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Scary stories that take place during #Halloween time! 👻🪦😱 Start reading 📚 at the link in bio 🔗 #SpookySeason #YANovels #BookRecs #Bookstagram #ScaryStories #Oaklibrary A red poster with black illustrations of hands holding a book, with large text reading "Hallo-Reads for Teens." The corners display book covers including "Ghost Girl," "Tree Night People," "Wicked Uncles," and "Three Kisses, One Midnight." An "OPL Booklist" badge is at the top left corner.
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🚀 OAKLAND FAMILIES! Looking for something FREE and FUN to do with your kids? 🌟🔭 🌌 STEM UNDER THE STARS is coming to Oakland! Join us for an exciting night of hands-on science, space exploration, and family fun at East Bay Innovation Academy! 🚀 Launch rockets! 🌌 Explore a planetarium dome! 🔭 Stargaze through telescopes! 💫 Navigate a laser maze! 🪐 Build constellation circuits! ⭐ Make origami stars! 🧪 Try engineering challenges! 🔎 Crack cosmic codes! 🎟️ FREE ADMISSION - OPEN TO EVERYONE! No need to attend EBIA. All Oakland and East Bay families are invited! 📅 Wednesday, October 14 ⏰ 6:30–8:30 PM 📍 3400 Malcolm Avenue, Oakland 🍿 Snacks available for purchase to support our Science Olympiad team! 📣 TAG YOUR PARENT FRIENDS! SHARE THIS POST! BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY! We can’t wait to see you under the stars! ✨ #OaklandFamilies #OaklandEvents #EastBayFamilies #OaklandKids #stemforkids
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Censorship is so 1984. Read for your rights! Check out these middle grade and young adult books about fighting censorship, finding yourself on the page, and taking a stand for the right to read. Start reading 📚at the link in bio 🔗 #Oaklibrary #UniteAgainstBookBans #BannedBooksWeek #LetBooksBe #BookRecs Book cover titled "Censorship on Blast." The design features a book wrapped in chains with a padlock, set against a red background with raised fist silhouettes. Text mentions middle grade and young adult books about fighting censorship and advocating for the right to read. An "OPL" logo is in the top corner.
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Welcome to ominous October at the Oakland Public Library! Spooky season enthusiasts have a lot to look forward to 👻 from calavera decorating to #Halloween magic shows to photos from OPL’s staff costume contest. 🧛‍♀️ We’ll also be hosting book cover bedazzling for #BannedBooksWeek and special exhibits for the Black Panthers’ 60th anniversary. ⭐️ Stop by your library for more free community events! Link in bio for details 🔗 #DiaDeLosMuertos #Oakland #Oaklibrary
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Week 3 of #HispanicHeritageMonth includes bilingual (Spanish/English) storytimes, arts & crafts for kids and teens, cooking workshops and more! Events and details at the link in bio 🔗 #Oaklibrary #HHM2026 #OaklandPublicLibrary #BayAreaEvents #TheTown A colorful illustration themed around Hispanic Heritage Month. It features bold text reading "Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month" alongside vibrant artwork of a butterfly and a flower on an abstract background. The design includes the dates "Sept 29 - Oct 5" and "Week 3", with the Oakland Public Library logo in the corner.
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Decorate press-on nails at the Martin Luther King Branch! Paint and use stickers to make your very own set of nails to take home. Materials provided! This is a program for teens (ages 12-18). First come first serve, maximum 8 participants. #Oaklibrary #OPLTeenZone #NailArt #OaklandEvents #OaklandPublicLibrary
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Hi youth + community!!! 👋🏽👋🏾👋🏿 💰 ✨ MONEY MATTERS IS HERE! ✨💰 Hey everyone, it’s Tiye! 💚 I’m excited to announce our six-month Financial Freedom Cohort through Money Matters — a space designed to help youth build real-life financial skills, confidence, and knowledge for their future. 🌱💸 Starting this month, we’ll meet every Monday at 3:30 PM for weekly Money Matters workshops! Each month, we’ll dive into a new financial topic, complete engaging activities together, and put what we learn into action. 📚💰 And here’s an extra benefit: everyone who joins the program gets FREE access to MyMoney by MyPath! 🎉 With MyMoney, you can:
💵 Learn about budgeting, banking, credit, taxes, saving, investing & more
📊 Explore interactive financial tools and resources
🤝 Schedule FREE one-on-one financial coaching with me for personalized support Whether you’re learning how to budget your first paycheck, build credit, start saving, or understand investing — Money Matters is here to help you take control of your financial future. 🚀💚 📅 Every Monday
⏰ 3:30 PM
🌟 Six-Month Financial Freedom Cohort Your money matters. Your future matters. Let’s build it together! 💚💛 #DreamYouthClinic #MoneyMatters #FinancialFreedom #FinancialLiteracy #YouthEmpowerment MoneyManagement
