Our Dreams

In honor of its 75th anniversary, the East Bay Regional Park District proudly announces a new online video titled “Inspiration and Promise, East Bay Parks at 75.” Produced and narrated by Doug McConnell through his production company, Convergence Media, the 10-minute video highlights the Park District’s many parks and trails along with its unique history. Told in short vignettes, a highlight of the video includes local personalities who talk about using the parks and how this inspires them.

The 2010 Kids Challenge Program is based on the California Children's Outdoor Bill of Rights which recommends a fundamental list of experiences that every child would benefit from, before entering high school. This program is self-paced and challenges youth to complete 5 of the 10 activities listed in the Bill of Rights. Some activities require parent participation and/or additional fees. Register to receive the guidebooklet and a special prize to help you get started (1 per child, while supplies last).

The art glass is finally up in the East Oakland Community Library! It's in a 64-foot long bank of clerestory windows in the main reading room--mind the dust while the library construction is going on!  Check out these first photographs of the art glass installed in the building.

Our Oakland Lead Artist and Project Director Rene Yung sat down with host Joy Moore of KPFA's Sunday Sedition to talk about Our Oakland:Eastsides Stories. Take a listen!

Love Story There’s the story of all the love she had in her heart for him. The happiness he gave her just by sharing a joke. His flirting made her fall more for him. His anger made her want to just hug him and peace his spirit. Maybe there would be a passionate kiss in the midst of all this.

A'Jewel and Maikia tell us what they want to be when they grow up, and their mom Alicia speaks of her wish to see the violence in the community end in the future, and people come together to help each other.

This video was produced and edited by the wonderful team from our media partner First Voice Media Action at our second Community Storytelling Day.