OAKLAND LITERACY COALITION

Mission Statement

All Oakland children and families should have the support they need to learn to read. Achieving this takes all of us. Schools cannot succeed alone. Oakland is working hard to remove barriers and expand learning outside of the school day and classroom walls and to support families and caregivers as full partners in their children’s education. Oakland has a rich diversity of service providers working hard to meet the literacy needs in the city. Through the OLC, these providers are able to work more effectively by accessing opportunities to learn, obtain critical information about the field, and lift up a unified voice to call attention to urgent needs and opportunities for action. The OLC is a leader and anchor for Oakland’s literacy efforts. We galvanize the community around a shared vision for a literacy-rich city and strengthen the field so that a well-supportive and effective network of services exists to make literacy a reality for and with all Oakland children and families.