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Social Justice Conference

10.19.2016

Next will be a two-part dance workshop from 10 to 11:15 a.m. in room 3101, Dr. Prince White, a campaign coordinator from the Urban Peace Movement, will speak to on the “education to prison pipeline”.
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Alameda County approves program to increase job opportunities for formerly incarcerated people

6.28.2016

On Tuesday, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Alameda County re-entry hiring program, designed to allot 1,400 county jobs for formerly incarcerated people. A crowd of approximately 40 people gathered outside the Alameda County Administration Building to
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Guest commentary: Let’s stop treating our kids as adults in the criminal justice system

3.11.2016

By Nicole Lee and George Galvis, Guest commentary Last month, Gov. Jerry Brown announced the Public Safety and Rehabilitation Act of 2016, a ballot initiative that will make sweeping reforms to the criminal justice system and change to how youth
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Labor in the Pulpit Addresses Gentrification

2.8.2016

This year, FAME teamed up with workers and residents from East Oakland to discuss the critical issues of gentrification and displacement. The proposed Coliseum City development threatens to push many people out unless there is a community benefits agreement with
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Oakland at a Crossroads: The Jacka’s Death Speaks to Greater Truth (Community Voices)

2.12.2015

“For some of my friends who knew him well, his passing means an agonizing loss of camaraderie and brotherhood. And for the larger community it signals something deeply devastating and profoundly disheartening – something that none of us can afford…
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Youth organizers explore ‘pathways to liberation’ at Winter Justice House town hall

Urban Peace Movement’s ‘That’s Oakland, Baby!’ summer block party series drew hundreds to celebrate creativity, unity, and resilience

EAST BAY TIMES: Youth organizer decries DA move to prosecute more teens as adults

BREAKING AP NEWS: UPM leader pushes back against Trump’s false claims about Oakland

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