Community Demands Change After Fremont Boy Killed in Oakland Freeway Shooting

Community Demands Change After Fremont Boy Killed in Oakland Freeway Shooting

By Marianne Favro • Published November 7, 2021 • Updated on November 8, 2021 at 11:32 am   Jasper Wu of Fremont was just a few weeks away from celebrating his 2nd birthday. Instead, his family is planning his funeral after the boy was shot while in a car on southbound I-880 in Oakland Saturday…

Oakland’s First Fridays festival returns with thousands gathering for 1st event in more than a year
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Oakland’s First Fridays festival returns with thousands gathering for 1st event in more than a year

Oakland, CA (KGO)-Music, dance and food are all back! Auckland’s first Friday festival is here.“Almost two years later, this is amazing,” said Adriana Contreras, who lives in Auckland. Her daughter was four months old when Adriana and her family last arrived on the first Friday. Today she talks about the festival and even has her…

What’s New in Civic Tech: Grants Power Grassroots Digital Equity

What’s New in Civic Tech: Grants Power Grassroots Digital Equity

Plus, a new report addresses ways the country’s largest county can get all of its citizens connected; San Jose, Calif., launches a new initiative to aid with Internet affordability; and more. October 07, 2021 • Zack Quaintance, Julia Edinger Alameda County, Calif., which includes the city of Oakland. (Shutterstock) The nonprofit organization The Greenlining Institute has announced…

In Community, For Community, and By Community: Highlighting our Black-Led Community Partners

In Community, For Community, and By Community: Highlighting our Black-Led Community Partners

Lincoln’s commitment to disrupting cycles of poverty and trauma requires community collaboration. As a result, Lincoln pursues collaborative partnerships with mission-aligned organizations to find creative ways to empower and serve children and families. These partnerships allow for mutual strategic thinking, resource sharing, and problem solving for greater collective impact in Lincoln’s service hubs in Contra…

Bay Area Doctors at Roots Community Health Provide Straight Forward Information on COVID Risks for Oakland Families

Bay Area Doctors at Roots Community Health Provide Straight Forward Information on COVID Risks for Oakland Families

So far in Alameda County, there were 99,681 recorded COVID-19 cases, more than 2,500 more cases than last week, and 1,291 COVID deaths. Published 4 days ago onAugust 13, 2021 By Ken Epstein The Roots Community Health, located at 9925 International Blvd. in Oakland, is hosting an online weekly People’s Health Briefing on Facebook, offering  straight-forward…

Summer Fund Drive Special: Covid-19 and The Delta Variant

Summer Fund Drive Special: Covid-19 and The Delta Variant

  [button href=”https://kpfa.org/player/?audio=live” title=”Live KPFA Stream”  shape=”square” size=”regular”  info_place=”top”] Listen Live! [/button]   We spoke with Dr. Noha Aboelata about Covid-19 virus, the effectiveness of Covid-19 Vaccines against the B.1.617.2 (Delta) Variant and the role of capitalism in a global pandemic. Noha Aboelata, MD, is founder and CEO both of Roots Community Health (Roots), a…

East Oakland residents oppose Walgreens’ decision to close store

East Oakland residents oppose Walgreens’ decision to close store

Councilmember Loren Taylor speaks Thursday morning at a press conference at the Walgreens at 81st Avenue and International Boulevard, which is closing on July 29. He and others are hoping it will stay open until its lease runs out in January 2022 so the community can better prepare for not having a local pharmacy. Credit:…

Advocates Celebrate Budget Commitment of Future Health Equity Funds

Advocates Celebrate Budget Commitment of Future Health Equity Funds

For Immediate Release June 28, 2021 Contact: Monika Lee, (858) 353-7271 Sacramento, CA — A statewide coalition for a proposed Health Equity and Racial Justice Fund released the following statement in response to the joint budget agreement between Governor Newsom and the California legislature for FY 2021-2022. This proposal is supported by: Asian Pacific Partners…

Community-based organizations address health inequities

Community-based organizations address health inequities

by JAMAICA SOWELL posted 06.25.2021   Much attention has been focused on the barriers and challenges to accessing health care, highlighted by a pandemic that disproportionately harms Black, Latinx, Asian American Pacific Islander, and Indigenous communities. Barriers to technology or lack of broadband impeded access to MyTurn and other scheduling tools. Barriers to transportation made…