A coalition of faith leaders and community members in East Oakland held a night walk recently to call for an end to gun violence and homicides in the city.

The group, called Faith in Action East Bay marched Friday through 82nd and Bancroft avenues in East Oakland, hoisting placards at moving vehicles with inscriptions, “Honk for no more homicides; Oakland Ceasefire,” and “Ceasefire in Oakland.”

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Charles is a Knight Foundation intern at Bay City News and a Master of Journalist candidate at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He freelanced for Oakland Side and Oakland North on race, equity, and health outcomes in the Bay Area. Before his graduate studies, Charles worked as a Business reporter in Ghana, West Africa, covering financial markets and rising startups. At Bay City News, he is interested in reporting on public health and the intersections of race and equity in the Bay Area.