news
Residents rally for city officials to help end violence
Posted July 23rd, 2008 by kdunlap
Residents and faith leaders gathered in front of City Hall on Tuesday evening to demand that city officials live up to their promise to support a comprehensive approach to end gun violence.
Youth ride for peace
Posted July 9th, 2008 by kdunlap
I recently had a chance to interview Tyrone Stevenson Jr., aka the "Scraperbike King.'' He and his crew of young men ages 11-24 are participating in the Bike for Life, Riding for Peace event at Lake Merritt on Sunday 7/13.
Govenor to sign sexual exploitation bill
Posted July 2nd, 2008 by kdunlap
I just wanted to post a quick update from the teen prostitution series in the Oakland Tribune. Assembly bill 499, which would identify minors caught in the sex trade as victims, rather than criminals has reached Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk to be signed into law.
community
Who is Men Against Violence (MAV)?
Posted December 14th, 2007 by TomSepull
You. Empowered. Men Against Violence (MAV) is a non-profit men’s program committed to helping men age 16 and older restore connections to themselves, their intimate partners, their families and their communities. MAV provides a safe environment for men to communicate with other men. Through accountability and advocacy men gain tools, using the Manalive Program, to successfully develop healthy relationships and create more peace in their lives. Participants learn communication and active listening skills designed to create deeper intimacy in their relationships.
Community Blog
Posted December 10th, 2007 by drewhimmelstein
In the community blog portion of the site, we will have guest bloggers who work on the issues we report on here. Watch out for upcoming posts from Tom Sepull, an instructor at Manalive, a treatment program for domestic batterers, and from Bob Ehrlenbusch, executive director of the L.A. Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness.
Featured Story
Poetry & Prison
Posted May 22nd, 2008 by yoram
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(Please click on the link http://opentosolutions.com/poetry for the bigger version)
This multimedia story is an introduction to in-depth reporting about how mass incarceration affects young people growing up in Oakland. We have found that poetry can be a more creative and honest way to express some of the feelings young people have from having gone through or knowing people who have gone through the prison system.
This multimedia story was produced by Kash Gaines and Yoram Savion and their students in the Youth UpRising Multimedia Literacy & Production program:
Akeila Tolson, Cheyenne English, Shawn Hughes and Amore Love.
This story is part of the Oakland Tribune's 2007 Homicide Report.
TURF Dancing Block Report
Posted April 4th, 2008 by yoram
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(Please click on the link http://opentosolutions.com/turf for the bigger version)
Please click on one of the dancers in the image above.
This is a preview for an upcoming feature story about the Bay Area's newest dance form: TURF dancing. We will explore the origins, style and evolution of this mode of creative self-expression by sharing the lives of 4 young TURF dancers from Oakland: Looney, Chonkie, Eninja and NoNoise. This multimedia story is part of an ongoing citizen journalism project at the Youth UpRising community center in East Oakland. It is produced by Yoram Savion, Kash Gaines and their students in the Youth UpRising Multimedia Literacy and Production program (YU Media-LP). Spring 2008.
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