

#WatchingOUSD, part 2 of a 3 part series
(Genesis youth interns created a 3 part blog post to follow up from the Genesis November Forum. Here is installment #2, which focuses on state funding that might have helped restore the transit lines to Montera and Skyline. OUSD staff confirmed that this bill was vetoed by Governor Jerry Brown.) What is SB 527 and how could it have helped with funding for youth transit? At the second forum, a community member asked Director James Harris of the Board of OUSD if the funding ma


#WatchingOUSD, Part 1 of a 3 part series
On November 13th, Genesis hosted its second Community Forum with leaders from the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and AC Transit at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Oakland. The issue at hand: whether or not transit lines to Montera Middle School and Skyline High School will be restored. We gave the audience the opportunity to write their questions on blue pieces of paper, which I read during the Q & A portion of the meeting. From a Youth intern’s perspective, a simpl