Saturday, August 22, 2015 I spent the morning at the civic center in Oakland taking pictures and some video of a rally for Oakland Natives Give Back.
This is my first time hearing about this event despite it being around since 2008. That's pretty unfortunate. It seemed as if the only people who came to the rally were children and the parents of those children who were awaiting to receive a back pack.
The event had school registration booths available in the morning and lots of bouncy houses that would last throughout the day.
A lengthy program continued from 9am - 3pm were the parents and children were requesting to participating in several events like the rally. The best part of being there was the kids.
I wish I had got some more video footage, some of the speakers were really good. One of everyone's hometown favorites was Akintunde Ahmad, a Oakland Tech graduate who now studies at Yale. Akintunde had received an incredible 5.0 and astounding 2100 on his SAT and he had been accepted with scholarships to many of the countries top colleges.
Other video included an Oakland Natives award to Mistah F.A.B. who also had a speech which followed off with him hosting one of the most adorable dance offs for the kids ever.
This is my first time hearing about this event despite it being around since 2008. That's pretty unfortunate. It seemed as if the only people who came to the rally were children and the parents of those children who were awaiting to receive a back pack.
The event had school registration booths available in the morning and lots of bouncy houses that would last throughout the day.
A lengthy program continued from 9am - 3pm were the parents and children were requesting to participating in several events like the rally. The best part of being there was the kids.
I wish I had got some more video footage, some of the speakers were really good. One of everyone's hometown favorites was Akintunde Ahmad, a Oakland Tech graduate who now studies at Yale. Akintunde had received an incredible 5.0 and astounding 2100 on his SAT and he had been accepted with scholarships to many of the countries top colleges.
Other video included an Oakland Natives award to Mistah F.A.B. who also had a speech which followed off with him hosting one of the most adorable dance offs for the kids ever.
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