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  "12 Days of Christmas" Akira’s Book Club was invited to read aloud to children attending the 12 Days of Christmas event in Oakland held on December 22.  They raised over 13K to purchase Christmas gifts for families in need. We enjoyed the wonderful luncheon, activities and reading aloud to the children in attendance. We also donated books as gifts.  Akira made Christmas ornaments and friends!   

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Thank you funders! "Akira's Animal Alphabet Alliterations Video Premier" The premiere of the video of our most popular book, Akira’s Animal Alphabet Alliterations was held at Bishop O’Dowd High School. We partnered with Akira’s school, Ile Omode, and featured three local authors - Robert Liu Trujillo, Kamaria Lofton and Ajamu Stewart. In addition to Ile Omode, we shared the podium with two other wonderful groups that focus on empowering our children, Livanthropy and the Village Project’s Emanyatta Saturday School. Children from each group spoke or performed to create a wonderful showcase of excellence. We know our children can hear, say...

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