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Since its founding in 1978, the EOYDC has stood as a beacon of hope and support for Oakland’s youth, offering resources in career development, wellness, college preparation and arts programming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gala took place amid a rising tide of investment in East Oakland’s future — most notably, a $100 million community-led initiative known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021914/rise-east-unlocks-100-million-to-reimagine-east-oakland\">Rise East\u003c/a>, aimed at reversing generations of disinvestment. Powered by local leaders and a national funder, the effort centers Black and brown families and aims to transform a 40-block stretch of East Oakland through long-term support for housing, education and public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051410\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051410\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guests dance together at the Black Futures Ball hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The EOYDC is part of the 40×40 Council, a coalition of community-based organizations working to improve health and quality of life in East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One key EOYDC initiative is the Pathway to College and Careers Program, which helps prospective college students navigate the application process and provides financial scholarships to support their journeys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was the fourth year of the Black Futures Ball, which the EOYDC hosts to celebrate those scholars and raise funds to help ensure future generations dream big.[aside postID=news_12021914 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-07-BL-672x372.jpg']On Aug. 2, the past, present and future converged at the gala with the theme Space is the Place — Visionary Dreamwork. Many donors and attendees were once EOYDC participants themselves, giving youth a glimpse of what might await them — futures already mapped among the stars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Selena Wilson, the EOYDC’s CEO, said the ball’s theme — while futuristic — is grounded in Oakland’s history. She said the 1974 Afrofuturist film \u003cem>Space is the Place \u003c/em>inspired her\u003cem>,\u003c/em> which starred \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931735/sun-ra-where-to-begin\">jazz legend Sun Ra\u003c/a> and was largely shot in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to lean into radical imagination,” Wilson told KQED. “Making space for joy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The theme’s double meaning, Wilson said, is about embracing ambition and breaking boundaries, while also making room to uplift and celebrate each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Jada White, a rising senior at UCLA and an EOYDC scholar, the theme takes on many meanings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12051407 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00907_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00907_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00907_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00907_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Kahnetah Thomas, Shoshonie Torres, Erin Dixon, and Alexandria Rivera pose for a portrait together at the Black Futures Ball hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As a Black student, I think I have to remind myself that my journey has a lot more obstacles than somebody else,” White, 21, said. “Me being in the same room as them is a feat within itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, White added, it’s not just about taking up space — it’s about “making sure that we’re allowing space for others like us to enter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why it’s really important to have events like this, because most of these donors are Black scholars,” White said. “They were in our shoes before, and I think that seeing that as a scholar is kind of inspiring and endearing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051388\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051388\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00394_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00394_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00394_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00394_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlene Richardson (left) and Charlette Richardson (right), also known as The LoveLove Twins, pose for a portrait at the Black Futures Ball hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Leila Fite, an incoming freshman at Temple University, said radical imagination helped shape her future in public health. At Skyline High School, where many of the scholars attended, Fite did her senior project on Black maternal health and was connected to resources through the EOYDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got to talk to a whole bunch of Black women in very different, specific medical fields that I had never even heard of,” Fite said. “It really just opened up a whole new scope of possibilities for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the banquet hall, students shared their college plans and majors with families and donors before hearing from guest speakers. This year’s honorary guests included Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and Dolores Huerta, the labor leader and activist whose name is synonymous with the national farm workers movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051394\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00563_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00563_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00563_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00563_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee (left) and Dolores Huerta (right) pose for a photo at the Black Futures Ball banquet hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tears fell when a scholarship was announced in the memory of Marvin Boomer, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043904/oakland-watchdogs-say-chp-should-follow-opd-pursuit-policy-following-deadly-crash\">beloved Castlemont High School teacher\u003c/a> who was killed in June when he was struck by a driver fleeing from the California Highway Patrol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tears fell again when Rev. Dereca Blackmon led a libation ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She called forth the ancestors “not just to remember them, but to invite them to be with us right here, right now, to bless us as we’ve carved new spaces for our children and our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also invoked “the young ones who are yet to be born, that they may call our names with pride.