The EDvance College Model focuses on increasing the number of credentialed teachers in Oakland’s early childhood education ecosystem through one-time college tuition subsidies. This grant subsidizes college tuition for five early childhood educators in Oakland.
Ignite! Reading will provide one-on-one Tier 3 literacy intervention to two hundred students across five school sites from October through December as part of Oakland Unified School District’s strategic goal and Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation’s funding strategy. In January, Eat. Learn. Play. will fund the continuation of Tier 3 tutoring for six hundred OUSD students […]
To support the Always Reading pilot in two Oakland Unified School District classrooms. The program increases access to books and families engage in weekly coaching via text to establish and maintain reading routines at home.
To provide continued coordination and logistic support for the Oakland Early Learning Symposium, a city-wide collaborative effort. The Symposium offers formal and informal early childhood educators and providers the opportunity for professional development that is unified, evidence-based and responsive.
This grant funds district coaches assigned to focus schools to improve literacy instruction and intervention.
A comedic theatrical drama that brings the multiplicity of socio-cultural and social justice issues to the forefront regarding fentanyl’s besiegement of the San Francisco Bay Area. With a script based on psychiatrist William H. Grier’s 1968 book, “Black Rage,” the piece aims to increase public awareness while giving voice to Black artists to present their […]
A fan letter to the poet nun of Mexico whose prolific work as a scholar, poet and playwright in the 17th century garnered her both recognition and censorship. This original bilingual (Spanish/English) script seeks to amplify unrepresented voices and foster dialogue around themes of censorship, identity, body autonomy and whose voices are permitted to center […]
A multi-disciplinary piece exploring the toll of climate grief, especially on disabled communities who are often on the frontlines of climate disasters and the first to be abandoned or rendered disposable. This performance will explore the complex interconnections and ultimately give rise to a vision for a livable future, shaped by the resourcefulness and resilience […]
A dance piece taking audiences on a captivating journey through time and perspective, exploring land acknowledgements from an Indigenous viewpoint. This audacious and satirical performance challenges conventional land acknowledgments, urging us to rethink our connection to land and ancestors.
This piece aims to transcend cultural boundaries and showcase the contemporary relevance of South Asian Dance in the international context. Using movement, poetry, theater, animation and 3D projection mapping technology, this dance work will challenge conventional notions of beauty and the idealization of womanhood while celebrating the simple joys that add vitality and vibrancy to […]
