Oakland, California

The city of Oakland, California lies at the center of the Pacific Coast between Canada and Mexico. Oakland is on the east side of San Francisco Bay, 19 miles of coastline to the west and flatland/hills to the east. The community surrounding Oakland occupies a total area of 78.0 square miles, land of 55.8 square miles and water of 22.2 square miles (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). According to the city data, cities adjacent to Oakland include Berkeley (north); San Leandro (south); Alameda across the estuary;

Section A: Statement of Need (Loan) Geographic Area The geographic area of Oakland lies on the West Coast of the United States. Within the state of California, Oakland is on the east side of the San Francisco Bay with 19 miles of coastline to the west and flatland/hills to the east. Oakland occupies a total area of 78.0 square miles, land of 55.8 square miles and water of 22.2 square miles (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). It is bordered by the city of Berkeley on the North, the city of San Leandro on

Panthers. Originally created as an armed force protecting the black community from the racist Oakland police, the Panthers' reputation grew and people started to know who the Black Panthers were.. The Panthers became a new, but powerful voice in the Civil Rights Movement, and they rejected the mainstream movement's nonviolent approach. The Panthers focused much of their time on communities, and the California movement sparked chapters across the nation. By 1968, Seale decided that the formation and

Oakland, California, the city that people consider as one of the top five most dangerous cities in the United States. Growing up in the city next to it and having family there, I developed strong bonds to Oakland. I have always seen Oakland in the light for being outrageously diverse and being resilient. My first thoughts of Oakland never consisted of them of the city being dangerous or a bad place to live in. I knew that Oakland is dangerous but I have never experienced anything that made my outlook

Clorox Company (Clorox) is a company with publicly-traded shares and it has operations in four different sectors; Household, Cleaning, International and Lifestyle. Clorox’s main products include Healthlink, Clorox Healthcare, Green Works and Pine-Sol products among others. In this research paper, a strategic assessment and organizational analysis of Clorox Company is carried out. The organizational analysis covers financial position, industry and competitors, organization situation and strategic

a speech given by Malcolm X. Together they formed an organization, off of their beliefs, called Black Panthers, later being renamed the Black Panther Party. Originally was created as an armed force, protecting the black community from the racist Oakland police, as the Panther reputation grew, so did the range of the organization itself. The Panthers became the new voice of the Civil Right Movement. The group did not agree with the nonviolent

African-American man, Oscar Grant, fatally shot by a Bay Area Rapid Transport (BART) police officer in 2009. As the movie begins, it shows the actual footage of Oscar Grant and several of his friends being detained by the BART Police at the Fruitvale Station in Oakland on New Year’s Day. Then as the story continues, it leads up to what resulted in the fatal shooting, to which it all began with the train ride back home. On his final train ride, a customer from the grocery store that Grant used to work at calls out

The film Fruitvale Station is a true story about a young man named Oscar Grant III. Oscar lived in Hayward California with his long term girlfriend and his young daughter. The film was directed by Ryan Coogler and was first put in the movie theaters in late July of 2013. The star of the film is Micheal B Jordan who also plays in Chronicle, one of my favorite movies. Micheal is a young aspiring actor who has just recently become very popular. In the movie Oscar wakes up on the last day of the year

BOULDER, Colo.—Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panthers Party and self-described “revolutionary humanist,” is coming to University of Colorado Boulder. This is following an event nearly one year ago when Milo Yiannopoulos, a conservative agitator from the alt-right, stirred protests from a “lecture” titled “Why Ugly People Hate Me” in which he insulted women, people of color and other various marginalized groups. Seale is set to speak in CU Boulder’s mathematics building during a lecture, Q&A

Fruitvale station is the true story of Oscar Grant’s senseless death in San Francisco during New Year's Day of 2009. Oscar was living his life normally after leaving prison, but no one expected his untimely death by a police officer after a fight broke out on the train back home. The events thourout the film and throughout his life, Oscars path has been set and can rest in peace not needing to worry about his struggles in life. His path took him away from violence after spending time in jail, stopped