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051392\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051392\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00517_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00517_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00517_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00517_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee walks up to the stage with a mayoral proclamation at the Black Futures Ball banquet hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lee presented the Ida Louise Jackson Award. She knew the trailblazing educator and philanthropist personally and called the moment “Sankofa” — a Ghanaian concept of reflecting on one’s history and heritage to look toward the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just know that those who had the vision are proud,” Lee told the scholars. “You all are making sure that the world survives, and you are secure in the world, for the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Huerta, now 95, made her way to the podium, the room fell silent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051393\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051393\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00554_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00554_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00554_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00554_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan Nicole Austin (left) helps Dolores Huerta (right) walk to the stage at the Black Futures Ball banquet hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She reminded the audience of the importance of education and awareness — especially in a time when the federal government has placed those keystone values on a chopping block. Racial and religious divisions, she said, are bolstered by withholding education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si Se Puede,” Huerta said, and the entire room bellowed back: “YES YOU CAN!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other speakers included Tajai and DJ Toure from the Oakland hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics. Tajai described “the beautiful vortex” of movements born in the Bay Area — the Black Panthers, hippies, disability rights — and the homegrown talent that Oakland has gifted the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Y’all are the people that are gonna save us,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051398\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00748_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00748_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00748_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00748_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlay King hugs a friend at the Black Futures Ball hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the speeches and fundraising, the crowd poured onto the dance floor. Lights bounced off space helmets and NASA decals. A brilliant dome glowed overhead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The crowd, blending in a mix of silver and neon, traditional African dress and elaborate face paint, bestows upon the present an insignia, the past marrying the future. Local Black and POC artisans filled tables with jewelry, desserts and more in celebration of abundance, art and joy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alyce Kareem, an incoming sophomore at Xavier University of Louisiana, has big dreams. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this wasn’t the Met Gala — it was the 2025 Black Futures Ball, an annual fundraiser hosted by the East Oakland Youth Development Center. Since its founding in 1978, the EOYDC has stood as a beacon of hope and support for Oakland’s youth, offering resources in career development, wellness, college preparation and arts programming.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The gala took place amid a rising tide of investment in East Oakland’s future — most notably, a $100 million community-led initiative known as \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12021914/rise-east-unlocks-100-million-to-reimagine-east-oakland\">Rise East\u003c/a>, aimed at reversing generations of disinvestment. Powered by local leaders and a national funder, the effort centers Black and brown families and aims to transform a 40-block stretch of East Oakland through long-term support for housing, education and public safety.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051410\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051410\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_01096_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guests dance together at the Black Futures Ball hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The EOYDC is part of the 40×40 Council, a coalition of community-based organizations working to improve health and quality of life in East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One key EOYDC initiative is the Pathway to College and Careers Program, which helps prospective college students navigate the application process and provides financial scholarships to support their journeys.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was the fourth year of the Black Futures Ball, which the EOYDC hosts to celebrate those scholars and raise funds to help ensure future generations dream big.