Tag: Oakland

The Black Panther Party, founded to end the oppression of Black people, recognized that political solidarity was fundamental but not enough; to fight for freedom, people need to eat, learn and be healthy. In response, free breakfast was offered to children by chapters of the party throughout the country, along with community schools, free health clinics and many other efforts under the banner “Survival Pending Revolution.” Here, Dr. Buck explains the programs as he leads a tour of the Black Panther Museum.

Malik Seneferu's artistic creation called The Ancestral Constitution Before Juneteenth to Black August pays homage to Black history in the Bay Area.

The Black Panther Party Museum announces the opening of the exhibit honoring the life of Oscar Grant III called "Happy Heavenly Birthday, Oscar," on Sunday February 1 for Black History Month.

Bryant Terry, multidisciplinary artist, chef, publisher and author, stopped by Marcus Books to share his catalogue of plant-based recipes and knowledge with the world.

Oakland’s literacy crisis threatens children’s futures; cut education funding, and brilliance becomes lost.

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.

Black Tulip, an Oakland-based movement, is calling for a cultural and policy changes to protect Black women and girls from violence and systemic injustices.

"As Oakland’s leadership focuses on repair of City infrastructure, it continues to struggle with trash management and control."

“I freed a lot of comics … if I never would have done comedy, it would’ve been a different art form … I’m sure of it.” – Paul Mooney

Downtown Oakland, Calif. – Managing Editor Nube Brown speaks with renowned gallerist and arts and community advocate Joyce Gordon on growing up in Berkeley, how she got Joyce Gordon Gallery started, the importance of the youth and the future of her art space.

Karega is an intelligent and principled brother of extraordinary patience, diplomacy and reasoning ability. He and his wife Felecia have come up with a new book called “SOL Affirmations.” Now that we are in the season of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is absolutely necessary that we become more aware of our mental health and start to learn the tools and techniques that we could use to deal with stress.

On this 50th anniversary of the Black Panthers’ Free Breakfast Program, let us meditate on the incredible legacy of the original Black Panther Party. Although this is a plea for help and a call to action, this piece is also a dedication.

The Charlotte Maxwell Clinic (CMC) has been providing free integrative cancer care to low-income Bay Area women since 1991. The clinic recently moved from its previous location to an historic bank building located on “Pill Hill” across from Sutter Hospital in Oakland.

Taking place the day before Oakland Pride, Oakland’s First Annual Transmarch highlighted the plight of Black transwomen in the United States and internationally.

According to the California Department of Finance, one in five Californians pays more than 50 percent of their income for housing. With the medium home price in the nine Bay Area counties at $810,000 and the current market rate rent for a one-bedroom apartment at $3,000 to $3,500 per month, individuals and families are rapidly being forced to live in unhealthy tent encampments and in their vehicles.

“While the environment has changed from one of total abandonment and neglect to one of gentrification, the impacts upon the community are very similar.”

“Lalo’s House” is the story of human trafficking in Haiti, which is the favorite playground of Jeffrey Epstein’s bestie, former U.S. President Bill Clinton.

People with race, class and/or formal education privilege collaborate with very low and no-income people to formally launch a ‘fund’ for reparations Saturday, Sept. 7, 1 p.m., at Homefulness, 8032 MacArthur Blvd, Oakland

In July, the Currys launched their new Eat.Learn.Play Foundation to continue supporting the youth in the city they’ve called home for the past decade.

“A Lifetime of Being Betty,” to be released Aug. 17 at Freight and Salvage in Berkeley, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 in advance, $24 at the door. Visit www.thefreight.org/event/1858290-little-village-foundation-berkeley/.