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Equity in Oakland- When?

Advertisements In 2014 the City of Oakland issued an RFP for the redevelopment of the  Henry J Kaiser Center and Calvin Simmons Auditorium. Two proposals were considered; one detailed a robust reuse of the historic site with “baked in community … Continue reading

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Notes on Dr. Ayodele Nzinga’s mytho-magical drama: Protection Shields

Advertisements by Marvin X Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, founder, producer, playwright, and director of Oakland’s Lower Bottom Playaz opened a new play at the Flight Deck, 1540 Broadway, downtown Oakland. It is a myth-ritual dance drama in the Black Arts Movement … Continue reading

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dark art

Advertisements dark art   my dark art grazed you truth raw stuns  like max on drums ancient sacred primal  dark art mesmerized you slipped in baptized you approached invited me to cite sing tap entertain you collecting my shroud shadows gathering thunder  … Continue reading

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porches

Advertisements fetal curl style in the cutting room arranging the chapters of your life you look at the front porches of others from the windows hapharzarly placed in rented walls in the cutting room you edit sorting lost moments songs … Continue reading

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shoestrings

Advertisements when you live in rooms where shoestrings dangle tripping you up in the race to get in to get out to get where windows stay broken even though they painted shut the rats always return four and two legged … Continue reading

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things written in sand

Advertisements pendulum swinging swing batter swing always moving Chrisman said that King said its an arch that gravitates towards good they say Anne Frank thought people were good at the heart I read Frank, belived King, overstood Chrisman the wind … Continue reading

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Brickhouse Lily

Advertisements jenny claimed the block tupac rose from concrete still deep in the streets lily in the middle of the bricks whole world fall down chicken little up in this saw the chicken scratch most mistook it for the news … Continue reading

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A Deep Dive Into the Prison-Industrial Pipeline in “Beyond the Bars”

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in the land of skinny godz (NPM2017 17 )

Advertisements In the land of skinny godz there is famine and want the people wander eyes closed voiceless afraid of punishment they tow the line ignore the crimes stand in the lines pray for better times but skinny godz don’t … Continue reading

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