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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She said the 1974 Afrofuturist film \u003cem>Space is the Place \u003c/em>inspired her\u003cem>,\u003c/em> which starred \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/arts/13931735/sun-ra-where-to-begin\">jazz legend Sun Ra\u003c/a> and was largely shot in Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We wanted to lean into radical imagination,” Wilson told KQED. “Making space for joy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The theme’s double meaning, Wilson said, is about embracing ambition and breaking boundaries, while also making room to uplift and celebrate each other.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To Jada White, a rising senior at UCLA and an EOYDC scholar, the theme takes on many meanings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12051407 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00907_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00907_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00907_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00907_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Kahnetah Thomas, Shoshonie Torres, Erin Dixon, and Alexandria Rivera pose for a portrait together at the Black Futures Ball hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“As a Black student, I think I have to remind myself that my journey has a lot more obstacles than somebody else,” White, 21, said. “Me being in the same room as them is a feat within itself.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, White added, it’s not just about taking up space — it’s about “making sure that we’re allowing space for others like us to enter.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s why it’s really important to have events like this, because most of these donors are Black scholars,” White said. “They were in our shoes before, and I think that seeing that as a scholar is kind of inspiring and endearing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051388\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051388\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00394_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00394_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00394_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00394_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlene Richardson (left) and Charlette Richardson (right), also known as The LoveLove Twins, pose for a portrait at the Black Futures Ball hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Leila Fite, an incoming freshman at Temple University, said radical imagination helped shape her future in public health. At Skyline High School, where many of the scholars attended, Fite did her senior project on Black maternal health and was connected to resources through the EOYDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I got to talk to a whole bunch of Black women in very different, specific medical fields that I had never even heard of,” Fite said. “It really just opened up a whole new scope of possibilities for me.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Inside the banquet hall, students shared their college plans and majors with families and donors before hearing from guest speakers. This year’s honorary guests included Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee and Dolores Huerta, the labor leader and activist whose name is synonymous with the national farm workers movement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051394\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00563_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00563_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00563_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00563_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee (left) and Dolores Huerta (right) pose for a photo at the Black Futures Ball banquet hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Tears fell when a scholarship was announced in the memory of Marvin Boomer, a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12043904/oakland-watchdogs-say-chp-should-follow-opd-pursuit-policy-following-deadly-crash\">beloved Castlemont High School teacher\u003c/a> who was killed in June when he was struck by a driver fleeing from the California Highway Patrol.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tears fell again when Rev. Dereca Blackmon led a libation ceremony.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She called forth the ancestors “not just to remember them, but to invite them to be with us right here, right now, to bless us as we’ve carved new spaces for our children and our communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She also invoked “the young ones who are yet to be born, that they may call our names with pride.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051392\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051392\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00517_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00517_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00517_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00517_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee walks up to the stage with a mayoral proclamation at the Black Futures Ball banquet hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Lee presented the Ida Louise Jackson Award. She knew the trailblazing educator and philanthropist personally and called the moment “Sankofa” — a Ghanaian concept of reflecting on one’s history and heritage to look toward the future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Just know that those who had the vision are proud,” Lee told the scholars. “You all are making sure that the world survives, and you are secure in the world, for the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Huerta, now 95, made her way to the podium, the room fell silent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051393\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051393\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00554_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00554_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00554_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00554_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ryan Nicole Austin (left) helps Dolores Huerta (right) walk to the stage at the Black Futures Ball banquet hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>She reminded the audience of the importance of education and awareness — especially in a time when the federal government has placed those keystone values on a chopping block. Racial and religious divisions, she said, are bolstered by withholding education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Si Se Puede,” Huerta said, and the entire room bellowed back: “YES YOU CAN!”