2025
Yearly Archives: 2025
Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee commends the Oakland International Film Festival – RUNNING NOW, Sept....
By celebrating independent and underrepresented filmmakers worldwide, OIFF not only uplifts diverse voices but also strengthens Oakland’s reputation as a destination for the arts, tourism and innovation.
People’s Arms Embargo Campaign: No weapons from Oakland to Israel
Since January 2025, at least 280 military cargo shipments have left the Oakland airport destined for Israel to continuously drop bombs on the people of Gaza.
District 10 organizing is back
“Gone are the days we looked to other people to take care of us,” said Kenisha Roach. “We need the community to buy back into itself. It’s unity or death.”
“Take Wings and Soar”: The Terri J. Vaughn Story
Born and raised in Bayview-Hunters Point, a predominantly African American community rich with culture and resilience, Terri J. Vaughn's journey is a testament to divine faith, family love, and community pride.
Golden Gate Village – at the heart of the matter
With little more than determination and hope, they raised families, built churches and created communities.
From hustle to healing: Elgin Rose Sr. leads Fathers to Founders’ transformation
Fathers to Founders is forging innovative partnerships, expanding access to care, and reshaping the landscape of community support for fathers, creating lasting change for families and neighborhoods.
Rotting from the coast in: Sea Scouts displaced, waterfront in decline
San Francisco’s once proud maritime edge is unraveling — one pier, piling and wharf at a time. Now, even the youth are feeling the fallout.
Securing our village: A call to action for safer schools, streets and screens
In a time when our children face invisible dangers behind screens and within school walls, a movement is building to reclaim their safety and well-being.
Missing windows, broken locks: Hunters Point residents come home after renovations
“I’m a union painter,” said Tory Carpenter. He had worked on the 2007 renovations under AIMCO. “That job was union. This one isn’t. They’re using the cheapest labor and cheapest materials.”
Sorce – Bay Area graffiti artist reclaims space
Sorce is an Oakland-based graffiti artist who does creative art pieces and inner city tagging in an attempt to reclaim public space and project artistic freedom.
Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council Executive Director Lisa Tealer values her community
Bred in the Bay, Lisa Tealer is not new to this – she is true to this! It is by no coincidence that after 30 years in the biotech field she would find herself as the executive director of the extremely impactful nonprofit in San Mateo County, Bay Area Community Health Advisory Council (BACHAC), focused on improving health in the African American community.
The story still unfolds: Cydney Nunn’s ongoing journey
Community-oriented. Poised. Empathetic. Driven. These are just a few adjectives to describe Cydney Nunn, a leader who strives to make the world feel seen and heard, whether this be as a CBS news producer or as the Managing Director of the Ruth Williams Opera House.
The power of unity: Dismantling the carceral state from within
“We are not just captives — we are the system’s most knowledgeable critics and its most formidable opponents. Together, we can dismantle not only these walls but the limits on our imagination of justice.”
What’s goin’ on at Golden Gate Village?
They say they care about us. If that were true, we wouldn’t be constantly stressed out. Our daily lives are full of anxiety
Free C-Note in Black August
C-Note’s continued imprisonment is a moral failure .His art, advocacy and rehabilitative record demand his immediate release!
Cuba addresses blockade and recent spike in aggression by the U.S. government
What the Cuban people endure is not a limited or selective restriction – it’s a full-scale siege. A form of collective punishment aimed at breaking a nation’s spirit.
Advocacy in action: SCAN Foundation fights healthcare disparities
Through funding elder healthcare programs, supporting equity-centered healthcare policies and elevating senior citizen’s stories, SCAN serves as a change agent for those who face race and economic discrimination.
Building equity, brick by brick: The Bay View Nonprofit Boot Camp
The San Francisco Bay View Foundation Nonprofit Boot Camp can grow into an event that not only uplifts current leaders, but also empowers the next generation to step into these non-profit leadership roles with confidence and clarity.
A look into the San Francisco Bay View Foundation’s Nonprofit Boot Camp
What we need is investment in what’s already working — nonprofits that are community-grown, community-led and unapologetically for us.
People over profit: Acorn tenants fight back
Tenants and working class people of the world will be familiar with our cause because there is a common thread we are all experiencing: exploitation at the hands of the 1%, who are committed to putting profit over The People!