{"id":1021,"date":"2012-10-19T10:02:42","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T17:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2018-02-01T01:02:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T01:02:02","slug":"sf-gate-oakland-blog-oaklands-black-organizing-project-to-host-school-board-candidates-forum-community-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/2012\/10\/19\/sf-gate-oakland-blog-oaklands-black-organizing-project-to-host-school-board-candidates-forum-community-voices\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Gate, Oakland Blog: Oakland\u2019s Black Organizing Project to host school board candidates forum (Community Voices)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2012\/10\/candidatesforum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1022\" title=\"candidatesforum\" src=\"http:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2012\/10\/candidatesforum.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2012\/10\/candidatesforum.jpg 520w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2012\/10\/candidatesforum-160x109.jpg 160w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2012\/10\/candidatesforum-240x164.jpg 240w, https:\/\/cdn.kqed.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2012\/10\/candidatesforum-375x256.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>October 18, 2012<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to give interested parents, teachers, students and community members an opportunity to meet the\u00a0Oakland Unified School District Board of Education candidates, the\u00a0Black Organizing Project is hosting a forum from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Castlemont High School, 8601 MacArthur Blvd. in East Oakland.<\/p>\n<p>The candidate\u2019s forum will be moderated and include the nine candidates for Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7. At the forefront of the discussion will be African-American male achievement gaps including the staggering drop-out rate of young people of color; budget cuts to school programs; recent school closures; and more. The event will give parents and local residents a chance to hear the candidates\u2019 vision for the future of Oakland schools and help local voters make informed decisions at the polls on Nov. 6.<\/p>\n<p>Read more of this story on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/oaklandlocal.com\/\" target=\"_top\">http:\/\/oaklandlocal.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 18, 2012 In an effort to give interested parents, teachers, students and community members an opportunity to meet the\u00a0Oakland Unified School District Board of Education candidates, the\u00a0Black Organizing Project is hosting a forum from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, at Castlemont High School, 8601 MacArthur Blvd. in East Oakland. The candidate\u2019s forum &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/2012\/10\/19\/sf-gate-oakland-blog-oaklands-black-organizing-project-to-host-school-board-candidates-forum-community-voices\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SF Gate, Oakland Blog: Oakland\u2019s Black Organizing Project to host school board candidates forum (Community Voices)<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[26,30,35,77,80,110,121],"coauthors":[],"series":[],"affiliates":[],"programs":[],"collections":[],"interests":[],"class_list":["post-1021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kqed_research_local_ag","tag-board-of-education","tag-candidates-forum","tag-community-voices","tag-kqed","tag-kqed-american-graduate","tag-oakland-unified-school-district","tag-school-board-candidates"],"acf":{"template_type":"standard","featured_image_type":"standard","is_audio_post":false},"template_type":null,"featured_image_type":null,"is_audio_post":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1900,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions\/1900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"affiliates","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/affiliates?post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"programs","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs?post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"collections","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collections?post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"interests","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww2.kqed.org\/americangraduate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/interests?post=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}