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other speakers included Tajai and DJ Toure from the Oakland hip-hop collective Hieroglyphics. Tajai described “the beautiful vortex” of movements born in the Bay Area — the Black Panthers, hippies, disability rights — and the homegrown talent that Oakland has gifted the world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Y’all are the people that are gonna save us,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12051398\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12051398\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00748_TV-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00748_TV-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00748_TV-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/08/250802-AFROFUTURES_00748_TV-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlay King hugs a friend at the Black Futures Ball hosted by The East Oakland Youth Development Center at Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland on Aug. 2, 2025. \u003ccite>(Tâm Vũ/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After the speeches and fundraising, the crowd poured onto the dance floor. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Rise East\u003c/strong> did \u003cem>it\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2023, Rise East — anchored by a collective of nonprofits known as the 40×40 Council — received a $50 million grant from \u003cstrong>Blue Meridian Partners\u003c/strong>, a national philanthropic organization. But there was a catch: The money could only be unlocked if Rise East raised $50 million from local donors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101909974/live-from-east-oakland-can-100-million-revitalize-oaklands-black-community\">Thursday episode of \u003cstrong>\u003cem>Forum\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>, Rise East formally announced it had surpassed the goal. The work of investing $100 million in East Oakland to drive systemic change — with a focus on education, public safety and housing — has already begun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What we’re talking about is a 40-square-block area — roughly from Interstate 580 to the San Francisco Bay and from Seminary Avenue to the San Leandro border — that has the densest concentration of Black people in Oakland. It’s where our shared history of disinvestment in Black communities can’t hide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rise East has a \u003ca href=\"https://www.riseeast.org/\">10-year plan\u003c/a> to address decades of harm. And it’s East Oakland natives who are leading the effort with hopes of keeping Black families in the neighborhood while encouraging the return of those displaced by economic barriers and systemic disinvestment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carolyn Johnson\u003c/strong>, CEO of the \u003cstrong>Black Cultural Zone,\u003c/strong> which, among other things, addresses the displacement of Black People and Black businesses in Oakland, emphasizes the need for affordable housing and job creation. For a community to exist and thrive, there has to be a place reserved for the community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There hasn’t been an effort like this that actually has the voices of folks who are born and raised in the area to be a part of the conversation,” Johnson told my colleague \u003cstrong>Brian Watt\u003c/strong> in November. “My vision is to see commercial corridors that are thriving, that are vibrant, that are filled with cultural artisans, makers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfO3NRN8jig\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Liberation Park project, a formerly abandoned lot that has been converted into a cultural hub, and the 8321 International Welcome Center are key Rise East initiatives. Johnson, who grew up in East Oakland, said Rise East is focused on healing and strengthening the Black community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t hold ‘place,’ we won’t be here,” she said. “So real estate is an important part, and really giving people opportunities to build economic wealth is critical.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $100 million is an investment in the health, safety and prosperity of East Oakland. It’s not enough to cure systemic inequities, but it can change the fortunes of a neighborhood and city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $100 million experiment offers a glimpse of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/reparations\">what reparations could look like\u003c/a> — not as a payout, but as an investment in public safety, a response to the decades of mass incarceration that undermined a generation of Black and brown families and destabilized their communities. Ballooning police budgets won’t solve what that kind of harm has done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020008\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020008\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-33-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carolyn Johnson (center right), CEO of Black Culture Zone, leads a fundraising walking tour for the Rise East collective along International Boulevard in Oakland on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Oakland residents deserve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040935/barbara-lee-sworn-in-as-oaklands-mayor-says-today-marks-a-new-era\">hope that doesn’t hinge on an election\u003c/a>. Oakland is the birthplace and home of much