3 Takeaways from Fall Forum 2022
By Anthony Shoecraft and Adrian Henderson One of the best ways to improve the life outcomes for Black boys is to transform our education system. That’s why at Kingmakers of […]
KOO Receives Salesforce Grant
Salesforce new ‘Catalyst Fund’ addresses philanthropic inequities [Oakland, CA. August 10, 2022] – Salesforce, a company that makes cloud-based software for businesses, launched its philanthropic “Catalyst Fund” in June 2022. […]
Comcast NBCUniversal Award KOO Media Academy
KOO Media Academy offers Media Broadcast Training to Black males 14-21 [Oakland, CA. – July 26, 2022] – – NBC Bay Area, Telemundo 48 and the Comcast NBCUniversal Foundation awarded […]
Listeners are lit over Black Joy album party
Kingmakers of Oakland released their third studio project this spring and got a chance to share it with the Oakland community at a Listening Party at the New Parkway Theater […]
Seattle Kings get Crowned
By Uma Joshi On June 10th, we had the Seattle Crowning Ceremony which was co-hosted by Seattle Public Schools and their team. We had delicious food provided, a powerful libation […]
Youth Voice & Leadership is critical to progress
By Zeno Pederson Youth Voice & Leadership is at the core of KOO’s mission to empower Black Youth. Too often, our young people are referred to as future leaders. And, […]
Bay Area Crowning Ceremony 2022
By Uma Joshi Kingmakers Community & Family Engagement coordinator, Brother Adrian Henderson, wanted to create an end of year ceremony to celebrate all that our Kings and community have accomplished […]
Kingmakers releases 2021 Annual Report
KOO continues to scale and meet divergent District’s needs [Oakland, CA. May, 2022] Kingmakers of Oakland (KOO), the trailblazing organization focused on improving learning and life outcomes for Black boys, […]
TFI Oakland Kings win Business Plan Competition
By Obasi Davis Congratulations to our Kings: Bijon Burton, An Liu, Willie Rogers, Kenneth Richardson III & Naim Pierson for winning 1st place in the TFI National Business Plan Competition […]
$5K College Scholarship for Kings
Throughout her life, Jean Yonemura Wing fought for social justice. She devoted much of her career to the transformation of the Oakland Public Schools so that it would deliver on […]