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Poetry Slam 2025 Highlights

AEF’s 2nd Annual Poetry Slam on March 22, 2025 at...

What Black History Month Means to Me

by Renate Westbrooks, from the AUSD Newsletter Community Voices

For this month’s Community Voices essay, we [AUSD] asked Renate Westbrooks to write about what Black History Month means to her. Ms. Westbrooks, a longtime educator here in Alameda, currently works as the Focal Scholars Advisor at Ruby Bridges Elementary School. She also serves on the board of the Alameda Education Foundation, and this year, Girls Inc. of the Island City chose her as one of its Women Who Dare Awardees!

Student Art Exhibit Opens April 19, 2025

A new AEF student artwork exhibit, featuring the artwork of Salma Arastu , photographs by Will Chang, and poetry by poet laureate Maw Shien Win will open on April 19, 2025. The student artwork will be inspired by Salma’s Interdependence panels, and student poetry based on Maw’s nature poem. The exhibit is called Our Earth: Embracing All Communities. The exhibit will run through May 25, 2025.

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Native American Heritage Month

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.