Read-In

African American Virtual Read-In Week – February 1-5, 2021

Every year, we celebrate Black History Month with books! This year, we are doing things a bit differently to support distance learning during the pandemic. We invite community members to make a video reading aloud your favorite children’s book by and about the African American community.

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Sign Up to Film a Read-Aloud Video

Follow these instructions to contribute! 

  1. REGISTER:
    • Claim which book you will read aloud for your video (button below)! 
    • Please select a book that you already have in your home library, are able to order online, or rent an ebook from the library. 
    • Once you register, we will email you additional instructions.
  2. FILM YOUR VIDEO:
    • Practice your story ahead of time so that you can make your story animated and engaging. Review Read-Aloud Tips as part of your preparation.
    • Be sure to highlight the author, tricky vocabulary words, and show all of the pictures. 
  3. PREPARE YOUR VIDEO:
    • Please make videos no longer than 15-minutes.
    • Optionally edit your video to shorten and include reference images. 
    • Required resolution options: 3840×2160 | 2569×1440 | 1920×1080 | 1280×720
  4. SUBMIT:
    • Please upload your video to your own Dropbox or GoogleDrive account.
    • Select public setting so that external parties can edit and download your video. 
    • We will email you a link where you can upload your video. 
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Want to go above and beyond?

If you’d like to empower future, in-person read-ins, please consider: 

  1. Selecting a book from our recommended reading list and mail it to the office:
    • Oakland School Volunteers c/o The Oakland Public Education Fund
    • P.O. Box 71005 | Oakland, CA 94612
  2. Donate to Oakland School Volunteers 

Questions about the Read-In? 

Please email Oakland School Volunteers Senior Program Manager Lilly Smith, lilly@oaklandedfund.org.

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