Oakland Is My Beach
Regina Jackson Regina Jackson

Oakland Is My Beach

Despite the violence, racial profiling, gang warfare and social roadblocks they experience growing up here, many value more the grit, coat switching, and underdog mentality that resounds in them and their "Oaktown." Like Dorothy said in the Wizard of Oz," there's no place like home."

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Bent Not Broken
Regina Jackson Regina Jackson

Bent Not Broken

A unique space exists in deep East Oakland. In a neighborhood with rampant drug infestation, prostitution and violence, there is a real life oasis called the East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC).

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Soul of the City
Regina Jackson Regina Jackson

Soul of the City

On March 27, 2017 Oakland’s surgically reconstructed, still beating heart was once again ripped from its chest.

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