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Oakland Literacy Coalition: Champions for Literacy in Oakland

Oakland Literacy Coalition believes in a future where every Oakland child has the literacy skills necessary to thrive in school and life. Serving as an independent hub for Oakland’s literacy efforts, Oakland Literacy Coalition is amplifying the work of literacy organizations by resourcing the field with dollars, action grants, and capacity building.

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Supporting Literacy in Oakland Classrooms with Eat. Learn. Play. and DonorsChoose

In 2021, DonorsChoose and Eat. Learn. Play. teamed up with the goal of igniting a passion for reading in Oakland students. Eat. Learn. Play. committed $1 million to funding literacy requests from pre-K–8th grade Oakland teachers, and has just committed an additional $1 million to continue supporting teacher-led literacy projects in Oakland public schools.

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