Thursday, June 25, 2020 Dear Oakland Community, On Wednesday night, OUSD’s Board of Education unanimously voted to adopt the George Floyd Resolution. As a result, I have directed my staff to move forward to implement disbanding the OUSD Police Department by the end of 2020 and to start the process to develop an alternative plan…
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It’s 2020 and Santa Clarita Needs Eagle Collegiate Academy More than Ever Before
A Guest post from Dr. Ogo Okoye-Johnson and the Eagle Collegiate community advocating for the community’s charter school petition which is before the CA State Board of Education A year ago, Eagle Collegiate Academy’s team and families took a long and arduous road for its charter petition appeal to the State Board of Education (SBE) because despite…
Breathing A Sigh of Relief Alongside Dreamers-Connecting with Kyla
Thursday, June 18, 2020 Dear Oakland Unified Community, I write because of the significant ruling the United States Supreme Court handed down today on the issue of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. While it is not a final ruling on the matter, for the time being, Dreamers can breathe a sigh of…
The Oakland REACH is taking on the digital divide #REACHforMore
By Lakisha Young, Executive Director, The Oakland REACH There’s no doubt this has been a really hard time for black and brown families in Oakland. But WOW, yesterday, was awesome. And we really needed it. The Oakland REACH came together – in partnership with a block of black-owned businesses on MacArthur Boulevard – to distribute…
How Young People Can Be the Change They Want to See
By: Jae’Don Johnson Imagine waking up every day, being an African American, and seeing other people who look like you get beaten by police – officers that supposedly are to protect and serve. Seeing innocent people getting their lives taken because of their color just sickens me. To think that lives are being taken because…