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Tag: Covid-19

Posted inMi Historia

‘Todo se acumuló’: sobreviviendo al COVID-19 y la violencia en East Oakland

by Francisca Sánchez February 21, 2023March 18, 2023

Francisca Sánchez emigró a California para que su hija Rosa cumpliera el sueño de ir a la universidad. Pero la pandemia y la violencia se interpusieron.

Posted inMi Historia

‘Everything piled up’: surviving COVID-19 and violence in East Oakland

by Francisca Sánchez February 21, 2023February 27, 2023

Francisca Sánchez emigrated to California so that her daughter could fulfill the dream of going to university. But the pandemic and the escalating violence got in their way.

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Undocumented and unhoused

by Madeleine Bair and Marta Martinez February 6, 2023March 22, 2023

Evictions went down in California during the pandemic, thanks to an eviction moratorium that protected tenants. But the housing struggles of undocumented communities aren’t being captured by authorities. 

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The roadblocks to relief

by tania quintana May 10, 2022February 14, 2023

Latino immigrants sound off on the challenges of accessing social services intended to help through the pandemic

Posted inHealth Equity

More Oaklanders left sick and in the dark as COVID surges and county says it can’t keep up

by Jacob Simas and Madeleine Bair January 12, 2021March 22, 2023

After Maria González got sick, she expected a follow-up call from county health workers. Why didn’t it come?

Posted inMi Historia

We’re going out. Not because we want to, but because we need to

by Orlando Ruiz July 9, 2020February 14, 2023

Latinos represent over half of known coronavirus cases in Alameda County. Oakland resident Orlando Ruiz shares his family’s story.

Posted inMi Historia

We were happy. But when the illness appeared, things got complicated.

by José Martín Aguilar June 18, 2020February 14, 2023

One member of East Oakland’s immigrant Mam community shares his story about surviving during the pandemic.

Posted inMi Historia

‘Éramos felices, pero llegó la enfermedad y se complicaron las cosas’

by José Martín Aguilar June 17, 2020March 24, 2023

Un residente de East Oakland de la comunidad Mam comparte su historia de supervivencia durante la pandemia.

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