#oakland-community

#oakland-community

Save the date for the 6th Annual Pho for the People event at Monster Pho! This will be a fantastic community event with free pho and lots of connecting with the community. Seiji Oda will be performing, so come for the pho and stay for the music! This is also a community toy drive, so remember to bring a new toy to donate. Pho will be available from 10am until 3pm, or until they run out.

One such gathering Wednesday evening in deep East Oakland was a "know-your-rights" safety training and town hall. Organized by Rev. Cheryl Ward, longtime pastor and founder of Cheryl Ward Ministries, and hosted by Amos Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, the event featured speakers from the Anti Police-Terror Project, Oakland Rising Action, and the Oakland/Berkeley chapter of Black Women Organized for Political Action.

I said I'd leave if I didn't like it, but the minute I walked in, it felt like home," she said. "It's special and diverse - an in-the-city church where people from all over come.