AEF is sending a big thank you to Event Producer Steve Ashbaker for donating 15% of the proceeds from this year’s Island Running Festival, plus 100% of directed donations at registration, to AEF programs. Several AEF staff ran in the event, and members of the AEF Board volunteered at the race.
The Island Running Festival was held on September 21, 2025. This event is sponsored annually by the Bank of Marin and features a half marathon,
WHEN: Tuesday, December 9, 2025 from 4:30 – 7:30 PM...
November is Native American Heritage Month! Also known as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month, this is a time to recognize the history, culture, and contributions of Indigenous people. National Native American Heritage Month was recognized federally for the first time in the United States in 1990. Joaquin Newman, one of our Art Changes local artists, is a member of the Yaqui tribe. You can read more about Joaquin and learn about his art here.
by Lily Gates-Tilles, AEF Sports Program Manager
The 2025 fall sports season is in full swing with TWO sports happening simultaneously for the first time!
The Asteroids Cross Country season has been very exciting so far with our athletes competing in three meets already and one more coming up. The season has been very competitive, and our Asteroids have performed with incredible passion and endurance. In our most recent meet,
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Filipino Americans are the second-largest Asian American group in the nation and the third-largest ethnic group in California, after Latinas/os and African Americans. The celebration of Filipino American History Month in October commemorates the first recorded presence of Filipinos in the continental United States, which occurred on October 18, 1587, when “Luzones Indios” came ashore from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Esperanza and landed at what is now Morro Bay, California. In 2009, U.S.
National Hispanic Heritage Month, which begins in the United States each year on Sep. 15 and ends on Oct. 15, celebrates U.S. Latinos, their culture and their history. AEF’s Art Changes program features five artists who represent Hispanic Culture: Brazilian landscape painter Alex D. da Silva, Joaquin Newman who builds on the tradition of Mayan art, Bolivian-American painter and weaver Miguel Arzabe, water-colorist and muralist Irene Juarez-O’Connell,
Come and see AEF’s booth at the Alameda Pride in the Park Festival on October 11, 2025!
WHEN: Saturday, October 11, 2025 from noon to 5 PM
WHERE: Chochenyo Park, 2430 Encinal Avenue, Alameda
We’ll have our ever popular spinning wheel for prizes – a big hit with the kids! We’ll also have information on our programs supporting the LGTBQ+ community in our schools including our inclusive Middle School sports program, our Teacher Mini Grants including ones that support mental health and LGTBQ+ programs at AUSD schools,
Thank you for making AEF’s 3rd Annual Back 2 School...
