October 8, 2012 Edition III—Youth Focus: Oakland’s Future with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, March 15, 2012 “I believe that a job stops a bullet. I think a lot of young people wouldn’t be on the streets if we could provide them with real jobs.” Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Youth Focus, April 14, 2011 Mayor [...]
May 8, 2012 Edition II—Youth Focus: Oakland’s Future with OUSD Superintendent Tony Smith, December 7, 2011 We need to be a system that is always about putting the needs of children and families first, and then designing backwards from the needs that they have. That means a rethinking of structures, systems, contracts, always in service [...]
December 8, 2011 Edition I—Youth Focus: Oakland’s Future with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, April 14, 2011 The young people of Oakland went straight to the top with their concerns, getting the opportunity to grill Mayor Jean Quan.In office for only a few months, the mayor agreed to sit down with high school students and youth [...]
