Oral Lee Brown Foundation

Voices of the Community

"We have to give them something to do. You know, if you're just sitting there and this is what you see, this is who you become..." - Phyllis Opara

Welcome to our one-hour special on the importance of education especially to the low income youth in our communities. We explore how the combination of the covid-19 pandemic and economic meltdown has impacted the support services of an Oakland legacy education organization the Oral Lee Brown Foundation.

In this episode our featured voices are the Executive Director Phyllis Opara and Board of Directors member Philip Palmer along with foundation Alumni members Rotha So and Albert Jenkins. Our guests share how Miss Brown’s promise to Oakland's most at-risk youth if they stayed in school and got admitted to college she would pay for their college education has changed the lives of hundreds of children over the Oral Lee Brown Foundation’s 30 plus years of operation.

We hope that you enjoyed this One Hour Special Show focused on education and the importance of one person’s vision to help youth to go to college and how this help in turn changes their lives. To make a donation, volunteer, and support the work of the Oral Lee Brown Foundation please go to oral lee brown foundation dot org

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