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Our listening tour of West Oakland\\u2019s Lower Bottoms continues as we meet the volunteers at a local food pantry, a street ball legend known as \\u2018the greatest player never to make the NBA,\\u2019 a transplant from Compton who\\u2019s become a wilderness survival instructor, a former Tesla engineer who\\u2019s developing an affordable co-housing living space, a US Army veteran determined to help others get their military benefits, and a pastor who relies on the power of prayer to effect social change.
\\n\\nSpecial thanks this episode to field producer Ariana Proehl, KQED, and The National Endowment for the Arts.
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