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2016 Celebrating Community Ready Seniors
2016 Seniors (click photo to enlarge)
This year 29 students were selected from across the Oakland Unified School District to receive awards for their community-focused research and action projects that exemplified EDDA goals and community readiness. Students, families, teachers, and OUSD administrators gathered together on May 19, 2016 at the Mills College Graduate School of Business. California Assemblymember Tony Thurmond presented the awards.
Oakland Unified School District Community Ready Ed Talks
• Karina’s Senior Presentation: School Induced Anxiety Among Seniors
• Hilda’s Senior Presentation: Beyond Diagnosing Mental Illness
• Desmond’s Senior Presentation: Black and Brown Peoples Struggle in School
• Camille’s Senior Presentation: Girl’s Wellness Core
2016 Award Winners
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2015 Celebrating Community Ready Seniors
2015 Seniors (click photo to enlarge)
The 2015 Celebrating Community Ready Seniors celebration, facilitated by OUSD Civic Engagement Coordinator Young Whan Choi, included remarks by Karen Monroe, Superintendent of Alameda Schools and Mills College Provost Dave Donahue. Awards were given to 24 community ready seniors, and a panel of five special-award winners presented and discussed their community-focused senior projects.
2015 Award Winners
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2014 Celebrating Community Ready Seniors
2014 Seniors (click photo to enlarge)
The 2014 Celebrating Community Ready Seniors celebration, facilitated by OUSD Civic Engagement Coordinator Young Whan Choi, included remarks by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and Kathy Schultz, the Dean of Mills School Education. Awards were given to 24 community ready seniors, and a panel of five special-award winners presented and discussed their community-focused senior projects.
For a more detailed description of the event see Young Whan Choi’s blog on the Educator Innovator site Celebrating “Community Ready.” Also see Youth Voices blog post about one of the Celebrating Community Ready honorees, Valerie Panameno – Latino Students Lead in College Acceptance and High School Dropout.
2014 Special Award Winners
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Special Awards
The Policy Analyst
The Action Researcher
The Digital Gamechanger
The Community Connector
The Empowered Civic Actor
2014 Award Winners
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Community Ready Award Winners
Special Thanks
Special thanks to the Bechtel Foundation, the Thomas J. Long Foundation and the MacArthur Foundation for their generous support of the Educating for Democracy in the Digital Age Initiative.