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Issues of Substance - The Stanford Daily

Last in a series of editorials with a focus on East Palo Alto. This one is about the connection between drug use at Stanford and drug dealing in East Palo...

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Flyer for KQED Documentary "The Other Side of the Freeway"

Flyer for the KQED documentary "The Other Side of the Freeway" about East Palo Alto's efforts to force drug dealers off the streets. Produced by Scott...

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Drug Sting Snares 21 in East P.A. - San Jose Mercury News

Article about the work of undercover EPA Police Department officers posing as local drug dealers and arresting 21 customers in the process with the theory...

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All the Wrong Moves: Life Among the Dope Fiends in East Palo Alto - West Magazine

Article about the residents of EPA that use drugs. Compares EPA to the much whiter and wealthier surrounding Peninsula neighborhoods.

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Police Use Color as Drug Bust Key - San Mateo Times

Article about the EPA Police Department using racial profiling to identify out-of-town white people coming to EPA to purchase drugs. Discusses the racial...

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A Park that's Full of Drugs - Times Tribune

Article about the history of Jack Farrell Park and how it became a "haven for crack deals and violence." The park was the scene of the shooting and killing...

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Neighbors Get Rid of Crack House - San Jose Mercury News

Article about four East Palo Alto neighbors working together to take a stand against a crack house on Palo Verde Avenue. Describes the ongoing crime the...

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East Palo Alto Residents Get Rid of Crack House - Palo Alto Weekly

Article about five East Palo Alto neighbors working together to take a stand against a crack house in their neighborhood. They did not receive any response...

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Victory for Neighborhood Against Drug Dealers - San Mateo County Times

Article about EPA neighbors Doug and Deneise Harrington, Estela Guerrero, Ken Hahn, and Claudy Thomas taking the landlord of a local crack house to small...

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Free at Last 2016-17 Annual Report

Annual report for Free at Last's Community Recovery and Rehabilitation Services. Includes a message from Board Chair Vicki Smothers, metrics of individuals...

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Innovative Parolee Program Faces Uncertain Future - Palo Alto Weekly

Article about the East Palo Alto Parole Reentry Program closing due to funding problems. Mentions impact and history of program including foundation by David...

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East Palo Alto to name park after slain officer - San Francisco Chronicle

Article about the dedication of the park named after police officer Joel Michael Davis killed in the line of duty at Jack Farrell Park 14 years before....

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Tough Street - Metropolis

Article about EPA resident Dennis Scherzer's experience living in EPA. Discusses the drug dealers in the area, local violence, and how Scherzer escapes into...

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Living in a Hot Spot - Palo Alto Weekly

Front page article about EPA residents living in the Dumbarton Avenue area. Discusses ongoing problems with drug dealing, gang activity, and reckless driving...

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E. Palo Alto - a model for Oakland: Ex-murder capital found some answers - San Francisco Chronicle

Article comparing Oakland's issues today with those of East Palo Alto 10 years ago when East Palo Alto was the 'murder capital' of the nation and what East...

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Flyer for a Street Fair & Rally Against Drugs and Violent Crime

Flyer advertising a street fair and rally against drugs and violent crime on East O'Keefe Street on August 3, 1991. Includes entertainers, list of speakers...

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Ravenswood Drug Free Zones T-Shirt

T-shirt for Ravenswood Drug Free Zones. Reverse is blank.

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Unhooked: East Palo Alto Group Works Toward a Drug-Free Environment - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about EPA's "unhooked generation" and the work of the non-profit organization The Unhooked Generation. The Unhooked Generation was run by EPA police...

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Signs for the Anti-Drug Street Fair

Photograph of various signs and artwork for an Anti-Drug Street Fair in East Palo Alto.

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Devin Wyman has gone from drugs in East Palo Alto to tackling opponents in the NFL - SF Examiner

Article about EPA's Devin Wyman and his journey from drug dealing in EPA to being a professional football player. Includes numerous photos of Wyman and his...

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East Palo Altans Complain of Inadequate Police Work - Palo Alto Times

Article about EPA residents complaining to San Mateo County law enforcement officials about slow response times and ineffective policing of the community....

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Nairobi Newsletter - June 1970

Newsletter about Nairobi, CA. Includes articles about Black GIs from Vietnam who've entered the drug rehabilitation program at the Menlo Park V.A. hospital,...

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The Impact of a Singular Man - Palo Alto Weekly

Article about the life, service, and impact of EPA Community Leader David Lewis. Lewis was a leading figure in drug rehabilitation and the re-integration of...

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Pamphlet for National Project StayClean

Pamphlet for National Project StayClean containing the organization's mission, programs, and goals.

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She's Still Fighting for the Children - San Mateo Times

Article about Gertrude Wilks and her contributions to EPA's children through her Nairobi Schools. Discusses the effects of drug dealing on her schools and...

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National Project Stay Clean Easter Family Unity Picnic

Letters and flyers related to the first annual Easter Family Unity Picnic at Bell Street Park, organized by National Project Stay Clean, a nonprofit...

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Photographs of Raices de Mexico Participating in the 17th Annual March Against Crime Parade in Menlo Park

Photographs of young Raices de Mexico dancers participating in the 17th Annual March Against Crime and Drug Abuse. Dancers are in costume and holding a...

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So Much for Investigative Journalism - Peninsula Times Tribune

Article about a local KPIX Channel 5 news crew being chased from EPA while filming a small segment on EPA's new parks and recreation efforts to combat crime...

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Photographs from East Palo Alto Against Drugs Meetings and Events

Photographs from East Palo Alto Against Drugs (EPAAD) meetings and picketing events.