of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/bayareahiphop\">Bay Area’s culture\u003c/a>. Just ask the people rooted there; the people determined to build the future they want to see. For KQED, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/author/olivia-cruz-mayeda/\">\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> chronicled how the $100 million investment could bring its long-time residents relief in \u003cstrong>\u003cem>Deep Down\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqedarts/reel/DABtsbHyy2l/\">a five-part Instagram video series\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Deep Down\u003c/em> captured the beauty and realness of East Oakland, as well as the artists, business owners, community leaders and residents who dream of a better future. The series centered East Oakland’s cultural intersections — \u003ca href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/east-oakland-neighborhood-diversity-20279937.php\">Black, Japanese, Filipino, Indigenous and Latino families\u003c/a> living next to each other — that cracked under the weight of history.[aside postID=news_12008909 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/10/Deep-Down-1020x680.jpg']For a November 2023 \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/newsletters/political-breakdown\">\u003cstrong>\u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> newsletter, I wrote about the disinvestment in East Oakland that began when the General Motors assembly plant closed and moved to Fremont in 1963. The closure started an exodus of resources, and white residents fled the city for the suburbs, attracted by low-interest housing loans and newly-built highways that made it easier to commute to work in downtown Oakland, San Francisco or the South Bay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11943263/americas-highway-system-is-a-monument-to-environmental-racism-and-a-history-of-inequity\">Black neighborhoods in Oakland were bulldozed to make room for the highways\u003c/a>. Urban renewal, redlining and police violence contributed to East Oakland’s decline. Predatory check-cashing stores replaced banks. The one-two punch of the foreclosure crisis and the Great Recession crushed Black homeowners. Between 2007 and 2011, more than 10,500 Oakland homes were foreclosed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rise East plans to focus on investments in education, community safety, health care, affordable housing and boosting the local economy — you know, the areas that simply can’t be addressed through a tough-on-crime approach. The decade-long, community-led effort will be driven by local nonprofits and leaders rooted in East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_12020003\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12020003\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/241010-RiseEastDeepDown-56-BL-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The East Oakland Youth Development Center in Oakland on Oct. 10, 2024. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When I talked to \u003cstrong>Selena Wilson\u003c/strong>, CEO of the \u003ca href=\"https://eoydc.org/\">East Oakland Youth Development Center\u003c/a>, for the \u003cem>Political Breakdown\u003c/em> newsletter, she told me Rise East would succeed in raising $50 million. When we talked earlier this week, we reflected on how much Oakland — and the country — has changed in less than two years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Oakland is in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12038739/oakland-budget-keeps-fire-stations-closed-police-cuts-in-place-despite-new-sales-tax\">budget crisis\u003c/a> — and it could get worse. Same with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040189/ousd-after-school-programs-could-be-cut-by-at-least-50\">school district\u003c/a>. \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12041026/new-trump-administration-rules-could-cut-off-crucial-federal-homelessness-funding\">Federal dollars are drying up\u003c/a>, and the cuts are coming fast. Philanthropy, once eager in the wake of George Floyd’s murder five years ago, is stepping back — cautious now, quiet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12034699/racial-justice-advocates-stay-course-dei-faces-mounting-attacks\">DEI has become a dirty word\u003c/a> in some circles, an easy target for people who’ve stopped pretending to care about systemic inequality. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12033818/lgbtq-activists-rally-at-newsoms-home-demand-stronger-trans-rights-commitment\">queer and trans people are being demonized\u003c/a> — their existence politicized, their rights rolled back, their humanity debated like policy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The marginalized communities that we’re centering in this work are literally under attack in a different way, and so in that way the need has become even greater,” Wilson, an East Oakland native, said. “It’s kind of one of those two steps forward, three steps back, but we shall persist.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’re witnessing the renaissance of East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are undeterred. We are not discouraged. We are lionized, if anything, to triple down,” Wilson said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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Johnson, who grew up in East Oakland, said Rise East is focused on healing and strengthening the Black community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we don’t hold ‘place,’ we won’t be here,” she said. “So real estate is an important part, and really giving people opportunities to build economic wealth is critical.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $100 million is an investment in the health, safety and prosperity of East Oakland. It’s not enough to cure systemic inequities, but it can change the fortunes of a neighborhood and city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The $100 million experiment offers a glimpse of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/reparations\">what reparations could look like\u003c/a> — not as a payout, but as an investment in public safety, a response to the decades of mass incarceration that undermined a generation of Black and brown families and destabilized their communities. