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January 24, 2024
College students make good money from public service in new state program
A new state program called College Corps helps college students pay their way through education while empowering others in their communities.
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September 18, 2023
Â鶹¹ÙÍø is ramping up innovation in 2023-24 to expand literacy access and educational equity
Local nonprofit delivered 8,000 one-on-one tutoring sessions and 7,000 books to hundreds of students in the San Francisco Bay Area last year.
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August 28, 2023
A's Cast - Community Spotlight - Ft. Hector Salazar
Hector Salazar, executive director of Â鶹¹ÙÍø SF Bay Area, chats about literacy with Vinco Cotroneo on the A’s Cast.
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March 31, 2023
Announcing Eat. Learn. Play. as Â鶹¹ÙÍø’ Community Champion Award recipient
Â鶹¹ÙÍø is thrilled to announce Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation as the recipient of our Community Champion Award!…
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February 15, 2023
Literacy is Liberation: April 20, 2023
Please join us for our second annual Literacy is Liberation gala on April 20 at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco!
Bringing together 250…
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September 15, 2022
SF Bay Area Â鶹¹ÙÍø helping children to read
KRON 4 interviews Hector Salazar and Hong Thach of Â鶹¹ÙÍø SFBA about ways the organization is helping students.
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August 30, 2022
NBC Sports Athlete Direct and Â鶹¹ÙÍø launch college student-athlete NIL campaign to promote early literacy
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July 11, 2022
What Everyone Can Learn From Leaders of Color
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March 15, 2022
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Receives Unsolicited $20 Million from MacKenzie Scott and Announces Plans to Raise $100 Million Over Three Years to Advance Educational Equity Through Early Literacy
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January 24, 2022
Literacy is Liberation Gala: April 21, 2022
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December 15, 2021
Congresswoman Barbara Lee applauds $8 Million Department of Education grant to Oakland-based nonprofit Â鶹¹ÙÍø
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December 15, 2021
$8M in federal money coming to Oakland nonprofit to help children read
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June 2, 2021
Children's books celebrating AAPI heritage
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January 22, 2021
Non-profit compiles list of children's books to help parents explain voting and civic engagement
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January 15, 2021
Book review: Stories that teach children about U.S. democracy
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September 28, 2020
LIFT10 Final Report
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September 22, 2020
Partnership Highlight: Young Authors Publishing
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August 25, 2020
Â鶹¹ÙÍø SF Bay Area accelerates online tutoring plans to support urgent student literacy needs
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April 20, 2020
Together we are better: Ways to support your community during the corona outbreak
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April 2, 2020
Nonprofit Launches Critical Student Support Including Literacy Tips and Activities Via Text
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April 2, 2020
Executive Director's update on COVID-19
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March 4, 2020
49 Students in South San Francisco Are Waiting for a Tutor: Volunteers Needed
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January 3, 2020
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Rally with the Oakland Athletics
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December 16, 2019
Alaska Airlines volunteer day with Â鶹¹ÙÍø
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September 10, 2019
Back to school: Â鶹¹ÙÍø SF Bay Area calls for more community volunteers
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August 21, 2019
Kristi Yamaguchi joins Â鶹¹ÙÍø for ‘A Novel Night'
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August 21, 2019
Striving to fund Oakland reading centers
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May 28, 2019
Avoiding the Summer Slide - Â鶹¹ÙÍø on KTVU
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April 8, 2019
Volunteers Narrowing the Achievement Gap
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March 25, 2019
Kristi Yamaguchi visits Â鶹¹ÙÍø Partner's Novel Night
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March 19, 2019
Â鶹¹ÙÍø San Francisco Bay Area Announces 20th Anniversary Benefit
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February 21, 2019
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Young Professionals is here
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February 15, 2019
Oakland Literacy Coalition and Â鶹¹ÙÍø host family literacy night
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February 11, 2019
Kicking off Black History Month with the Golden State Warriors
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January 24, 2019
A Novel Night: A Benefit to Support Children's Literacy
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January 16, 2019
Independent study indicates local reading organization benefits kids beyond academics
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January 2, 2019
7 Resolutions That Will Actually Make a Difference This Year
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November 26, 2018
Warriors Read to Achieve
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October 30, 2018
LIFT10 initiative: 2018-19 school year
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September 27, 2018
San Francisco Bay Area Regional Metrics Reflect National Trend
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July 26, 2018
"Rad Girls Can": How children's books can inspire activism
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May 3, 2018
Top 5 Reasons Â鶹¹ÙÍø Volunteers Make the San Francisco Bay Area a Better Place
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March 13, 2018
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Celebrates Read Across America Day!
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February 22, 2018
A Novel Night: May 9, 2018
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February 14, 2018
Warriors Read to Achieve Â鶹¹ÙÍø Rally, presented by Ross Dress for Less
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October 1, 2017
LIFT10 Initiative
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September 5, 2017
Â鶹¹ÙÍø San Francisco Bay Delivers Strong 2016-17 Results and Calls for More Tutors This Year
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July 1, 2017
NBA Warriors Read to Achieve
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February 7, 2017
Tickets available: 2017 Celebrity Spelling Bee in San Francisco
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February 2, 2017
Read to Achieve Â鶹¹ÙÍø Rally, presented by Ross Stores
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January 24, 2017
Mentoring Month provides perfect opportunity to take action to support early literacy in the San Francisco Bay Area
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November 29, 2016
After a divisive election, it's time to take action to support early literacy in the San Francisco Bay Area
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October 31, 2016
Five reading centers launched in Oakland schools pledge to boost literacy rates
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September 29, 2016
Â鶹¹ÙÍø announces strong student reading progress in the San Francisco Bay Area from volunteer-led tutoring program
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June 13, 2016
How Â鶹¹ÙÍø is tackling the summer slide in Oakland
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April 14, 2016
Volunteers needed for Â鶹¹ÙÍø summer school
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April 11, 2016
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Bay Area shares inspiring volunteerism stories during National Volunteer Week
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April 1, 2016
Bee there or bee square on April 21
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March 3, 2016
Mayor Schaaf and Â鶹¹ÙÍø join together to announce LIFT10 initiative in Oakland
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February 18, 2016
Â鶹¹ÙÍø Celebrity Spelling Bee
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October 30, 2015
Welcome to our new Richmond reading center
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October 23, 2015
Oakland joins nation-wide initiative to increase student reading proficiency levels by 2020
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June 23, 2015
What's next for our 2015 AmeriCorps grads?
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February 19, 2015
Â鶹¹ÙÍø featured in New York Times as social program "that works."