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What Are Reading Everywhere Action Grants?

Each school year and summer the Oakland Literacy Coalition invites applications for action grants of up to $500 for reading projects across the community that give away high interest, new books and encourage reading with Oakland children and youth. 

We also provide new, free, high interest books in different languages to give to select community and faith based organizations.

We are thrilled to announce that we have awarded grant money and new books to 20 organizations, and books to eight organizations for the ’23-’24 School Year cycle.

In total, we awarded $9,775 and provided nearly 5,000 books to the following organizations for their reading projects with Oakland youth.

• 3Ls Academy
• Afro Urban Society: Afro Culture Kids Language Flashcards Deck
• American Association of Yemeni Students and Professionals (AAYSP): Ta’alam Literacy Project
• Aspire Education / Community Reading Buddies: Family Reading Night
• BANANAS: The BANANAS Family Literacy Program
• Beebe Memorial Cathedral: Hallelujah/Fall Festival 2023
• Brighter Beginnings: Every Family Matters
• Community Child Care Council (4Cs) of Alameda County: Books Go Everywhere!
• Community Education Partnerships: CEP Literacy Campaign
• Early Literacy Kings
• East Oakland Youth Development Center: ASLA Book Club (elementary age)
• East Oakland Youth Development Center: Bridge Travels Through History (middle school age)
• ecomonster: #ecomonsterkid earth day is everyday
• GloryTime Daycare: Ready Set Read!
• Harbor House: Family Literacy Night
• Homies Empowerment: Get LITerate
• La Clinica de La Raza: Read While You Wait/Lee mientras esperas
• Lake Merritt United Methodist church: Lake Merritt UMC Teddy Bear Literacy Picnic
• Lao Iu Mien Culture Association, Inc. (LIMCA): Preserve Iu Mien Culture and Promote Literacy
• Lincoln Families: Mandela FRC Playgroups
• Literacy is Fundamental/Who Am I Today: Getting back to the Basics Reading and Writing
• Paradise Baptist Church: Royalty Reads Harvest Day and LIT Lab Celebration
• Rose’s Daycare: Ready Set Read! So We All Succeed!
• Storytime Friends: Read-Aloud Video Series for Oakland Children’s Hospital
• The Acts of Grace, Bay Area Foundation: Children’s Holiday Food and Literacy Event
• The IKUNA Group: Project Fananga
• Trybe Inc: Trybe Reading Program
• Words in the Wild: Happy Readers Story Time with Words in the Wild