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Leer Para Crecer

September 22nd, 2012.

      The Second Annual “Leer Para Crecer” (Read to Grow) event took place on Saturday, September 22nd at Gehringer Elementary from 9am to 2pm. Leer Para Crecer is an early child literacy event that was put together in partnership with the Oakley Union Elementary School District, the Friends of Oakley and the Leer Para Crecer Committee.

Book Cover of Flight of the Quetzal Mama  This year’s event had keynote speaker Roxanne    Ocampo, author of “Flight of the Quetzal Mama: How to raise Latino Superstars and get them into the Best Colleges”.  Mayor Kevin Romick attended the event in order to read  “Buenas Noches Luna” or “Goodnight Moon” in Spanish to the audience. Participants were able to attend three bilingual literacy workshops for parents to learn tools that will help with their child’s literacy abilities. Workshops were followed by lunch which was provided by the Oakley Union Elementary School District, while Los Charros (Oakley) and El Camino (Brentwood) provided lunch for all of the hardworking volunteers.

Roxanne Ocampo, Keynote Speaker for the event

Entertainment consisted of the O’Hara  Park Middle School Ballet Folklorico and two short skits that were performed by Art Fernandez and Elsa Fernandez. School District Administrators attended the event in support of the work and District-wide effort to support literacy.

          Participants were given additional informational pamphlets and free books that would help parents apply the strategies they learned during the workshops. Parents were also given time to explore the different resources that are available to them such as, Comcast and CCC Library. To view pictures from this event, please take a look at our Facebook page.


 

Events & Updates

NEXT AMBASSADOR'S MEETING
May 30th, 2013, 7 P.M. AT OAKLEY CITY HALL

2nd ANNUAL CITIZENSHIP DRIVE IN OAKLEY A SUCCESS!
By the end of the event over 20 communtiy members were helped through the application process, 6 of which were Oakley residents!
To learn more about this civic engagement event or to see pictures>>

AWARD FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES
You, Me, We Oakley! is honored by the League of California Cities when they present the program with the "Award for the Advancement of Diverse Communities", which recognizes Oakley as a model of inclusion.

 MULTICULTURAL POTLUCK DINNER IN APRIL!

You, Me, We Oakley! will be hosting a Multicultural Potluck Dinner on Thursday,  April 25th at 6:30pm. If you would like to participate, please fill out this participation sheet and submit to the Program Coordinator by April 15th. To learn more about the Multicultural Potluck dinners visit the following page.

Oakley Multicultural Dinner>>

 

DINING AND DIALOGUE WITH O'HARA PARK SCHOOL!
O'Hara Park Middle School setting the example for the rest of the community by working in partnership with You, Me, We Oakley! to host a dialogue dinner between their PTSA and the ELAC group.

To learn more about this event & see the pictures>>

 

DIGITAL STORY-TELLING VIDEO: OUR FUTURE IS TOGETHER!

Take a look at our video starring fellow community members that decided to share their immigrant experience! Go to our Facebook page in order to share your thoughts on the video!

A special thanks to our participants and Storytellers for Good for the great work they did!