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AFRO-PLAY OAKLAND
Afrocentric Family Playgroup
Our Mission
AFRO-PLAY OAKLAND
exists to Harambee - a Swahili term meaning “All pull together”. It is our mission to achieve oneness and healing among all black families in the African Diaspora.
What We Do:
We honor the Black experience. Afro-Play provides a sacred, supportive intergenerational gathering space for the healing, growth and the socialization of both black children and black parents/caregivers. We strive to help build and maintain authentic relationships organically between families through fun, thoughtful and educational curriculum themes surrounded in Afrocentricity. Our goal is to enlighten and empower black families as one people.
Our Impact
Services Offered
Afro-Play Oakland provides support to Family Resource Centers and/or other Early Childhood Education Organizations, Community Non-profit Organizations with the following but not limited to:
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Afro specific cultural curriculum planning
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Black Legacy Month curriculum planning
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Family “Harambee” workshops & event planning
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Black Parent Engagement activities
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Circle time support
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Outreach & Marketing for specific program
We’d love to Harambee with YOU
"Love this community. The teachers are amazing and I hope they expand. It's a beautiful place to celebrate our culture and learn from the diversity of the diaspora."
Summer Jackson
Upcoming Playgroups & Events
Afro-Play West Oakland Pop-UpThu, May 15Mandela Family Resource Center- Malcolm X Jazz Arts FestivalSat, May 17San Antonio Park
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