The Mango Bride — Oakland Public Library

Family Style — Oakland Public Library

Family Style — Pham, Thien, — "Told through the lens of meaningful food and meals, this graphic novel chronicles the author's childhood immigration to America, where food takes on new meaning as he and his family search for belonging, for happiness and for the American dream."--

The End of Textuality - Real Housewives of San Francisco

Authenticity in the age of GenAI

The End of Textuality - Real Housewives of San Francisco

Authenticity in the age of GenAI

Refusing Settler Domesticity — Oakland Public Library

Refusing Settler Domesticity — Keliiaa, Caitlin, — In the early twentieth century, the Bay Area Outing Program coercively recruited over a thousand Native girls and women from boarding schools to labor as live-in domestic workers across the San Francisco Bay Area. Outing removed Native people from their communities and transferred them to white homes, farms, and businesses to work as menial laborers. In exchange for room, board, and meager pay, Native women and girls as young as twelve cooked, cleaned, and lived in the homes of their employers. Despite oppressive living and working conditions, Native women strategically resisted the worst aspects of outing, including Indian child removal, sexual surveillance, criminalization, and exploitation. Throughout, they forged social connections and navigated relationships to refuse domestication and assert their agency. In this groundbreaking work, Historian Caitlin Keliiaa examines Native women's lived experiences of federal policy and connects outing to the region's longer history of coerced Native labor. The book, as indictment, expands the existing work on Indian boarding schools, urban Indians, and the history of California and the West.

The Edge of Fruitvale — Oakland Public Library

The Edge of Fruitvale — DaCosta, Rohan, — Poetry, prose, and photographs.

When Pedro Arrests Juan: Why Latinos Join Border Patrol and ICE  ~ L.A. TACO

Many Latino families inherited the same lesson generation after generation: When society views you as foreign, proving your Americanness can become its own form of survival.

“Denying America”: Vivian's Counterstory of Undocumented Status

Abstract. This article provides a counterstory of a formerly undocumented Latina student's experiences navigating school and music education in the United States. Using tenets of undocumented critical theory (UndocuCrit) and counter-storytelling, I share Vivian's journey through secondary and postsecondary education as she encountered systemic barriers in pursuit of a career in music education. Vivian's narrative revealed institutional hindrances that disrupted access to music education at both secondary and postsecondary levels. Notably, shifting policies, misinformation, limited access to funding, and issues with immigration documents interfered with Vivian's aspirations of becoming a certified, full-time music educator. Unwavering familial support and legal assistance from a skilled attorney aided her pursuit of higher education. Eventually, Vivian fashioned a new path in a different field of study and now uses her experiential knowledge to assist others who are undocumented. Possibilities for working with undocumented immigrant students and families are discussed in light of fluid immigration policies and the ongoing sociopolitical climate.

Over Easy by Mimi Pond | East Bay Booksellers

A fast-paced semi-memoir about diners, drugs, and California in the late 70sAfter being denied financial aid to cover her last year of art school, Margaret takes a waitressing job at local Oakland fixture: the Imperial Café.

Good Enough Ancestor: Release Roundtable

Audrey Tang joins the crew and creator of her biopic, Good Enough Ancestor, to celebrate its release.

The Fluidity and Fun of Chino Latino Cuisine Reaches New Fandoms

The bright, bold fusion cuisine is looking to the future without forgetting its past