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First Anti-Drug Art & Street Fair - 1986

Photographs from the first anti-drug art & street fair at Bell Street Park in East Palo Alto. Photographs feature performers and attendees, including Phavia...

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A Different Party at a Crack House - Times Tribune

Article about an anti-drug rally that was held in front of an EPA 'crack house' by Bob Hartley, the founder of the Community Organization for the Prevention...

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A Call to Action to Fight Gang Activity - Palo Alto Weekly

Article about parents, schools, and members of an inter-faith council meeting to discuss children in East Palo Alto schools being involved in gang...

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Offensive against crime is 'success' - San Francisco Chronicle

Article about Attorney General Jerry Brown coming to East Palo Alto to celebrate the success of a nine-month crackdown on crime since the state, the city and...

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Thank You Letter and Certificate of Appreciation from the Crime Prevention, Narcotic, Drugs Education Center to Raices de Mexico

Thank you letter and Certificate of Appreciation from the Crime Prevention, Narcotic, Drugs Education Center (CPNDED) to Raices de Mexico. CPNDED organizes...

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Letter to the East Palo Alto Community from Mayor Barbara Mouton

Letter from Mayor Barbara Mouton to East Palo Altans with updates on the city's third birthday celebrations and Wilks' suit of the incorporation election,...

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Cora Holmes Interview

Interview of Cora Holmes by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving from San Francisco to Grace Court in EPA in 1971 with her husband and children, difference...

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Membership Lists for Various EPA Commissions and Task Force Groups

Membership lists for the EPA Alcohol and Drug Abuse Task Force, Arts & Culture Commission, Economic Development Task Force, Human Services Commission, Parks...

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Aaron Maganello Playing at an Anti Drug Fair

Photograph of Aaron Maganello playing saxophone at an 1986 Anti Drug Fair in East Palo Alto.

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Parent Handbook for Community Empowerment Against Drug Use

Handbook created by the Ravenswood City School District that outlines a collaborative method between the EPA community, families, and schools, to create a...

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A Difficult Childhood for Peninsula's Youngest City - Times Tribune

Article about the fifth anniversary of EPA's incorporation and all the city's accomplishments throughout its early years. Mentions Officer Joel Davis' death...

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East P.A. Celebrates Park's Renaissance - San Jose Mercury News

Article about people celebrating the city's 7th anniversary and first Children's Day during a celebration at Jack Farrell Park that was organized by United...

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Rod Norris Interview

Interview of Rod Norris by Sharifa Wilson. Topics include: joining EPA Police Department in 1989; crime in EPA in 1990-1992; homicide capital; assistance...

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High Stakes in Turf Battle - San Jose Mercury News

Article about EPA's efforts to retake Bell Street Park as a safe recreation haven for EPA families instead of being a hotspot for drug activity.

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The EPA Progress, Vol. 4 No. 6

This issue of the EPA Progress focuses on Kwanzaa and its cultural roots in EPA, city council efforts to replace City manager Greg Howell, and the continued...

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Jennifer Jackson Interview

Interview of Jennifer Jackson by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include crime in EPA, anti-drug activism and United Mothers Against Drugs (UMAD), Nairobi...

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Rose Jacobs Gibson Interview

Interview of Rose Jacobs Gibson by Meda Okelo. Topics discussed include Ravenswood High School, anti-drug activism, community engagement through the EPA...

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Randall Brothers Interview

Interview of the five Randall brothers (Walter T. Randall Jr, Andre M. Randall, Stephen E. Randall, Lawrence G. Randall, Derek A. Randall) by Meda Okelo....

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David & Nancy Tangitau Interview

Interview of David and Nancy Tangitau by Sisilia Afungia. Topics discussed include the Tongan community in EPA, the Weeks Poultry Colony, housing, crime and...

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Estela Guerrero Interview

Interview of Estella Guerrero by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include growing up in EPA, attending Ravenswood High School during desegregation and its...

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Stressing the Positive in Drug War - San Jose Mercury News

Article about EPA's effort to combat the local drug business through recreation programs, community gardens, and counseling programs

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Rufus Puckett, Jr. Interview

Interview of Rufus Puckett, Jr. by Meda Okelo. Topics include: migration from San Francisco to Fordham Street in EPA in 1967; EPA in the 60s; RCSD schooling...

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Vicki Denise Smothers Interview

Interview of Vicki Denise Smothers by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving to EPA from San Francisco in 1955; parents Clyde and Doris and seven siblings; RCSD...

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William "Will Roc" Grifffin

Interview of William "Will Roc" Griffin by Kalamu Chache. Topics include: arriving in EPA in 1962, growing up in the Gardens neighborhood, schooling in EPA,...

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Joyce King Interview

Interview of Joyce King by Sharifa Wilson and Sydney Jackson. Topics discussed include King's journey to EPA, Black students at Stanford University and the...

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Lerisa Sherina Puckett Interview

Interview of Lerisa Sherina Puckett by Meda Okelo. Topics include: moving in with grandparents on Fordham around 1977 when she was three years old;...

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Luis Guzman Interview

Interview of Luis Guzman by Ruben Avelar. Topics discussed include Guzman coming to EPA as a child but growing up with time split between EPA and Zacatecas,...

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Melvin & Helen Harvey Harris Interview

Interview of Melvin Harris and Helen Harvey Harris about the Nairobi Legacy. Topics include: Melvin coming to EPA in 1954, his activism in the community,...

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CityConnection - Vol. 4, No. 4

This issue of CityConnection from May 1987 honors volunteers and features a letter from Mayor Mouton, her last as Mayor, where she expresses her concern...

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Bomani Siwatu Interview

Interview of Bomani Siwatu by Meda Okelo. Topics include: Migration to EPA in 1981 after college, election to the Ravenswood City School District Board,...

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