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Over 200 former Great Dickens Christmas Fair participants are organizing a boycott, saying it has not done enough to address concerns from people of color.

Erin Feher February 24, 2021Updated: February 26, 2021, 3:13 pm Akilah Cadet Photo: Steve Babuljak Being an anti-racist educator in 2021 can feel like something of a contradiction. “I work hard every day to put myself out of business,” says Akilah Cadet, who has a doctorate of health science in leadership and organizational behavior. Cadet has made a career out of guiding non-Black people into allyship with the Black community through her Oakland company, Change Cadet. She’s also the chief creative officer at Represent Collaborative, a new media initiative that centers Blac...

Shaquille Heath February 22, 2021Updated: February 22, 2021, 8:41 pm Artist Woody De Othello Photo: Smeeta Mahanti Long before the pandemic forced everyone to stay indoors, where many found themselves making friends with lampshades or that old wooden stool, Woody De Othello had made household objects his muse. The Oakland artist has spent about a decade working with clay, creating ceramic vessels that subtly speak his personal truths. Though Othello is known for breathing new life into the ordinary, the metaphor becomes intentional. Ears materialize out of clay so naturally, you ...

Meet the Bay Area publisher who has spent her career elevating Black voices - including Kamala Harris' Laura Lane FacebookTwitterEmail Amelia Ashley-Ward, publisher of San Francisco’s oldest Black newspaper, the Sun-Reporter, sits for a portrait surrounded by images of the publication's iconic founder, civil rights leader Dr. Carlton Goodlett in 2020.Jen Siska After Kamala Harris gave the speech of her life on Nov. 7 — declaring victory in the election and cementing herself as the first African American, first South Asian and first woman to be elected vice president — one of her good fr...