Archive for January, 2011
Restaurant Week a delicious new tradition for Oakland
Oakland’s gourmet scene is growing. For the very first time, the city of Oakland will be home to Oakland Restaurant Week, January 23-29. Many of the best local dining establishments will be offering special prix-fixe dinners. Enjoy all that Oakland has to offer in terms of fine dining this weekend!
Oakland Parks Coalition organizes
Oakland Parks Council has announced its first Annual Meeting and has invited everyone in Oakland who gives selflessly of their time and efforts to the improvement of our parks, medians and plazas. Is this you or someone you know?
Volunteer service opportunity for the Alameda County Homeless Census
You can contribute to helping our homeless neighbors as a volunteer for the Alameda County Homeless Census. Please consider volunteering on January 25th.
OaklandSeen draws the attention of right-wing blogosphere
We’ve made it! As a new online journal appealing to the large progressive community of Oakland, we know we have finally arrived when our stories are used by conservative media to villify other progressives.
Photo: History of Oakland – Paul Robeson sings the national anthem on the Oakland docks, 1942
During WWII, African Americans began to emigrate in large numbers from the deep South to Oakland. It goes without saying that for most of them, the “Dock of the Bay” was their first taste of racial equality. The international celebrity Paul Robeson came to visit the dockworkers and was captured in this historic photo from 1942.
Martin Luther King: Black radio and using words as weapons
We should be mindful of King’s words as we dialogue about what sort of responsibility those who speak to the public have, especially via broadcast media.
Video: How Martin Luther King, Jr’s birthday inspired a day of service
“If you want to be important, wonderful. If you want to be recognized, wonderful. If you want to be great, wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That’s the new definition of greatness. By giving that definition of greatness, that means that everyone can be great, because everyone [...]
Youth speak out on the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Gifted and committed youth from the Martin Luther King, Jr. Freedom Center in Oakland have been asked to speak at a rally on Monday
Historic videos: Robert “Bobby” Kennedy and Walter Cronkite announce the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. – 1968
Robert Kennedy appeared onstage to announce the assassination of MLK, Jr. in 1968. His brother, Pres. JFK, had been shot, and Bobby later shared the same fate.
Video interview: Civil rights attorney John Burris on Martin Luther King’s legacy
OaklandSeen asked local Civil Rights attorney John Burris to talk about some of the injustices still facing Oaklanders, and what Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights Movement mean today.
