East Oakland Commmunity High Set to Close While Murder Rate Increases

Oakland California was the victim of 148 murders in the year of 2006. This upcomming year Oakland will be the victim of East Oakland Community High School closing, as well as 3 other schools: Sherman Elementary, Kismit Middle, and Merrit Middle College Prep. After 2 years of service to the community, ESO Community High will get shut down. This school with the Avenues Project has exposed the youth to Arts, Education, Job Skills, Life Skills, and has overall giving the kids hope in the city of 400,000. A visit to their website cant help but leave you impressed, with Black Panther History Day, discussions with the Brown Berets, on site education of the US Border, and more, it makes the conscious person think .. WHY WOULD THEY CLOSE A SCHOOL THAT HAS BEEN SO PROGRESSIVE AFTER ONLY 2 YEARS!! With a 57% increase in murders from the previous year and the most murders the city has seen since 1993, the assualt is on against the youth of Oakland. How can the lack of programs, the lack of jobs and the high rate of murders not seem related... in 1993 Sideshows were at an all time high, with the reports on Sideshows in Oakland recently the need for the youth to do something should be evident. DAUNDAGROUND.COM salutes the Teachers, Organizers, and most especially students who have worked with these schools and continue to fight against the negative forces that surrond Oakland. DAUNDAGROUND provides some video history on the activites like the Sideshow and lack there of in the TOWN.. DJ Ragesouljah