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deep East Oakland used to be a thriving community with movie theaters and bowling alleys. But the crack cocaine epidemic and decades of disinvestment hit the community hard. Now, a $100 million philanthropic investment is coming to this part of Oakland, and people from the community will decide how to use it. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reporter Olivia Cruz Mayeda joins us to talk about ‘Deep Down,’ a new series on \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/kqedarts/reel/DABtsbHyy2l/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">KQED Arts and Culture \u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">that explores the hopes and dreams of Deep East Oakland residents as they look towards this new investment.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https://playlist.megaphone.fm?e=KQINC6193867907&light=true\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This is a transcript of the episode.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Hey, do you want to come help make The Bay? Well, we’re looking for an intern! This is a paid 16-hour a week internship. You’ll work with us next year from January 21st to June 27th and your deadline to apply is November 8th. Check out \u003ca href=\"https://kqed.applytojob.com/apply/ECNyMQ12yY/The-Bay-Podcast-Intern\">the link to apply,\u003c/a> and good luck.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra and welcome to The Bay. Local news to keep you rooted. Years ago when Carolyn Johnson worked in private commercial real estate, she attended a workshop about the future of Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carolyn Johnson: \u003c/strong>You know I went in that room and I was like, I was the only person of color, let alone Black person in the room. And the speaker gets up and he says, “How many of you have seen Hunger Games?” I’m saying, “Yeah, that sounds a little weird.” He literally said with his mouth, “Oakland’s going to be District 1.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>The speaker, Johnson says, then turned his focus to Deep East Oakland, where Johnson grew up. He talked about the area known as the ’80s, nicknamed The Killing Zone and how the goal was to take everything there now and make it disappear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carolyn Johnson:\u003c/strong> And people applauded. They don’t anticipate that \u003cem>we\u003c/em> will be in this city.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Deep East Oakland, really the southernmost part of The Town, has experienced decades of disinvestment and was hit hard by the crack cocaine epidemic. Now, $100 million in investments are coming to this part of the city. And longtime residents from Deep East Oakland, people like Carolyn Johnson, are calling the shots on what happens with this money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carolyn Johnson: \u003c/strong>And our goal is to really improve sort of how we live and thrive in East Oakland. So again, bringing back some of those things but being able to own those spaces so that we can hold them in a community sort of trust and stewardship by folks who used to live in East Oakland and who live there now and who do business in East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Today, Reporter Olivia Cruz Mayeda talks with us about her docu-series ‘Deep Down,’ exploring what this historic investment could mean for Deep East Oakland and the longtime residents determined to see meaningful change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[SPONSOR MESSAGE]\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003ci>\u003c/i>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> Olivia, I wonder if we can just talk first about what we mean when we say Deep East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda:\u003c/strong> Yeah, that’s a really great question and it does vary depending on who you ask. But for the purposes of where this money is going, Deep East Oakland is a 40 by 40 block radius.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> This is Olivia Cruz Mayeda, who reported and produced the docu-series ‘Deep Down’ for KQED on Deep East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda:\u003c/strong> Its northernmost point is Seminary, and then Seminary basically to San Leandro and then between those two freeways. So up to the freeway and then down to where the Coliseum is. Deep East Oakland really is just South Oakland, but we don’t call anything South Oakland really, but it is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>But when we think of East Oakland, when you hear East Oakland, there is a sort of history that is so tied up into that. Right?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda:\u003c/strong> I think it’s understood by folks that live there, but also folks who are experts in studying different like economic factors in the Bay Area, that Deep East Oakland is a place that is particularly neglected.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tony Green:\u003c/strong> You have to look at where you’ve been to understand where you can go.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>Tony Green is a long time local historian and he’s also a teacher of social studies at Bishop O’Dowd High School, which is in Deep East Oakland. And he developed a curriculum about Black history and Black culture for students there, which was pretty revolutionary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Where we first began was the second Great Migration of Black folks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tony Green:\u003c/strong> We traveled along this this southern route. It was called the Sunset Line. Right from New Orleans through San Francisco to West Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong> West Oakland was called the Harlem of the West back in that time because it was such a lively place. That migration of folks, a lot of them came from the South. And in Tony’s words, were like very hard working people who wanted to create a better life and community for themselves out here.