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Tag: Amplify Oakland

Posted inAmplify Oakland

‘The Coliseum is our palace’: Lifelong Oakland A’s fan reflects on news of team’s departure

by Jorge Leon April 21, 2023April 27, 2023

Jorge Leon has given his all to the A’s as the founder of a supporters group, the Oakland ‘68s. Now he’s struggling to come to terms with the team’s announced move to Las Vegas.

Posted inHow We Work

We want to hear more from Oaklanders, in their own words. Here’s how

Jacob Simas headshot by Jacob Simas March 24, 2023March 24, 2023

Since 2020, our “Amplify Oakland” series has featured personal stories by community members navigating COVID, gun violence, homelessness, prison reentry, and more.

Posted inHealth & Environment

‘Everything piled up’: surviving COVID-19 and gun violence in East Oakland

by Francisca Sánchez February 21, 2023February 21, 2023

Francisca Sánchez never imagined she’d hear gunshots after leaving Mexico, but that changed during the pandemic.

Posted inHousing & Homelessness

Curbsteading: One West Oakland resident’s reflections on living outdoors

by Mavin Carter Griffin November 18, 2021November 18, 2021

Mavin Carter Griffin, founder of the Wood Street People’s Collective, says we’re thinking about “homelessness” in all the wrong ways.

Marabet Morales reflects at the Oakland Public Library, Eastmont Branch
Posted inArts & Community

‘The sweetest escape’: a love letter to Oakland’s libraries

by Marabet Morales Sikahall February 17, 2021March 9, 2021

Libraries are physically closed, but they continue to serve their neighborhoods. One East Oaklander shares her experience.

John Jones III at his home in East Oakland.
Posted inHealth & Environment

Why is gun violence spiking? An East Oakland native digs into his past and the city’s history to help explain

East Oakland native and community activist John Jones III by John Jones III January 13, 2021March 9, 2021

John Jones III—father, community advocate, childhood victim and past committer of violence—on why the surge is “not occurring in a vacuum.”

Portrait of Vincent-Ray Williams III, founder of Urban Park Cleanup
Posted inHealth & Environment

‘I could no longer avoid the problem’: how one Oaklander organized community cleanups

by Vincent Ray Williams III December 18, 2020March 9, 2021

After seeing myself in the eyes of an unhoused boy, I decided to start cleaning up areas in West Oakland where unhoused people live. The work snowballed from there.

Posted inHow We Work

Work with us to ‘Amplify Oakland’ through first-person storytelling

Jacob Simas headshot by Jacob Simas October 12, 2020March 9, 2021

In the coming months, we’ll be sharing the mic with more Oaklanders who have important stories about life in our city. This is how we’re planning to do it, and why.

Posted inHealth & Environment

‘We’re going out. Not because we want to, but because we need to.’

by Orlando Ruiz July 8, 2020March 9, 2021

Latinos represent over half of known coronavirus cases in Alameda County. Oakland resident Orlando Ruiz shares his family’s story.

Posted inHealth & Environment

‘We were happy. But when the illness appeared, things got complicated.’

by José Martin Aguilar June 17, 2020March 9, 2021

One member of East Oakland’s immigrant Mam community shares his story about surviving during the pandemic.

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