- 1. Oakland Avenue Urban Farm,
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- Oakland Avenue Urban Farm,
- Created on 02 April 2019
- 2. This Once Illegal Detroit Farm Promotes Healing and Transformation
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- Grow Up DETROIT’S OAKLAND AVENUE URBAN FARM BRINGS VEGGIES AND COMMUNITY TOGETHER You might not expect to find a chicken coop or a garden full of tomatoes in Detroit, but they’re there, at Oakland ...
- Created on 02 April 2019
- 3. Kehlani Sounds Off On Latest Album "Blue Water Road," Coming Out As A Lesbian, And The Role Motherhood Plays In Their Life ...
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- ... legend of Kehlani Ashley Parrish. Born to parents who were both struggling with addiction, the Oakland native was adopted by an aunt who raised them in a liberal environment to a soundtrack of neo-soul. ...
- Created on 31 August 2022
- 4. 5 New Fashion Items Our Looks Editor is Jonesing For, Including Vegan Mascara, Bright and Chunky Barrettes, and Conceptual Face Jewelry
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- ... heathen, and hedgewitch” Janine Hagal is the Oakland-based alchemist behind Black Earth Botanica, which makes intoxicating all-natural anointing oils inspired by astrology, the zodiac, the elements, and ...
- Created on 24 January 2022
- 5. Reclaiming The Lens: 10 Women Filmmakers Spearheading The New Wave in Black Cinema
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- ... up to a death-row inmate’s execution. Clemency is now streaming on Hulu. Chukwu is also set to direct an upcoming film informed by the memoir of Elaine Brown, former chairwoman of the Oakland chapter of ...
- Created on 22 April 2021
- 6. With Their New Book "Chinatown Pretty," Valerie Luu and Andria Lo Are Highlighting the Stylish Elders of Chinatowns Throughout North Americ
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- ... gùng gungs (grandpas) in six Chinatowns—San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Vancouver. “[We] walked around Chinatown with a translator, during prime grocery shopping hours,” says ...
- Created on 13 April 2021
- 7. Remembering Author Beverly Cleary, Who Captured Young Imaginations Through Books Like "Ramona Quimby
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- ... and eloped with him in 1940, despite her parents’ disapproval of the fact that he was a Roman Catholic. Cleary worked at a library in Yakima, Washington; an army base in Oakland, California; and Sather ...
- Created on 29 March 2021
- 8. 8 AAPI Organizations To Support Right Now
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- ... and economic justice to all, APEN focuses primarily on Asian immigrant and refugee communities in Oakland and Richmond to “advance solutions to the issues that matter most to them.” Donate here. Top ...
- Created on 24 March 2021
- 9. Kamala Harris Goes Viral... Because of Her Shoes
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- ... to be nominated for national office by a major party. Born in Oakland, California (for you birthers). Her first name is pronounced COMMA-lah. Get it straight. American, badass... https://t.co/ubVsaFV5nR ...
- Created on 10 September 2020
- 10. Trump Is Back On His Birtherism Bullshit And Kamala Harris Is His Latest Target
- (Feminism)
- ... clear, Kamala Harris is eligible to be Vice President and President of the United States. She was born in Oakland, California, making her a natural-born citizen, which meets the requirements to serve as ...
- Created on 14 August 2020
- 11. Child Care Providers in California Vote to Form Union
- (Feminism)
- ... out of her home in Oakland told EdSource, “This is huge, it’s unprecedented. We need a livable wage. It’s unfair and unjust for us to be caring for families and yet no one is caring for us. It just doesn’t ...
- Created on 28 July 2020
- 12. "We Are The Radical Monarchs" Documentary Is Proof That The Future Is In Black and Brown Girl
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- ... Radical Monarch. The documentary showcases the humble beginnings of the Radical Monarchs—formerly Radical Brownies—an Oakland-based, social justice and service alternative to the Girl Scouts. The film ...
- Created on 20 July 2020
- 13. A Black 15-Year-Old Went to Juvie For Missing Her Homework
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- ... their locker. Because of the pandemic, Judge Mary Ellen Brennan, the presiding judge of the Oakland County Family Court Division, decided to put Grace on “intensive probation": meaning a GPS tether, ...
- Created on 14 July 2020
- 14. Jasmine Guillory On "Party Of Two," Her Rom-Com Universe, And Her Secrets To Sex Scenes: BUST Intervie
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- ... deliciously fun and sexy, with charming, complicated heroines, irresistible love interests, and scorching chemistry. Over the phone from Oakland, CA, Guillory told me about the romance genre, her new book, ...
- Created on 25 June 2020
- 15. Here’s How Community Members of Spokane, WA Are Responding to the Aftermath of the BLM Protests
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- ... June 15, 2020 Oakland, CA View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cultured OGs. ...
- Created on 15 June 2020
- 16. “This Is A Moment of Possibility:” Angela Davis Appears On UK News Channel to Speak on Black Lives Matter Movement
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- ... are seeing spread across the globe today. Live from her home in Oakland, California with shelves upon shelves of books and art pieces behind her, Davis unpacked the current Black Lives Matter movement: ...
- Created on 10 June 2020
- 17. Meet The Real-Life Women Of Hulu’s New “Mrs. America,” A Series About The ERA
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- ... the National Black Feminist Organization and later established the Women’s Foundation in Oakland, Clalifornia with her daughter. It will be interesting to see if Mrs. America depicts the period of time ...
- Created on 03 April 2020
- 18. Astrologer Jessica Lanyadoo Reads Our Cats' Minds On BUST's Poptarts Podcast
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- Jessica Lanyadoo is an Oakland-based astrologer, psychic medium, and animal communicator with over 20 years consulting experience. She’s currently on tour with her new book, Astrology for Real Relationships: ...
- Created on 06 March 2020
- 19. Welcome to Pulga: How One Woman Bought A Ghost Town And Turned It Into A Feminist Haven
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- ... the jurisdiction of a larger county—to go up for sale, and Cowley, 28 at the time, was intrigued. Living in Oakland, she wanted something new, and she saw in Pulga a place she could make not just her own, ...
- Created on 19 February 2020
- 20. Halsey, Kehlani, and the Violence of Having an Ex's Name Screamed At Yo
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- ... “Kyrie” between songs at a Kehlani show. It took literal seconds for the Oakland songbird to remind everyone why her debut album was titled, “SweetSexySavage.” She asked, “Who said that? Turn the lights ...
- Created on 03 February 2020