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tony Green: \u003c/strong>It was actually sort of a forced migration because of the way the Black folks were treated after slavery in the South. You know, from the lynchings to the burning some towns, etc. So you had this really driven, hard-working group of people who were viewing coming to the Bay, you know, as sort of the, the second great chance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda:\u003c/strong> And that West Oakland community expanded out to East Oakland and Deep East Oakland as well. And there was just like a lot of community events. It was a very lively place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tony Green:\u003c/strong> You had the, I think it was called the Grand Prix, but then you had like little, you know, little motor speedway down there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>I heard that kids could get like, they had little permits that they could get to drive on the speedway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tony Green:\u003c/strong>Yeah. Yeah.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>And then Tony kind of walked me through the crack cocaine epidemic, which he saw in real time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tony Green: \u003c/strong>So it would take over entire communities and people would act abnormally. Itcaused everything around it to sort of shrivel up and die. Right. Because because of the addictive nature of that drug.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>We are talking about Deep East Oakland now because we’re also sort of in another moment of change for this corner of the city, which is there is this investment that’s coming, a sort of turning of the page in a way. What is this money, Olivia, and where is it coming from and why is it going to Deep East Oakland?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>So the money comes from this philanthropic venture called Blue Meridian Partners. People might have heard them before because they’re attached to a lot of other institutions and philanthropic projects. Specifically, they chose Deep East Oakland to set up this match of $50 million. So they basically said, if you can find $50 million through other partners, organizations, individuals, private institutions, we will match that $50 million. So that total pot is $100 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the people who are really making the decisions on the ground is called, this collective of organizations called Rise East, which is housed under the 40 x 40 Council. So that’s a couple of different Deep East Oakland organizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra:\u003c/strong> But has there ever been investment like this in Deep East Oakland?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>Yeah, in my conversations with some of these folks who are now in these positions of power over this money, they’ve said that in the past there have been like philanthropic ventures out in Deep East Oakland and Oakland, but not in the same way and not in a way that feels like the decision making power is going to people who are from there. And I think in the Bay Area in general, a lot of communities are skeptical when this kind of money comes in.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carolyn Johnson:\u003c/strong>Everybody who comes in, all these nonprofits, what are you doing with the money? So we’re as skeptical as them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda:\u003c/strong> One of the people that we talked to in this series, Carolyn Johnson, she’s the CEO of the Black Cultural Zone. So for her and for other people that are part of this council, it’s really important that so many of them are born and raised there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carolyn Johnson :\u003c/strong> True Oakland natives or folks who are.,who have lived here for a really long time and know the history. And we’ve seen what hasn’t worked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>That’s what this money is all about, is making sure that people who are there now can stay there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So it seems like we’re in this sort of pivotal moment in Deep East Oakland Olivia, and I know you spent time talking with residents there about what they want to see done with this money. What did you hear?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>Number one that comes to mind is the houseless community there. When I talk to a lot of people and ask them, you know, if they had access to $100 million, what would they do with it? That was often like the first thing out of people’s mouths. was to like house and support houseless people out there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in general, just more investment, buying up real estate, giving loans to small business owners, creating education programs for local youth to be connected to jobs and sources of income. And they want to see more investment in the arts and culture scene there, for sure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Drew Banga: \u003c/strong>There is nothing to do in this Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>I talked to Drew Banga, who is an artist and DJ and music producer who’s from East Oakland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Drew Banga: \u003c/strong>My mom used to talk about how it used to be a bowling alley in East Oakland. Used to be a roller skating rink in East Oakland. Used to be a movie theater in East Oakland. We don’t have any of those things.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong> A lot of people were saying that they have to leave Deep East Oakland to have fun, to go to parties, to, you know, go to a movie theater. They have to leave their own neighborhood, which is not true for a lot of people in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Drew Banga: \u003c/strong>If I was able to put a club right next to the Coliseum and that be the place to be at every weekend, that would be lit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>Drew wants to see venues where, you know, he can spend a whole night and basically a whole weekend in Deep East Oakland. But as it stands now, he goes to, you know, downtown Oakland or he goes to the city or Berkeley or other places. But they would like to see, yeah, more investment in the enjoyment that people have.