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Feminine hygiene products unavailable to many East Bay women

By Lizzie Roberts | April 12, 2017 | 1
A Friendly Manor, an Oakland women's homeless shelter, is one of the few places in the East Bay where women can obtain feminine hygiene products for free. Photo by Lizzie Roberts.

It’s an early Thursday morning and a slow trickle of clients are coming through the doors of A Friendly Manor, a center for homeless women in West Oakland. The sign-up sheet for showers that day is almost full, and the women take their seats around the common room, their belongings stacked next to them and…

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Tales of Two Cities: Ladies Night

By Richmond Confidential | November 22, 2016
Tales of Two Cities brings you audio stories from Oakland and Richmond. Design by Angelica Casas.

Welcome back to the Tales of Two Cities podcast. This week is all about the ladies—stories of women doing incredible things in their communities.

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‘Sisters in solidarity’ event set for Saturday

By Robert Rogers | March 11, 2011
mary peace head and mayor gayle mclaughlin dancing

More than 30 local organizations and hundreds of residents and city leaders will gather in Lovonya DeJean Middle School’s multipurpose room Saturday for the event, titled “Sisters in Solidarity: Richmond the Beloved Community.”

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Happy New Year! Looking back at 2010

By Mark Oltmanns | January 1, 2011

We’ve selected an important story from each month of 2010. Take a look and drop us a comment about what you think is in store for next year.

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A city where the women flex their muscles

By Robert Rogers | April 16, 2010

What is Richmond’s greatest resource? Its deep water bay? Its status as home to one of the nation’s largest oil refineries? Its history as a WWII hub of manufacturing? How about its women?

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Women gather to celebrate the past – and the future

By Robert Rogers | March 15, 2010 | 3

More than 200 women, and a handful of children and men, gathered at Dejean Middle School Saturday to celebrate their progress – and their future.

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