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Thoughts on the city I call home – urban, diverse, systemically stuck, pregnant with possibility, creative yet stuck in the chaos created by poverty, alienation and inequality.

Sprouts on Broadway :: sowing development seeds in under-used asphalt

    The grocery store chain Sprouts opened an impressive new store along the forgotten…

How Work-to-Rule has Ruled Out Me Wanting to Work with OEA

WTF? That was my though as I read an email from my child’s school yesterday…

Mayoring the Fiefdoms of Oakland(s)

Today is election day.  Across the country low turnout is expected.  Myriad voices proclaim that…

Small Lenses

    I’ve been often collaborating this past season with a community and colleagues here…

I Can Change Oakland (cough & awkward shrug)

  I have no idea how many people are running for mayor of my city…

Burkhalter Park Playground Build

Today the Parks Department of the City of Oakland had a massive playground REbuild at…

Mistrust as the Driver of Education Today

mis·trust [misˈtrəst] verb 1. be suspicious of; have no confidence in. I’ve noticed the past…