Part 5 By Tanya Dennis Rise East is a $100 million privately funded initiative to rebuild Black neighborhoods in a 40×40 block area in East Oakland over ten years. Project partners are Oakland Thrives, the 40×40 Council, and Blue Meridian Partners. East Oakland Youth Development Center and Roots Clinic are other supporters. In 1855, abolitionist […]

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