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When schools closed during COVID 19, we saw an opportunity. We asked: “How do we use this moment as a chance for our families to get the same educational privilege as white families?” That question formed our core belief: If you give parents the best — if you expose them to privilege — they will start expecting the best. 

In this process, we created the Hub to expose families to the best: High-quality academic instruction, deep social/emotional enrichment, robust community support, effective tech training, and powerful economic development. But we also did so much more than that: We created a whole new playbook for parent power. 

Now, we are sharing that playbook publicly for the first time so more communities can learn from our guiding values, replicate our model, and drive outcomes more quickly.

Dive into our playbook here — and help spread the word. This won’t be the first time a national movement for liberation originated from Oakland!   

Lakisha Young
Executive Director

The Oakland REACH