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong> And that’s a big element of it, too for Carolyn right? What did she tell you about what she and other community members actually are planning to do with the money as of now?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>One of the places that they’ve already invested some of the money is Liberation Park, where they would like to see like a revitalized market place and renovated public housing also. And in general, I think they’re still planning this part, like their whole kind of real estate plan. But there’s a number of properties all across Deep East Oakland that they have their eye on. And one really big goal for them is to have a cultural hub every ten blocks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carolyn Johnson: \u003c/strong>So imagine roller skating over here, movies over there, tracks over here, places to go, clubs, food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>The way that, you know, in other parts of Oakland, other parts of the Bay, every neighborhood kind of has an area that people go for events and things like that. And that’s going to require them to acquire real estate to put these these hubs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>But now she’s sort of in a position where she can make some big decisions about what actually happens in in Deep East Oakland, is it fair to say that she’s excited about this opportunity and about this money and what it means?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>I would say she’s excited, but I think the word that comes more to mind is motivated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carolyn Johnson: \u003c/strong>That $100 million is a drop in the bucket and we appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>While $100 million is a great start, for her it’s a start. She says, well, we’re already thinking about the next $100 million, really the next $500 million because $100 million sounds like a lot at face value. But in the Bay Area, it’s really not. And I think they’re already finding in this project that the money goes really fast, especially when we’re talking about real estate and competing with other developers who have so many more resources than community organizations do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Carolyn Johnson: \u003c/strong>The real estate needs that we have, ten hubs costs about $1.75 billion to do because you’re not just doing the hub, you’re doing the ten blocks around it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>I think she feels a deep sense of responsibility.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>So it sounds like there’s sort of a lot of things that people are envisioning for this this money, housing, arts and culture, education. How would you, I guess, describe what people have told you, that the sort of overarching themes here and their hopes ultimately for this money?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>That’s a great question. I think people’s hopes for this money is to live a safe and fun life. That sounds so simple, but I think that’s true. And I think that’s what everyone wants and what everyone deserves.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tony Green:\u003c/strong> Deep East Oakland can get back to where it used to be.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda:\u003c/strong> Tony Green talked about this idea of rootedness in Deep East Oakland so beautifully.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tony Green :\u003c/strong>This investment of all of this money, it has to start in the roots. So you got to create a foundation and it might take you a full generation to realize the full potential of that investment. Right. 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They seem pretty confident that they’re going to get there since they’ve already raised that $45 million, which will then be matched to $100 million once it reaches 50. So that’s kind of where they are in the timeline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They’re still fundraising, but they’ve already invested some of this money at Liberation Park and that renovation of that marketplace and housing and in educational programs. But it’s my understanding that people on this council are thinking a lot more long term than that because they feel like they have to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We should always be highlighting these people who are making art and economic opportunities for their community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>Well, thank you so much, Olivia, for sharing your reporting with us. I appreciate it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Olivia Cruz Mayeda: \u003c/strong>Thank you so much for having me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Ericka Cruz Guevarra: \u003c/strong>That was Olivia Cruz Mayeda, a reporter and producer for ‘Deep Down,’ a social video series for KQED. You can find ‘Deep Down’ on the KQED Arts Instagram page. I highly recommend checking it out. It’s got some really, really beautiful visuals, including some really beautiful film photos by photographer Pablo Circa. And they’re in film, which just makes it that much better.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This 35 minute conversation with Olivia was cut down and edited by senior editor Alan Montecillo. Jessica Kariisa is our producer. She scored this episode and added all the tape.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Music courtesy of the Audio Network. The Bay is made by me, Alan Montecillo, and Jessica Kariisa with support from Jen Chien. Katie Sprenger, Maha Sanad and Holly Kernan. We are a production of listener supported KQED in San Francisco. I’m Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Thanks for listening. Peace.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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