The Oaklandside: Meet Oakland Artist KimberLee Webber
When Kim Webber used to look out the window of her house in West Oakland, she’d mostly see people of color going about their lives in what had long been a majority Black neighborhood. Now, she sees a Black Lives Matter sign on the lawn of a house recently sold to a white couple for over $1 million.
“You simultaneously displace us, and you want me to be your friend?” Webber, 36, recalled thinking.
“You simultaneously displace us, and you want me to be your friend?” Webber, 36, recalled thinking.
Grotto Network: Revealing the Crisis of Homelessness in Oakland
Kim Webber uses the power of storytelling to capture people’s attention and get them to open their eyes to the injustices tied to the crisis of homelessness in Oakland, CA.
“I want it to be undeniable quality because I want people to take it seriously,” Kim says of her work documenting the issue.
“I want it to be undeniable quality because I want people to take it seriously,” Kim says of her work documenting the issue.