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The Village in Oakland

The Village in Oakland

Grassroots & volunteer-run by unhoused, housing insecure and formally unhoused folks

  • LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
  • About Us
  • Reframing homelessness
  • Our Community
  • Upcoming Events & Calls To Action!
  • Deeply Rooted Oakland – Oakland General Plan 2045
    • WE BUILD CITIES!
    • Oakland for All: Options for How We Stabilize and Grow
    • TAKE THE SURVEY TO BE PART OF DEVELOPING THE BLUEPRINT FOR OAKLAND’S FUTURE!
    • Process and Timeline
    • Mandela House Porch Chat Notes
  • Our Work
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    • Policy Reports We Have Worked On
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    • Word On The Curb – Media Advocacy
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      • Word On The Curb – Blog & Youtube Playlist
      • Word On The Curb Podcast
    • Cardboard and Concrete
      • What We Believe
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      • Past Events
    • 510Day!
    • Living Room Block Parties
  • The Village in Oakland Years in Review 20017 – 2024:
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News

Supreme Court gives cities in California and beyond more power to crack down on homeless camps

CalMAtters

Needa Bee on Decarcerating Spaces & Homelessness

Progressive City

‘Housing is violence prevention’: East Oakland homeless residents call on city to address safety conditions

The Oaklandside

State Approves Oakland’s Housing Element

The Oaklandside

What’s In Oakland’s New Sweeping 8-Year Plan for Housing?

The Oaklandside

Art from encampments: Bay Area’s homelessness crisis inspires wave of artistic expression

Daily News

‘Do Better’: Newsom Pauses $1Billion In Homeless Spending

KTVU

Oakland Is Poorly Tracking Success Rates Of Homeless Services

KQED

The Village In Oakland’s Needa Bee Speaks Out

Oakland Voices

With city support lacking, mutual aid groups step up to help unhoused people

Oakland North

Oakland: Homeless Plantiffs Win $250,000, Change Policy and Place City Under Supreme Court Judge Oversight in Civil Rights Lawsuit

The Mercury News

Helping the Unhoused: Needa Bee Advocates for Housing and Dignity for All

California.com

Oakland Receives Scathing Encampment Management Audit

Hannah Trumbull, Street Spirit

Op-Ed: Care Court Is No Solution For Unhoused People In California

Los Angeles Times

Hundreds More Oaklanders Living in Cars & RVs These Days

The Oaklandside

Wildfires Put the Unhoused On the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis

VICE

Building Sanctuary: Artist Collective Uses Their Artwork to Protest For Their Rights

KPFA

Landless Not Voiceless: An Exhibition By Unhoused Artists

Street Spirit

California Found Hotels for 10,000 Homeless. What’s Next?

KQED

Evicted

KPFA

2018: The Year Homeless People Fought Back

East Bay Express

After 11th-Hour Reprieve, Crews Return and Evict Oakland Homeless Encampment

KQED

Demolition of Marcus Garvey Village

Natalie Tsui

Homeless People Rising

Red Braid Alliance for Decolonial Socialism

Homeless Activists Build ‘Right To Exist’ Tiny Homes in Oakland Over MLK Weekend

KTVU FOX2

Homeless Man Forced to Destroy His Tiny Home

San Francisco Chronicle

Tuff Shed Response in Tent City

Lucas Guilty, USB School of Journalism

17th Ave Eviction

Lucas Guilkey, UCB School of Journalism

The Village on E12th Street and 23rd Ave aka Two Three Hunid Tent City

Federal Judge Blocks Oakland from Removing Homeless Camp

East Bay Express

“The Village is Helping Build a Self-Organized Tiny Home Village in East Oakland

Darwin BondGraham, East Bay Express

The Village’s First New Tiny House Owner Moves Into Her New Home

Caron Creighton, Oakland North

After Three Months, The Village Homeless Camp Confront Overcrowding

Caron Creighton, Oakland North

“The Village” Oakland sanctioned homeless encampment to move

Ali Tadayon, East Bay Times

Activists Hasten Oakland’s Slow-Moving Plans to Permit Homeless Encampments

Oakland Begins Helping Some Homeless Encampments While Closing Others

KQED

Advocates push Oakland officials to treat homelessness as an emergency

Lucas Guilkey, UCB School of Journalism

“Stats of Emergency”: Special Report On California’s Criminalization of Growing Homeless Encampments

Democracy Now!

Oakland Homeless Encampment Scores Victory In Court

Robert Hinton, The Citizen




Needa Bee’s Definition of Love

Housing is a Human Right

Ella Baker Center


Community group grapples with Oakland Mayor over ‘tiny homes’ for homeless

KALW


Working & homeless in Oakland

KALW

The Oakland Village Encampment Eviction Was A Disgrace

Nic Wojcik, Broke-Ass Stuart

Oakland’s Homeless Efforts Are “Inefficient”, Often “Harm More Than Help”, Advocates Say

Ken Epstein, Oakland Post

Oakland’s Homelessness Surges 47%

Sarah Ravani, SF Chronicle

Oakland’s Homeless Community Knows How to End City’s Housing Crisis. Will The City Listen?

Morgan Moore, Law @ The Margins

How Has COVID-19 Impacted Homeless Advocates and Service Providers?

Damiel Lempres, Street Spirit

Activists Turn Dog Park Into Village For Homeless Residents

Hoodline

Marcus Garvey Park in Oakland Reclaimed For Community Housing and Services By Homeless Residents & Activists

San Francisco Bay View

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