AAREA is the culmination of almost ten years of work to support educational achievement among African American students. It evolved from the Southern Alameda County Alliance of African American Educators (SACAAAE) in 2003 to the Southern Alameda County Regional Educational Alliance (SACREA) in 2006, working closely with the San Leandro and San Lorenzo Unified School Districts. Both SACAAAE and SAC
REA made enormous contributions to Southern Alameda County’s African American community. But the need for services like these extends not only throughout all of Alameda County, but into the greater San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. In 2012, SACAAAE and SACREA joined forces to form a new non-profit organization: AAREA, the African American Regional Educational Alliance. Collaboration across barriers helps address social inequalities.
2. Equitable schools are the cornerstone of equitable communities.
3. Culturally responsive approaches engage African American students.
4. Bring a systems approach to racial justice efforts. AAREA Service Goals are:
1. Access and utilize academic research to develop innovative service models.
2. Develop and facilitate dialogues between regional service providers and researchers.
3. Examine and highlight linkages between research findings and promising classroom and community practice as it pertains to African American academic performance.
4. Build the capacity of education service providers to access, interface, and collaborate with public and private organizations that have a demonstrated history of success working with African American youth and their families.
5. Increase levels of African American presence on school grounds and involvement in school activities.
6. Build the capacity of African American families to support their child’s efforts to enroll in a college or university.
7. Help African American families to attain the resources to finance their child’s higher education experience.
8. Inform community efforts to advocate for the needs of African American youth.
