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2. East Oakland Youth Development Center - Wikipedia

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   East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in Oakland, California, United States. It opened in 1978. EOYDC works to develop the social and leadership capacities of youth and young adults (ages 5 to 24) to prepare them for employment, higher education, and leadership. EOYDC describes itself as a ...

3. Phat Beets Produce - Wikipedia

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   Phat Beets Produce is an American food justice collective focusing on food justice in North Oakland, California, started by Max Cadji and Bret Brenner in 2007. Their programs include weekly farmer's markets (sourcing from local farmers of color), free produce stands, youth gardens, community supported agriculture programs (called the "beet box"), food and social justice workshops, and ...

4. Youth Radio - Wikipedia

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   Youth Radio. YR Media (formerly Youth Radio) is an American non-profit youth media organization. It was first established in Berkeley, California, and moved to downtown Oakland in 2007. YR was founded by Ellin O'Leary in 1993, who served as its first Executive Director. YR advocates for youth participation in media and journalism.

5. Youth empowerment - Wikipedia

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   Youth empowerment programs are aimed at creating healthier and higher qualities of life for underprivileged or at-risk youth. [1] The five competencies of a healthy youth are: (1) positive sense of self, (2) self- control, (3) decision-making skills, (4) a moral system of belief, and (5) pro-social connectedness.

6. Free Breakfast for Children - Wikipedia

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   The program was initiated in January 1969 at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in West Oakland, California. Two months later, in March 1969, the Black Panther Party opened its second Free Breakfast Program for Children at the Sacred Heart Church in San Francisco, California.

7. Oakland Military Institute - Wikipedia

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   Oakland Military Institute was founded in 2001 [4] after a two-year campaign led by then Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown. Governor Gray Davis helped secure the charter after local school boards rejected the proposals. [5] It is the first charter school sponsored and run by the State of California Military Department and the first public military ...