A guest post from Families in Action Spring 2020 is supposed to be a celebratory time for the East Bay Innovation Academy (EBIA) students, educators and community. The school’s founding students, who started in 7th grade when the school opened in 2014, are receiving their diplomas this year. They have been anticipating this for years,…
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How Elmhurst is serving East Oakland students during the coronavirus
A guest post from Families in Action “When one of our biggest concerns about closing schools is that we have so many students who won’t have access to a warm, safe, dry place to be for 8 hours and won’t have food to eat, we really need to think about what the hell we’re doing…
Standing up for Students: FIA Youth Organizer Javier Barraza
Meet FIA’s Javier Barraza, an East Oakland native who is working to bring resources back to his community East Oakland Student to East Oakland Organizer- Javi’s Story Growing up in East Oakland, Javier Barraza remembers a lack of resources. “Like messed up streets,” he says. He loved playing sports but there weren’t any rec centers…
From Lighthouse to Law School
Eduardo Figueroa never even thought about college until Lighthouse. Now he’s studying law at UC Hastings -A guest post from Families in Action Eduardo Figueroa, wearing the traditional black cap and gown, hears his name called and strides across the stage in the hot Butte County air to pick up his diploma from Chico State.…
How Aurum Prep Hired the “Best Person” for the Job and Ended up with a 75% Black Male Teaching Staff
A Guest post from Families in Action, please follow their blog for more great content. As he moves around his 7th grade math classroom, Aurum Preparatory Academy (“Aurum Prep”) teacher, Salif Doubare, is crackling with energy. He’s tall, thin, wearing horn-rimmed glasses and a big smile, as he walks around a large table in the…