Our Families

In this picture I have chosen, I like it because I, Damoni, like how the lighting is. Also when you look at the picture, it is giving you a picture of the person in it and a beautiful background. And last of all, there is two things to look at in the picture.

So there were pretty young women that coming from DD's and they were surprised to see us taking pictures. So I decided to take one lovely picture of the girls coming from there.

The picture I took was at the Eastmont Library. These are the lights on the ceiling. I took it because I like how the light were aligned.

Our Oakland continued our "Taking the Pulse of East Oakland" photo documentation project at Featured Partner Lao Family Community Development's 30th Anniversary Celebration and Community Resource Fair on May 22nd at the Cesar Chavez Education Center in East Oakland.

Close to 1500 visitors enjoyed an afternoon of engaging and fun activities, great food, and access to supportive resources for families and community.

In Oakland, we have teachers as qualified as, or even more qualified than, teachers in suburban schools. At Media Academy for example, we have teachers from Stanford, Harvard, Cal, Cal Poly, Notre Dame, and even Purdue University's School of Engineering. Our English teacher at Media Academy, Mr. Williams, for example, has a teaching style that I rarely have seen in my whole school experiece. He is one the few teachers who try to make the students learn a whole lot of suffixes, prefixes, and word roots. His class is challenging, and that is what makes the students try harder in his class.

One of the most infamous events in Oakland is the “sideshow.” These events are mostly hosted at midnight on Oakland’s big intersections. What occurs during these events are dangerous stunts. Participants drive side to side down the street as if to create a slow motion technique to make their cars shine and look the best. They open doors and act crazy. Cars begin to swing their rear parts. With a loud screech of the tires and a loud roar of their engines, the car spins in circles. The loud sound of the speakers kick and tremble the trunk, and this makes the crowd go wild.

I live in EAST Oakland and I am the proud owner of three great Bluenose pitbulls and let me tell you they look scary, but they would never ever hurt a fly. They only look big and bad, but they are just loving and caring animals. There is scientific proof that the most obedient breed of dogs is in fact the pitbull.

I am Kong.

Born and raised in Oakland

Living in a ghetto neighborhood.

Living a young ghetto life

Still with no money to get to college.

Focus on school and building up my knowledge.

Family is first.

I have two brothers  

two sisters.

Who have already graduated.

I am on my way to bigger and better things in life.

Being a Cambodian is what I am.

I will continue my journey making some sacrifices.

That I’ll make to get me to where I want to be.

I am Kong and this is my life.

Carrots – not candy. Salad – not hot chips. Water – not soda. These are the types of healthy choices three Fremont Federation students hope their classmates will start making. The three students – Violet Souksavath of Media Academy, and Lilli Davis and Elona Everett of Mandela Academy – are part of a new campaign called Health Wellness, led by the Policy Leadership Program of School Health.