Oakland schools plan to hire more Arabic-speaking staff, conduct cultural sensitivity training, and add Eid holidays to the school calendar.
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Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Oakland immigrants face illegal evictions and barriers to rent relief
Despite COVID-19 tenant protections and assistance programs, immigrant renters are vulnerable to threats and displacement.
Posted inEducation Equity
A ‘restorative restart’: How Oakland students want to see school reimagined next year
With millions in extra funding, schools have an opportunity to fundamentally change learning environments and support youth mental health. From peer support groups to mindfulness exercises, here’s what students have to say.
Posted inArts & Community
Oakland’s Black Liberation Walking Tour will use oral history to root a community in place
Tour organizers hope to prevent further gentrification and build support for a new library in Oakland’s Hoover-Foster neighborhood.
Posted inCity Hall & Policing
Maintain police spending or invest in alternatives: What do Oaklanders really want?
Mayor Schaaf said a supermajority of residents want more police, but reform advocates say the public is really on their side.
Posted inHousing & Homelessness
Oakland wants to end single-family zoning. Can the city get it right?
We looked at two very different neighborhoods that don’t allow apartments, in Rockridge and East Oakland. Can the city undo a legacy of housing segregation without recreating the problems of the past?