What we need is our 40 acres and a mule!
by Brent Walker with Max Cadji Brent Walker, 31, who grew up on his grandmother’s farm, is asking everyone in the East Bay with large back yards or vacant lots to let Black urban farmers grow produce...
View ArticleGlobal and local people power unites
by Carol Harvey San Francisco – December 2010 Tunisian civil resistance erupted when a poverty-stricken college grad, Mohamed Bouazizi, unable to find work, harassed by “authorities” while selling...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for May 2011
by Wanda Sabir Human rights legends Angela Davis and Yuri Kochiyama. Yuri worked closely with Malcolm X, was on the stage with him the night he was assassinated and comforted him as he passed away....
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for March 2012
by Wanda Sabir Her story: Occupy San Quentin When the beautiful sister smiled shyly at me as I, as unobtrusively as possible, took her photo while she waited to speak at Occupy San Quentin, I wasn’t...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for May 2012
by Wanda Sabir Brianna Amaya, Wanda’s granddaughter, at the Tassafaronga Farm – Photo: Wanda Sabir We give honor to Mother Earth, her birthday celebrated the weekend of April 22 with many great events...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for June 2012
by Wanda Sabir Wanda Brown, just released after 27 years in prison, embraces Naimah Salahuddin of the Sista to Sista team of visitors to women prisoners, who visited her many times over the years. They...
View ArticleWanda’s Picks for August 2012
by Wanda Sabir Race is the topic of AfroSolo’s 19th Season. The first event July 30 at the Commonwealth Club of Northern California looked at how art addresses these issues in a way the dominant...
View ArticleOakland International Film Festival is accepting submissions still
by The People’s Minister of Information JR To all of the filmmakers in the community, the Oakland International Film Festival is accepting submissions until Jan. 30, so if you have something that you...
View Article13th Annual Oakland International Film Festival April 2-5
by The People’s Minister of Information JR The Oakland International Film Fest – April 2-5 this year at venues all around the East Bay – is one of the premiere events annually in the Bay Area. The 2015...
View ArticleWin transit justice: Lateefah for BART!
by Lateefah Simon for BART Board District 7 Campaign Over 200 community members, activists, union members, transportation experts, family and friends flocked to Oakland’s New Parish for non-profit...
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