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Hi youth + community!!! 👋🏽👋🏾👋🏿 🌿✨ What a beautiful day of healing, joy, connection, and community! ✨🌿 We’re still feeling the love from YSA’s 5th Annual Healing Clinic! 🫂 For Year 3, Dream Youth Clinic was honored to be back in community, connecting with young people, sharing health education and resources, playing games, giving away prizes, and creating space for youth to learn, laugh, and flourish. A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by our table, shared a smile, played a game, grabbed a resource, or simply spent time with us. And of course, thank you to our incredible partners at Youth Spirit Artworks for continuing to create spaces where young people can feel supported, nourished, empowered, and celebrated. 🌱💚 Here’s to continuing to show up, build community, and make wellness accessible for our youth. We’ll see you at the next one! ✨ #DreamYouthClinic #YouthSpiritArtworks #HealingClinic #YouthWellness #CommunityCare OaklandYouth
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Hi youth + community!!! 👋🏽👋🏾👋🏿 🌿✨ Dream Youth Clinic is SO excited to be back for Year 3 at our partners YOUTH SPIRIT ARTWORK’S 5th Annual Healing Clinic! ✨🌿 We’re incredibly proud to be part of this beautiful day centered around healing, nourishment, joy, community, and flourishing. 💚 Come find us at our table! We’ll have games, prizes, giveaways, health education, resources, and plenty of opportunities to connect with youth — all completely FREE! 🫶🏽🎁🎲📚 This event is all about creating a space where young people can access wellness, connect with community, learn something new, and simply have a good time. We’re honored to continue showing up alongside our amazing partner organizations and serving our youth year after year. 🌱 📅 September 19, 2026 ⏰ 11 AM–5 PM 📍 633 Hegenberger Rd., Lot 10, Oakland, CA 94621 💚 FREE for youth ages 14–25! We can’t wait to see you there! 🫶🏽 #dreamyouthclinic #thefutureisnow #healthiseverything #youthhealth #youthinrj
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⚡️MEANWHILE AT THE HALL OF POETIC JUSTICE!⚡️ . . 🔋 On Friday 10.02.26 at @discover_community_cafe , J.R. Rice & the SUPER FRIENDS will assemble for a once in a lifetime event. Armed with dangerous levels of poetic skills, expanding to music, storytelling, theater, and creative agility. Gathered and ready for the official release of I WAS, AM, WILL BE 📖 . . 🎤 Featuring an all-star lineup of Bay Area artists, the J.R. Rice one-man show, giveaways, Q&A, book signing + sale, and a world-premiere short film of "Affirmations (Why Write)" directed by @zeroscopevideos 🔥 . . 📣 SUPER FRIENDS...UNITE!!! 📣 🦹‍♂️@anthonymichaeljefferson - The Literary X ☄️@caelpoeta - The Mic Slayer 🦸‍♀️@sthsharpe - The Super Wordsmith 🦸‍♂️@iammoniquemccoy - The Lyrical Miracle 🥷Protected_poet - The Rhyming Torch 🦹‍♀️@bbindisthang - The Soul Phoenix . . Coming together Saving the world One rhyme at a time 💥📚🎤 . . ✨️ I WAS, AM, WILL BE - Book Release (Launch Party + Artist Showcase) 💫 📅 Friday, October 2, 2026 | 6:30–9:00 PM 📍 Discover Community Cafe 3207 Louise St., Oakland CA 🎟️ Donation: $10 (RSVP on Eventbrite) . . 📖 I WAS, AM, WILL BE drops 10.02.26. ⚡ PREORDER NOW: AfterwordPress.com Jrrice.com . . Song: "Affirmations (Why Write) " Performed by @imjrice Produced by @laxthemonk Mixed by veteranbeatz . . @iwasamwillbejr @brokenpencilsjr @jriceevents . . #IWasAmWillBe #bookrelease #concert #comics #oakland
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Hi youth + community!!! 👋🏽👋🏾👋🏿 ☀️ What an incredible summer for Dream Youth Clinic! 💫 From creating unforgettable moments and meaningful experiences with our young people, to traveling nationwide for inspiring conferences, connecting with changemakers, and hosting a panel at Martha’s Vineyard — this summer was one for the books. 🌊✨ We’re grateful for every conversation, every connection, every opportunity to learn, and every young person who continues to inspire the work we do. This summer reminded us that when we center young people, a future of equity and optimism is possible! 👏🏾✨ #DreamYouthClinic #YouthInRJ #healthiseverything #localimpactnationalreach #youthadvocacy
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🍂 Poetry is back in session! 📃 . . Join RichOak Events for the "2nd Annual Fall Back Youth Slam" featuring powerful young poets from Youth Speaks Bay Area, BeSpoke, Pittsburg Prodigies, and Poetic Justice. Yours truly @imjrice will serve as one of the judges for the competition. Come through and see the youth speak their truth! . . 2nd Annual Fall Back Youth Slam 📅 Saturday, September 5 ✍🏿 Workshop: 12:00 PM 🎤 Youth Slam: 1:30 PM 📍 Alan Blueford Center for Justice, 2434 Telegraph ave, Oakland, CA RSVP on Eventbrite or at the door . . Come support the next generation of Bay Area poets! . . #youth #poets #slam #oakland #poetry
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