SUMMARY
Since 2022, Oakland Unified School District board has approved over $1M in funding for the implementation programs for “Latino Men & Boys” and a “Latinx Mentoring & Achievement” for “female and non-binary students.” The district paid out a total of $1,085,595.22 to the Spanish Speaking Unity Council to facilitate the programs.
LATINO MEN & BOYS
The Oakland Unified School District board approved a $209,000 services agreement with the Spanish Speaking Unity Council (The Unity Council/ TUC) for “advance Latino student academic outcomes,” through the “implementation of TUCs Latino Men & Boys (LMB) and Latinx Mentoring & Achievement (LMA) programs and LSA’s Chicano Studies programs.”
On May 28, 2025, the board approved a $13,100.67 agreement with The Unity Council for “support for Latino at-risk students in developing stronger academic, behavioral, and social emotional skills” and “accelerated student academic achievement in core curriculum areas.”
In the fall of 2024, the board approved a services agreement for $200,000 for “academic support, male mentorship, health and wellness programs as well as career development and culturally based activities for approximately two hundred Latino young men and their families.”
The district board approved a $13,100.67 agreement with The Unity Council to “provide support for Latino at-risk students in 7th and 8th grade at United for Success Academy who are currently receiving below average to failing grades in Math, English, and Science” from April 15, 2024, to June 1, 2024.
In 2022, the district approved a $200,000 contract with The Unity Council for “coordinated and
comprehensive system of academic and support systems to Latino males and other students of color, their families, and the Oakland community.”
LATINX MENTORING & PROGRAMMING
In late 2024, the OUSD board approved an amendment to the prior 2024-2025 services agreement with The Unity Council by increasing the total agreement amount to $430,064.
Per the agreement, the organization is to provide “Latinx Mentoring & Achievement (LMA) Program, critical in addressing the academic, socio-emotional, and behavioral challenges faced by female and non-binary students at Madison Park Academy (MPA), and implement comprehensive holistic wellness programming at Fremont, Skyline, and MPA, with programing integrating academic support with social-emotional learning and enhanced wellness initiatives, providing a well-rounded approach to student development.”
Also in the fall of 2024, the board approved another agreement with The Unity Council for $20,329.88. According to the agreement, services included “weekly mentoring sessions through a case manager/mentor for Latinx women struggling with toxic relationships, complex trauma, and engagement with school.” The “group of 15 middle school girls (identified through our Coordination of Services Team process) will learn strategies and frameworks for how to process their relationships and challenges in order to better engage in daily classroom work” from October 15, 2024, to May 15, 2025.
