by Meredith Fenton on Jul 9, 2010
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
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by Meredith Fenton on May 7, 2010
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In honor of Mother’s Day on Sunday, we share this poem from Ella Baker Center’s Joyce Cook, one of our Books Not Bars Family Organizers. Joyce was recently recognized by KQED as a Women’s History Month Local Hero.
NO MATTER WHAT by Joyce Cook
Mother Mother, there… Read more