Oakland Kids First

The mission of Oakland Kids First is to increase youth voice, leadership and power to create engaging and equitable public schools where all students learn and lead. Over the past 20+ years, OKF has trained 1,500+ high school youth in Oakland to organize for and implement educational equity and racial justice focused campaigns resulting in: - A Meaningful Student Engagement district policy (2006) - A policy aligning OUSD graduation requirements with the University of California A-G college requirements (2007) - A ballot initiative increasing city funding for youth services from 2.5% to 3.0% (2008) - The creation of a Civic Engagement & Social Movements class, the only OUSD leadership course qualified as an A-G college requirement (2014) - Institutionalized school-codes, currencies and stores developed and ran by students to uphold positive school culture (2016-17) - Successfully organized a coalition of students, families, and organizations under the banner of Justice for Oakland...