Fault Lines Project
16-year-old Akeila Tolson is one of the Youth UpRising contributors to the Fault Lines Project. She is a thoughtful and creative young poet and rapper, who learned to love music from her older brother. She tells us about her experience looking up to him as she grew up in East Oakland, and how he...
Guns, drugs, prostitution...these are some obvious roots to the violence in Oakland. But then there are some that are less obvious, like lack of access to healthy food.
In our last installment of the Oakland Fault Lines Project, we have part two of our look at holistic solutions to violence. Today...
Todd White has lived in the Rockridge, North Oakland area for 20 years. He shares his thoughts on solutions to violence in Oakland for our Fault Lines Project.
So often when people think of violence in Oakland, they think of drugs, guns and murder. It’s what’s most visible, and it is certainly what catches headlines.
But when reporters Sarah Gonzalez and Sandhya Dirks asked residents what violence means to them, they got more complex...
Yesterday we took a closer look at a violence prevention initiative passed in Oakland five years ago, called measure Y. Now halfway through its ten-year span, it is still unclear how effective the initiative has been. Measure Y funds have been used to create employment and training programs,...
This blog was written by Mills College reporting fellow Sandhya Dirks for our Fault Lines Project, exploring roots and solutions to violence in Oakland. You can hear the reports in our series, read other blogs by our reporters, and participate in online discussions around these important...
Violence in Oakland is a persistent issue, one reason it was recently ranked as having the third highest crime rate in the United States. But that ranking is based on last year’s data, and doesn’t reflect that crime has actually gone down by 13 percent in 2009. One could say...
This blog was written by Mills College reporting fellow Sandhya Dirks for our Fault Lines Project, exploring roots and solutions to violence in Oakland. To hear the reports in our series, read other blogs by our reporters, and to participate in online discussions around these important issues...
De-Quan has lived in East Oakland his whole life, and he says violence is mostly a result of misunderstandings. He offers his solutions:
"There's a lot of different forms of violence. I mean, people be jealous of each other, that can lead to violence. Violence really come...
Sugiarto Loni is the president of the Oakland Chinatown Chamber of Commerce. He has worked in Oakland since 1984, and he was touched personally by violence in Oakland when he was mugged by four teenagers earlier this year. He shares his perspective on violence in his neighborhood, and...
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