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College Student Shot 11 Times Joins Anti-Gun Violence Project
When I first thought about creating the Oakland Gun Violence Interview Series project I had a lot of people come to mind for who I could interview. Growing up in Oakland, most of the people that I know have been affected by gun violence in one way or another. Either they’ve shot someone, have been shot, or have a friend or…
Gary Understands How You Feel
Gary Noesner spent more than three decades as a hostage crisis negotiator. Yeah, like real crazy Law & Order type stuff. But it’s what Gary’s good at. After a siege went awry in Texas, Noesner took it upon himself to improve the whole program. At the core of this approach was a tool he thinks we all can benefit from…
Woman Stands Up to Far-Right Violence With Silent Smile
Because standing up for others is a universal, here’s a little shot of courage that’s made its way across the pond. ⠀⠀ In the UK, when some far-right protesters surrounded a woman in a hijab, Saffiyah Khan stepped in and smiled. She felt that being earnest and willing to listen was the best way to make the protesters question their…
Photographer Finds Muse While Spending 21st Birthday in Jail
Spun from Bay Area yarn, Jean Melesaine calls this place her forever home—she even has ‘Bay Area’ tattooed across her forearms. A Samoan-American and photographer by trade, she opens windows into lives many of us would never know. ⠀⠀ Through her job at Silicon Valley De-Bug – an organization that uses storytelling as a force for change – she co-edited a…
‘The Hate U Give’ Shows Why Black Lives Matter, Well, Matters
News of death and destruction has so many of us feeling blue, but one young Black woman turned a popular movement into art in super awesome ways. ⠀⠀ In recent years, Black Lives Matter has spearheaded a movement for the importance of the lives of Black people in the face of police brutality. For writer Angie Thomas, however, the movement…
Small Town Conservative Community Stands Up for Detained Mexican Restaurant Manager
Fox News told the story of Juan Carlos, a father of three, and the effort of the West Frankfort, Illinois, a community he’s served for over a decade. If you ask residents of the coal-mining town whether they support Trump’s controversial crackdown on undocumented immigrants, they’d all cheer. But the conservative community members did all they could to help the…
