George Floyd Protest in Oakland Reflects Conflicting Intensions
Friday night's Oakland protest of the killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police had a different—pent energy—than any other protest I've ever been to.
Moms4Housing Claims for One Home Taught Housing Organizers Valuable Lessons
The right to housing is a human right. Yet, in Oakland, there are nearly four vacant properties for every homeless person. A group of homeless moms, Moms 4 Housing, organized to take over a vacant home in West Oakland and used this statistic to wedge their way into a vacant home in West Oakland.
