African American Male Achievement Initiative

An Innovative Partnership with OUSD

In late 2010, the Urban Strategies Council and Oakland Unified School District, in partnership with the East Bay Community Foundation launched a bold new initiative aimed at addressing the disparities in educational and social outcomes for African American males in Oakland. This six-year initiative has been established with a set of seven key goals that reflect the massive disparities faced by young black males in our city and a set of strategies aimed at improving those outcomes and eliminating most disparities within six years. The goal areas are: the achievement gap, graduation, literacy, suspension, attendence, middle school holding power, and incarceration.

More information about the initiative, including preliminary data analyses, upcoming events, and opportunities to get involved are available on the African-American Male Achievement website:
http://www.thrivingstudents.org/5

 Check out the OUSD video of the first AAMAI Task Force event