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Youth Trafficking in Oakland: An Oakland Local Investigative Series

Published on Monday, May 03, 2010
Last updated on 11:39PM, Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Detail of "Journey" by Steve Weaver of mural, http://bit.ly/c95KQB

Detail of "Journey" by Steve Weaver of mural, http://bit.ly/c95KQB

This is the index to Oakland Local's complete May 2010 series on youth trafficking, a growing problem in Oakland, Calif. Investigative reporters Barbara Grady and Sarah Terry-Cobo spent six weeks on "the track," Oakland's International Boulevard, talking with survivors, police, social services advocates and the district attorney's office to get inside the booming problem of trafficked youth in Oakland.

Resources: Take action against youth trafficking!


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May 26, 2010

A Night on the Track: On Oakland's International Boulevard, young girls abound after nightfall,


These stories were produced under a fellowship sponsored by the
G.W. Williams Center for Independent Journalism, a project of Tides
Center.

We also thank Robert Rosenthal and California Watch for their support, and our reporters Barbara Grady and Sarah Terry-Cobo, along with photographer Alison Yin, for their amazing work.

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Amy Gahran is an itinerant troublemaker and info provocateur who moved to Oakland CA after spending 14 years in Boulder, CO. Her background is as a journalist, editor, and managing editor mainly covering energy, environment, and business. For the last 12 years she's been happily and gainfully self-employed, mostly helping organizations, institutions, and individuals wrap their brains around the internet. Speaking of brains, Amy is also Oakland Local's official zombie reporter.