What an awesome day at Clinton Park where EBAYC’s Children’s Day was being held! We were happy to set up the 32ft Obstacle Course, Basketball Toss, and Axe Throw for them 🎉
Nothing like happy faces and wonderful memories
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Introducing Franklin x EBAYC’s very own folklórico group! 💃✨ Our girls have been working so hard for their Cinco de Mayo performance and they absolutely delivered. We’re beyond proud of the beautiful showcase they put on.
A huge thank you to Ms. Mercedes for inspiring and guiding our students! 🤍
Honored to host EBAYC’s Children’s Day 2026 at Clinton Park, welcoming over 500 students from four different elementary schools for a day filled with joy, laughter, and community.
For the past 2.5 years, one of our biggest goals has been to help make Clinton Park clean, safe, and welcoming enough for kids and families to truly return and enjoy the space again. Seeing hundreds of children running, playing, laughing, and bringing life back into this park was a powerful reminder of why this work matters so much.
This is the heart behind the long hours, endless meetings, partnerships, and community efforts — creating spaces where Oakland youth can connect, be active outdoors, build friendships across cultures, step away from screens, and simply enjoy being kids.
The energy these students brought to the park made the entire space feel alive. Moments like this make every challenge worth it.
Huge thank you to @ebaycprograms for trusting us with such a meaningful event and for continuing to invest in Oakland’s youth and community.
As your Councilmember of District 2, I’m committed to implementing solutions towards the ongoing commercial sex exploitation along The Blade.
This pilot, which prevents right turns from International Blvd. onto 9th, 10th and 11th, is just one of three strategies we are working on executing towards protection and prevention.
Cities with grid structures similar to Oakland, such as the Bissonnet Street Track in Houston, have used this model with success. I believe it is worth trying, as did a majority of community members at Monday night’s community meeting. This pilot will allow us to gather data necessary to understand the impact in the community.
#oakland #charleneforoakland #district2 #endsextrafficking #townbiz
I hope to see you at my upcoming town hall with Alameda County Supervisor Lena Tam next Saturday, May 9! We’re looking forward to hearing your questions and suggestions.
Please RSVP and submit your questions using the QR code or at this link:
https://bit.ly/WangTamTownHall
#oakland #townhall #district2 #townbiz #citycouncil
We need to hear from all community members and business leaders as the City will present options for pilot initiatives to address the sex-trafficking along International Blvd.
SHADE’s Annual STOP THE P.I.M.P Community Event ✊🏽💜
Since 2008, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors has recognized the fourth week of April as Sexually Exploited Minors Awareness Week—bringing attention to the reality of commercial sexual exploitation and its impact as a form of child abuse.
This event is about more than awareness—it’s about building resilience, education, and community support for our youth and those most impacted.
Together, we stand to protect, uplift, and empower.
#StopThePimp #SEMAwarenessWeek #EndHumanTrafficking #ProtectOurYouth #SHADEMovement
Last week, we gathered in community for a powerful and generative Leader Circle with our Emerging Women of Color LeadStrong Fellows.
We held space for reflection, connection, and visioning—diving into thoughtful conversations about our upcoming Annual Convening and grounding ourselves in the rich insights of Healing Justice Lineages: Dreaming at the Crossroads of Liberation, Collective Care, and Safety.
This powerful anthology, edited by Cara Page and Erica Woodland, invites us to understand healing justice as a political strategy. One rooted in collective care, safety, and liberation from systemic violence.
Together, we explored its documentation of ancestral healing practices, its critique of commodified self-care, and its call for community-led models like abolitionist mental health programs that center disability, reproductive, and transformative justice. The text serves as both a historical archive and a bold call to action.
Grateful for the brilliance, vulnerability, and leadership in this circle.
#LeaderSpring #LeadStrong #WomenOfColorLeaders #EWOC2027 #HealingJustice #CommunityCare #LeadershipDevelopment
