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2021 January, Guest Post · December 29, 2020

AIM’s Path to Racial Equity

From Andy Naja-Riese, AIM CEO – In partnership with AIM’s Board of Directors, we have developed and published our Path to Racial Equity where we can contribute to creating an equitable food and farming system. Racial equity is the fair treatment of people of all races. We will achieve racial equity in the food and farming system […]

2021 January, Guest Post · December 28, 2020

Farmers Market AIMing for a Five Year Lease

by Jerry Barclay – After two-plus years of on/off negotiations for the operation of the Grand Lake Farmers Market at Splash Pad Park, a long-sought agreement between the Agricultural Institute of Marin (AIM) and the City of Oakland is expected to be completed in early 2021. One last issue has delayed a deal, but that appears […]

2020 December, Guest Post · November 30, 2020

From Vietnam to the Land of Opportunity

by Marcia Lam – I was born in North Vietnam. In February 1978, as property was being confiscated and relations with China were deteriorating, my parents (like thousands of other ethnic Chinese) decided to leave with their four kids (ages 8, 6, 4, and 2) plus one in my mom’s tummy. We were accompanied by […]

2020 December, Guest Post · November 30, 2020

From Gujarat to Lakeshore: Living the American Dream

by the Patel family – In Gujarat, India, Jessie’s family tended to a sugarcane and rice farm, which may help explain why she still loves working in her garden. In 1974, when still a teenager, she emigrated to the United States along with her parents and four siblings in search of better economic opportunities and […]

2020 December, California Native Garden, Guest Post · November 30, 2020

Splash Pad’s California Native Garden

A message from Mary Jo Sutton:The California native plant beds in Splash Pad Park are maintained solely by volunteers. If you are interested in learning about native plants and have a little time to spare, please join us on the 4th Sunday of every month. We work from 9 am – 12 pm but some […]

C. J. Hirschfield, Guest Post, Ken Katz, News, Newsletter, Sheila McCormick, Sheila McCormick Neighborhood Walks · July 31, 2020

Splash Pad News – August 2020

Salsa By The Lake by C.J.Hirschfield You really could call communications/public affairs professional Isaac Kos-Reed the ultimate Lake Merritt lover. He lives on its shore and, for 13 years, he’s been dancing by it. And now? He’s taken a sworn oath to protect it. But the current weekend craziness at his beloved Lake threatens to […]

Guest Post · June 29, 2018

Elida Scola – Celebrates 35 Years on Grand

In 1983 when I met Michael, the owner of Donoho Gallery at 3421 Grand, we had dark brown hair. We were both skinny and anxious, he as the caregiver to a partner with a mysterious disease and me on the brink of self-employment. Mothers with children were no longer forced to cross the street since […]

Guest Post, Newsletter · January 31, 2018

Oakland Is On A Roll

Oakland Is on a Roll by Gary Meyer Social media has been hot for BLACK PANTHER and two weeks ago it set an all-time advance ticket sales record for a Marvel film.Wait until you read the advance tweets from critics and celebrities. Can’t wait to see it with an audience at the Grand Lake where Oakland director Ryan Coogler’s […]

Guest Post · November 30, 2017

Fairyland’s C.J. Hirschfield: “We’re in the Memory-Making Business”

by David Gans C. J. Hirschfield is the Executive Director of Children’s Fairyland, the first storybook-themed park in America, located in Lakeside Park in downtown Oakland. “Fairyland is a therapeutic environment,” she says. “It’s ten acres of gardens in the heart of the city, totally low-tech. It’s about appreciating family time. We are a cynicism-free zone. […]

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