Celebrating the 2023 Oakland Unified School District Dr. Maya Angelou Essay Writing Contest Winners!

Celebrating the 2023 Oakland Unified School District Dr. Maya Angelou Essay Writing Contest Winners!

Dr. Maya Angelou Essay Writing Contest: Contest Committee Announces 2023 Winners and Shares Samples of the Winning Entries 2024 Contest is Coming in November; Students Should Plan Ahead “We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. In fact, it may be...
Happy Birthday, Maya Angelou!

Happy Birthday, Maya Angelou!

Last year the world celebrated Maya Angelou with a historic Google Doodle on her 90th Birthday. This year we celebrate 91 years with breaking news.”Phenomenal Woman: An Evening With Maya Angelou” is currently being developed with hopes for Broadway. “My...
Dr. Maya Angelou’s 90th Birthday

Dr. Maya Angelou’s 90th Birthday

April 4th, 2018 “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did,  but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Dr. Maya Angelou In a life rich with experiences and stories, author, poet, memoirist, and activist Dr....
Myles Garrett & Serena Williams Honor Maya Angelou

Myles Garrett & Serena Williams Honor Maya Angelou

“When you’re a poet, or reading poems, you feel every single word. My favorite, Maya Angelou, was so knowledgeable and wise, and she poured her heart into every poem.”  Myles Garrett. This week we believe our Matriarch is smiling as Myles Garrett and...
Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

Today we celebrate what would of been the 89th Birthday of our Beloved, Maya Angelou. “Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide. Leaving...