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AfroLit 2018
Alternative Minds Foundation was proud to serve as the Fiscal Sponsor and partner with I’m P.O.P (Positive on Purpose) to hold the 2018 Afrolit conference, held at Laney College, in Oakland, California on October 27, 2019. Over a hundred people came to enjoy the event and to embrace literacy. Events and workshops included: Workshop Topics…
Girls Empowerment Soccer Club – Quilt Project
AMF proudly supports one of Hayward Education Foundation’s 2018 Heroes: Chris Gould, with our Quilt Project for her Girls Empowerment Soccer Club. Chris, a blingual teacher, was recently recognized for the tireless dedication, passion and love that she bestows on her students at Harder Elementary school in Hayward. Like many schools in California, Harder Elementary…
Welcome Pachas Pajamas!!
AMF has partnered with BALANCE Edutainment, the company spear-heading innovative 3-D reading technologies through their book, Pachas Pajamas, created by Nature. Visit Pachas Pajamas under our Projects section to learn more!
Little Free Library
AMF joined stewards from all across the nation who are bringing Little Free Libraries into their communities. Thanks to a generous grant from the Little Free Library program, AMF was able to bring a multi-lingual library to the East Oakland area. If you’d like to donate to AMF to sponsor a purchase of…
Alouba Youth Enrichment ~ EnviroWar
AMF collaborated with Alouba Youth Enrichment to present a workshop series to East Oakland youth that resulted in theatrical productions of “Abiyoyo”, an African fable, and “EnviroWar”, a student produced theatrical show highlighting some of the solutions that youth can formulate to address community environmental issues. Below are summaries of our past projects in this…
Huong Viet Community Center Social Justice Class
AMF has also been engaging in more multi-media projects such as our work with Huong Viet Community Center in East Oakland which advocates and encourages the active participation and full integration of Vietnamese Americans into the East Bay Community.. The mission of Huong Viet is to promote, advance, and support the development of the Vietnamese American Community…
Sankofa Academy Book Drive
AMF conducted annual book drives to collect books for low-income students at Sankofa Academy, a public school within the Oakland Unified School District. AMF was able to raise over 1000 children’s books for students at Sankofa! Books were donated from other children and families in the Bay Area. Books were provided to students to…
EnCompass Academy
AMF produced a short documentary of EnCompass Academy’s reading program to highlight the powerful work of this local Oakland based school. The majority of EnCompass Academy’s students come from low-income community members in the East Oakland area. AMF supported the work of local Principal of Encompass Academy who challenged her students to read a million…