As I headed to downtown Oakland with members of the Ella Baker Center family, I really did not know what to expect. Almost every business was closed. Some of the big ones had posted security guards outside. The streets were almost empty.
I had to laugh as we passed a… Read more
Check out this video from our Heal the Streets campaign with Christina Gomez who lives in the neighborhood covered by the proposed injunction.
Saying No the Gang Injunction – A new Video Blog about the impacts of the proposed gang injunction on folks of color in the community.… Read more
Next week, Oakland could become the first city in the country to stop a proposed gang injunction from being put in place. City Attorney John Russo filed the proposed gang injunction in February which covers over 100 blocks of North Oakland, where I live. The injunction would make… Read more