📚 One night, 50 schools, and the whole town showing up for its youngest readers! We were proud to support the third annual OUSD Elementary Lit Fest — a district-wide celebration where all 50 Oakland Unified School District elementary schools came together to champion young readers and student voice. ➡️ Swipe the photos to read how the night unfolded. OakLitCoalition and OUSDnews officially launched “Oakland Is a Reading Town,” a citywide campaign backed by partners including the oaklibrary and Eat. Learn. Play. Learn more at oaklandreads.org! Every student went home with a new journal from the Eat. Learn. Play. Bus! #EatLearnPlayBus #PoweredByJoie Chapter510 and OUSD launched “When the Stars Bloom in Oakland,” a new anthology featuring poetry by 200 fourth graders, with support from partners including eatlearnplay. Teachers in attendance received DonorsChoose gift cards courtesy of Eat. Learn. Play., to keep the momentum going in their classrooms. All 50 schools showcased incr...