Rep. Barbara Lee married Rev. Dr. Clyde Oden Jr., a pastor on New Year’s Eve in Santa Monica, Calif. with many Bay Area constituents and leaders...
With much fanfare at her arrival, Sen. Kamala Harris opened her Oakland campaign office in her bid to become the 46th president of the United States....
On Sunday, September 22, 2019, well over 200 people gathered at Williams Chapel Baptist Church in Oakland, to celebrate their young, gifted Pastor on his eight...
Senator Harris will also be joined by Representative Barbara Lee On Sunday, September 29, Kamala Harris’ campaign will officially open its first California office in Oakland,...
The White House and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Tuesday the appointment of Congresswoman Barbara Lee to serve as Congressional Representative of the United States to...
Mike Siegel is coming to town on June 15 for an event to build support for his congressional campaign in the Texas 10th Congressional District. The...
On Thursday, Rep. Barbara Lee joined political commentator Angela Rye for a panel discussion at the annual Push Tech 2020 Conference at Google headquarters in Mountain...
Representative Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on May 22 introduced the Inclusive Prosperity Act along with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and more than...
On Monday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee (CA-13), Chair of the Majority Leader’s Task Force on Poverty and Opportunity, released the following statement in response to the Trump...
Williams Chapel Baptist Church kicked off its 80th anniversary celebration with a banquet dinner on Friday March 22 where Oakland District 2 Councilperson Nikki Fortunato Bas...
Event Marks Official Farewell for Longtime Greenlining Institute President Orson Aguilar The Greenlining Institute’s 26th annual Economic Summit in Oakland, “Reclaiming Our Time,” will feature a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — We recently celebrated the birthdays of two visionary Black leaders, Martin Luther King Jr. and Arturo Alfonso Schomburg. Yet, this February, as we...
Last Friday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee was named by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as one of six House Democratic members on the conference committee to negotiate homeland...
The following are some of the outpouring of statements on Facebook from Oakland residents following the news that former Congressman, Oakland Mayor and Berkeley City Councilmember...
From left to right: Gregory C. Garrett, Chief Policy and External Affairs Officer, Alameda Health Consortium; OUSD Board of Education Director Shanthi Gonzales, District 6; Alameda...
On Wednesday, Congresswoman Barbara Lee released this statement upon the passing of Civil Rights Leader Dorothy Cotton: “I am deeply saddened by the loss of civil...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Donald R. Hopkins. Donald Ray Hopkins, an attorney activist who worked for civil rights causes and served as district representative for Congressman Ronald...
Chef Rashad Armstead discusses the origin of his business, Crave BBQ, at a press conference announcing a $3.2 million investment from the Quality Jobs Fund to...
NAACP National President Derrick Johnson will be a guest speaker at the NAACP-Oakland Branch’s 4th Annual Service Awards Gala on Thursday, April 19 at Scott’s Seafood in Jack...
A group of nine young leaders from East Bay schools, organized and led by Regina Jackson of East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC), will participate in...
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (left)and Anita Hill. Photo by Sarah Carpenter. About 2,000 people filled the Oakland Marriott Ballroom last Saturday to hear Anita Hill speak about...
By Barbara Lee Today, we celebrate National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and reflect on the tremendous strides we have made in the fight against HIV since...
By Barbara Lee Since my election to Congress in 1998, I have attended every State of the Union. I have always believed that this event should...
Last week, Congresswoman Barbara Lee announced that the Cities of Oakland, Alameda, San Leandro, Albany, Emeryville, and Piedmont received grants from the U.S. Department of Housing...
Left to right: Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Marc Morial and Angela Glover Blackwell spoke Wednesday evening in Oakland about the risk of President Trump´s policies to African Americans. Photo...