In 2009, ericka huggins and Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest co-authored a book chapter about women and the Oakland Community School. OCS Project Director LeBlanc-Ernest will revisit that article in light of the OCS archival material that has come available since the original article was published 15 years ago in Want to Start a Revolution? Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle (eds Gore, Theoharis, and Woodard, NYU Press, 2009).
March 2, 2024 at 4pm CST
About Archivist Conversations: Archivist conversations are a collection of conversations regarding the history and the Legacy of the Oakland Community School.
These webinars draw upon the archival material and experiential resources such as documents, oral histories, and multimedia material. These conversations are part of The OCS Project's yearlong commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Oakland Community School.
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Applications for the BPOCSRC Summer Fellowship for UC Irvine undergraduates opens Thursday, February 15, 2024. The deadline is March 4, 2024. Please send any questions to bpocsrc@theocsproject.org.
In 2009, ericka huggins and Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest co-authored a book chapter about women and the Oakland Community School. OCS Project Director LeBlanc-Ernest will revisit that article in light of the OCS archival material that has come available since the original article was published 15 years ago in Want to Start a Revolution? Radical Women in the Black Freedom Struggle (eds. Gore, Theoharis, and Woodard, NYU Press, 2009). RSVP using link below.
UC Irvine's School of Humanities highlights the work being done by through the partnership of The OCS Project and UCI Humanities Center's Black Panther Oakland Community School Community Archives, Activism, and Storytelling Research Cluster (BPOCSRC)..
The OCS Project LLC is a multimedia project created to preserve the history and facilitate community conversation around The Oakland Community School's legacy.
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Curating resources and information for researchers and community members alike to learn the history of the Black Panther Party’s flagship educational program is central to The OCS Project’s mission.
Creating digital projects is one of the primary ways The OCS Project endeavors to archive and share the history and encourage community engagement.
Collaborating was a hallmark of the Oakland Community School’s success and it is in the same spirit that The OCS Project seeks to accomplish its current and future project goals.
