The first podcast from the new series featuring peacemakers and community transformers in Oakland whose wisdom can bring peace to your life and your community, wherever you call home.

Hope from the Hood - The Peaceful City Podcast - episode 0

The East Point Peace Academy brings nonviolence training in the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King and Mahatma Gandhi into jails, schools, meditation centers, and anywhere the community wants to make things right. Kazu has a dream of creating a community where nonviolence is a way of life as well as a skill we bring into creating justice, and the Academy’s impact is already being felt in the halls of San Quentin and on the streets of Oakland. Listen to his story and how Kazu is being peace.

Hope from the Hood - The Peaceful City Podcast Episode 1

United Roots brings beats to the streets and transformation to Oakland youth. Tune in to learn how director Galen Silvestri and United Roots are being peace.

Hope from the Hood - The Peaceful City Podcast - Episode 2 United Roots

AshEL Eldridge is not only the musical mastermind who let us use his song "Any Day Now" as our podcast's theme song; he's also built up an amazing non-profit/for-profit hybrid that provides nutrition, job training, and a healthy dose of justice to the city of Oakland and beyond. Be inspired by how SOS Juice is being peace.

Hope from the Hood - Episode 4 -SOS Juice

Shilpa Jain and YES are creating amazing networks of people changing the world so we all have the support system we need to really change it! Tune in and be inspired with how Shilpa is being peace

Hope from the Hood - Episode 5 - Shilpa Jain and Yes

Niroga Institute provides yoga and meditation skills to youth in juvenile detention facilities and cancer survivors and often overlooked communities who deserve access to inner peace.

Sandhya Jha