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Dec 14, 2024

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Nov 28, 2023

EXTRA, EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! CHAPTER 510’S 2022-2023 ANNUAL REPORT IS HOT OFF THE PRESS!

Nov 28, 2023

We are so excited to share highlights from the 2022-2023 school year, including the results of our first-ever external impact evaluation, program accomplishments, student and teacher spotlights, and where we’re headed next!

Nov 28, 2023

Jun 20, 2023

HOOVER ELEMENTARY STUDENTS MAKE OAKLAND MAGIC: AN INTERVIEW WITH CHAPTER 510’S EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, JANET HELLER

Jun 20, 2023

Did you know that Chapter 510 holds creative writing workshops at several Oakland public schools? Our school-based projects are ongoing partnerships with OUSD teachers, administrators, and students.

Here is an interview with Janet Heller, Executive Director, about Chapter 510’s impact on a classroom at Hoover Elementary School.

Jun 20, 2023

Dec 14, 2022

STUDENTS TALK ABOUT BELONGING

Dec 14, 2022

Led by teaching artist and audio producer Elena Botkin-Levy, students used audio storytelling as a method of collecting and archiving stories about Swan’s Market, site of Chapter 510’s new writing center and much more. This film captures this powerful program from beginning to end. Thanks to video producer/documentarian Miles Lassi and to the Kenneth Rainin Foundation for underwriting this film.

Dec 14, 2022

Write Here, Write Now

WRITING PROMPTS AND MORE

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YES, IT REALLY DOES EXIST!

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AUTHOR SPOTLIGHTS!

“We hold our power
When we hold a pen
When are we with you
There are a room full of grins
We write
Create
And imaginate our dreams”

read the full poem

Hot Off The Press!

Bend Like Water
Poems by Oakland Sixth-graders

RELEASED: OCTOBER 1, 2021

"From a chance encounter on a flight to an ode to hair, these poems are filled with honest reflections on life. May these young poets always remember the humor, heritage, and insight they displayed throughout this collection." - Greer Nakadegawa-Lee, 2020 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate