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Oakland, CA, April 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oakland, CA – April 14, 2025 – Kingmakers of Oakland (KOO), a leading organization dedicated to transforming educational outcomes for African-American...

Oakland, CA, March 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oakland, CA – March 24, 2025 – Kingmakers of Oakland (KOO) announces the launch of Media Services for hire at KOO Labs, a new offering designed to...

Oakland, CA, March 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Oakland, CA – March 18, 2025 – Kingmakers of Oakland (KOO) is announces that Ron Walker, founder and director of the Coalition of Schools Educating...

Oakland, CA, March 14, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KINGMAKERS OF OAKLAND 2025 SPRING SYMPOSIUM SET FOR APRIL 10-12, 2025New: CEO Summit Addressing Funding and Programmatic...

OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kingmakers Music, launched by Kingmakers of Oakland to create movement music to uplift Black culture that is profanity free, life affirming Hip...

Oakland, California, Oct. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OAKLAND, CA -October 25, 2024 – Kingmakers of Oakland announces the much-anticipated launch of The Griots of Oakland Volume II, with an evening...

Washington DC, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Last week four remarkable young leaders from the heart of Oakland, Kahlil Chatmon, Tre Germany, Fiyah Abakah, and Romero Wesson, had the...

Oakland, CA, Aug. 24, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OAKLAND - August 24, 2023 - Kingmakers of Oakland (KOO), a local organization with national reach that works with schools and communities to improve...

Oakland, CA, April 28, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- OAKLAND (April 28, 2023) - Kingmakers of Oakland announces that CEO Chris Chatmon is  named The Cleveland Avenue Foundation for Education [CAFE Group]...