Beginning during the pandemic, Girl Geek X community volunteers have served the public school educators and students in East Oakland. We are continuing sponsorship and volunteering for the 2023-2024 school year!
Our goal began with supporting students at Coliseum College Prep Academy in Oakland, California teaching grades 6-12 with a computer science pathway. We providing access to volunteers and role models from the professional community for students in partnership with the nonprofit Oakland Education Fund, which coordinates volunteer activities with public schools in Oakland and clears volunteers for entry into the schools.
CCPA has the highest college-going rate in the district despite being located in one of Oakland’s highest poverty neighborhoods.
This year, we have volunteered in August with Back-To-School Campus Prep – supporting Back-To-School prep with CCPA teachers on Friday, August 4, 2023 (1pm-4pm) in East Oakland!
Our Girl Geek X Community volunteers helped teachers with classroom projects to prepare their rooms and hallways for students return to campus for the new school year. 
Upcoming events are for October & November 2023 – Please sign up to volunteer! Thank you in advance.
VOLUNTEER WITH STUDENTS IN OAKLAND – OCTOBER 2
The nonprofit Oakland Education Fund is expanding our access to students in Oakland elementary schools, starting with volunteering with Latine/x Read-in (Monday, October 2, 2023, 1pm – 2:30pm).
Note: you don’t have to speak Spanish to volunteer at the read-in — we will be reading books by Latine/x and Hispanic authors to students.
Volunteers will read books to 2-3 elementary school classes that celebrate Latine/x culture in the 90-minute volunteer shift. Books and sample questions to guide conversations are provided by the Oakland Education Fund.
Volunteers do not need to identify as Latine/x to participate, and those who do identify as such are encouraged to participate and share about their culture with students.
SIGN UP FOR VOLUNTEERING AT THE LATINE/X READ-IN ON OCTOBER 2!
VOLUNTEER WITH STUDENTS IN OAKLAND – OCTOBER 4
Upcoming volunteer events include a career panel (Wednesday, October 4, 2pm-4pm), helping with seniors writing of college application essays (Friday, November 3, 2023, 8:15am – 12:45pm & Friday, November 17, 2023, 8:15am – 12:45pm).
VOLUNTEER WITH STUDENTS IN OAKLAND – NOVEMBER 3, NOVEMBER 17
Volunteers will be matched with public school seniors to provide crucial feedback on grammar, flow, and clarity of writing for college applications. These “College Crunch Days” are dedicated school days for high school seniors to work on their UC admissions applications.
Note: a writing/comms background is NOT required to participate! Any experience writing in an academic/professional setting will be sufficient to participate in this event. Volunteers will be given the writing prompts ahead of time and samples of responses.
Volunteer shifts are 8:30am-12:30pm on Friday, November 3, 2023 and/or Friday, November 17, 2023 at CCPA’s College & Career Day office.
SIGN UP FOR VOLUNTEERING ON NOVEMBER 3 OR NOVEMBER 17
