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Photos from the 10th Annual African-American Student Achievement and Excellence Awards in 2014

Photos from the 9th Annual African-American Student Achievement and Excellence Awards in 2013

Photos from the 8th Annual African-American Student Achievement and Excellence Awards in 2012

Photos from the 5th Annual African-American Student Achievement and Excellence Awards in 2009

Photos from the 2013 AAREA Professional Development Breakfast at ConneXion@JLP in Oakland

Photos from the 2009 Pastor’s Leadership Luncheon

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This year, we embrace the spirit of Habari Gani – sharing the good news. This event will provide a platform for sharing best practices, celebrating achievements, and fostering a deeper commitment to supporting Black students’ academic and personal success.
Join the African American Regional Educational Alliances for another Summit of action-driven problem-solving, as we come together over crucial challenges.

The African American Student Achievement and Excellence Awards were created to encourage African American students and their families to strive and achieve.
The 21st Annual African American Student Achievement and Excellence Awards will return to Chabot College Sunday May 18th, 2025.

Support AAREA and CCEF by buying some sweet merch from the Cultivate Brilliance Store!

Become a STEM STEPS Family today! Opportunities in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math abound. African Americans MUST be positioned to take advantage of them! Get more information and fill out the application form online here.

AAREA’s new web video series is centered on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)! Bring STEM S.T.E.P.S. home with our brand new YouTube web series.
With every installment, Dr. Robyn Fisher will teach guardians of middle-school-aged students how best to guide their students through culturally-relevant, learn from home STEM projects.

AAREA extends a heart-felt thank you to all that supported the pilot effort of the STEM STEPS for Success program. In a very short 6-month period, we scaled quickly and served nearly 200 Alameda County African American students and their families through our Saturday and summer initiatives!

The African American Regional Educational Alliances (AAREA), in partnership with the Investing in Innovation STEM Learning Opportunities Providing Equity Project (I3 SLOPE Project), Mills College School of Education, and 8 Bay Area school districts (Castro Valley Unified, Hayward Unified, Livermore Valley Joint Unified, New Haven Unified, Oakland Unified, Pleasanton Unified, San Leandro Unified and San Lorenzo Unified) kicked off the new STEM Strategies to Empower and Prepare Students for Success (STEM S.T.E.P.S. for Success) at Mills College with over 300 African American students and parents in attendance.

AAREA is raising funds to provide scholarships to children participating in STEM and college awareness programming through the STEM STEPS for Success Project. This project aims to enhance the STEM success and college eligibility rates of African American students in Alameda County through youth development, family enrichment, and professional development opportunities.

AAREA Launches the STEM STEPS for Success Project
According to Ed Trust in the “State of Education for African American Students”:
– Only about one-third African American students are likely to be proficient or advanced in reading and math
– Only 1 in 20 African American graduates meet all four college-readiness benchmarks
AAREA is launching the STEM Strategies to Empower and Prepare Students for Success Project (STEM STEPS for Success), a pilot project aimed at addressing these alarming statistics as well as enhancing the STEM success and college eligibility rates of African American students in Alameda County.

In this issue: Celebrating a Living Legend: Bobbie Brooks, co-founder of the African American Regional Educational Alliances; Educational Pioneers: the 5th Annual Professional Development Breakfast; SuperSATurday Family College Day, Partner in the Spotlight: Hayward Unified School District and the African American Student Achievement Initiative; Community Calendar, Celebrating Student Brilliance: the 10th Annual African American Student Achievement & Excellence Awards on Saturday, April 19th