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Bay Area1 year ago

Verdese Carter Park Gang Violence Forces Kids’ Football Team to Find New Site to Play

Gang violence is raging in Deep East Oakland, also known as “Bossland,” where gun shots are heard daily, and recently, youth and the East Bay Panthers...
Activism2 years ago

Lake Merritt Circle of Peace Vigil, a Prayer for Change in Oakland

Last Sunday, approximately 200 people came to Lake Merritt’s Amphitheater to shift energy in Oakland, where, after a 12% dip in violence in 2022, the city...
Bay Area2 years ago

Oakland Peacemakers Planning Major “Circle of Peace” Event April 8

Following an African model, a wide coalition of Oaklanders will hold a peace vigil at Lake Merritt on Saturday April 8. The Circle of Peace is...
Bay Area2 years ago

Black, Vulnerable and Trafficked – Who’s Buying Black Girls?

Although California Senate Bill 357 was intended to alleviate arrests of willing sex workers under anti-loitering laws, it opened a Pandora’s box loophole that hinders the...
Activism2 years ago

Town Nights Events for Oakland Families Living in Violent Hot Spots

Adamika Village founder Daryle Allums explains why their Town Nights event at Sunnyside Park is unique and different. “Adamika Village is a victim-led organization, so everything...
Activism3 years ago

Oakland’s Crime Victims’ Rights Week, April 24–30,

For the second year in a row, Executive Director Brenda Grisham, mother of Christopher Jones, The Christopher Lavell Jones Foundation and Their Lives Matter, will commemorate...
Activism3 years ago

Oakland Frontline Healers Launches Black Mental Health Initiative

“There are few places for Black folks to go when they’re in crisis, and available services are hard to access. When in crisis, people must trust...
Bay Area3 years ago

Castlemont High Coach Launches “Books Before Balls” Project

Tamikia McCoy, an Oakland Athletic League phenomena in 1991 - 1993, dominated girls’ basketball, becoming a walk-on at Grambling to win the Southern Western Conference of...
News5 years ago

Juneteenth Festival at Lake Merritt Eastshore

Four powerful grassroots organizations: Adamika Village; BOSS; Bishop Mack Eastman; and Akonadi Foundation are joining together to host Juneteenth at Lake Merritt Park on Sunday, June...
Community7 years ago

Town Hall Meeting to Stop the Violence in Oakland, Aug. 18

Leslie Bell Harding stands beside Daryle Allums whose son Keith Harding (inset) was killed on April 9, 2013, while sitting on his front porch on 85th...
Community7 years ago

Adamika Village’s Daryle Allums Leads “Stop Killing Our Kids Movement” in Oakland

One of those who will step up to work on the city’s new Department for Violence Prevention is CEO of Adamika Village, Daryle Allums, who will...

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