ARTS FOR OAKLAND KIDS
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Mission Statement
Arts for Oakland Kids is a 501(c)(3) fund with a mission to advance arts justice by ensuring that all students in financially oppressed Oakland public schools receive a comprehensive arts education in order to improve learning and promote achievement. We envision a world in which the power of arts education is fully recognized, and every public school student – regardless of race, background, or wealth – is given equitable access to the advantages of a comprehensive arts education, enabling them to reach their intellectual, social, and emotional potential.
About This Cause
In the 1990s, Oakland removed all arts education funding from its public schools. The result has been that the students with access to generational wealth are receiving in-school arts education 3 or more times per week funded by their PTA—those students are predominantly White—while the other 80% of Oakland students are receiving little or no arts education; those students are almost entirely youth of color. Arts for Oakland Kids (AOK) has been working to rectify this inequity for nearly 25 years by funding grants to teaching artists and arts organizations to provide arts education in Oakland's most under-resourced public schools. AOK's grants strike down inequity, foster healing, build a thriving Arts community, and fill the world with inspired leaders of color. Since 1996, we have reached 26,000 kids in 92 public schools and awarded $815,000+ to artists and organizations providing 192 arts programs.