the Paramount Theatre in Oakland.

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I was a poor black kid (Community Voices)
Article by Jakada Imani.
Last updated at Tue, 20 Dec at 7:53am.

When I was in the third grade, I had trouble reading. I mixed up letters and couldn’t spell to save my life. I soon found myself in special education courses. Most of the other students who were tracked in these classes were also poor boys of color. None of us were there because we simply failed to “try.”

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New initiative gives voice to issue of childhood poverty in California (Video)
Article by Niema Jordan.
Last updated at Thu, 22 Sep at 5:37am.

What does it mean that one out of four children in California were living in poverty in 2010?

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From “Great Recession” to Great Opportunity in the East Bay and Oakland
Blog entry by Nikki Fortunato Bas.
Last updated at Thu, 30 Sep at 7:44am.

Two in Five East Bay, Oakland Residents in Poverty Actually Working

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Annual Walk to Raise Awareness About Poverty Upcoming
Blog entry by Jennifer Courtney.
Last updated at Wed, 19 May at 1:48pm.

Oakland's 5th Annual Walk Against Poverty is coming up fast. The walk, and a following community fair, will take place at Lake Merritt this Saturday, May 22.

It is sponsored by the Oakland Community Action Partnership (OCAP) along with the United Way of the East Bay.

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Alameda County Should Reverse Decision to Cut General Assistance
Blog entry by Steven Weiss.
Last updated at Mon, 22 Feb at 4:10pm.

Alameda County Board of Supervisors Should Reverse Decision to Cut General Assistance

The Tuesday morning Alameda County Board of Supervisors meeting may be their last opportunity to reverse a decision made last year, on a 3-2 vote, to make extensive cuts to the county’s General Assistance program. 

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