STUDENTS in WEST OAKLAND
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Essay Contest
This contest honors the memory of the late Alameda County
Supervisor John George, Alameda County’s first African American member of the Board of Supervisors, and a tireless
fighter for health care, education, the rights of labor and poor people, a better environment, and peace and social justice.
This year the United States will elect a
new president:
· Elementary School
Children: Draw a picture showing if you were president, how you would change the way your neighborhood
looks. (11 inch by 17 inch maximum size).
· Middle and high
school students: Write an essay on the topic, “What would you do if you were President?/What
would you like the next President to do?”-- 500 words max.
The winners will each receive a $200 gift certificate and
a $200 savings bond.
Awards Presentation:
West Oakland
Library
Saturday, June 7, 10:30 AM. |
Submit your entry by May 23, 2008 to the West Oakland Public Library, 1801 Adeline Street, Oakland, 94607 Attention: Cathy Francioch (drop-off or mail).
Sponsored by:
·
The John George Democratic Club and
·
The John George Educational Trust Fund and
the West Oakland
Library
For more information, please call Jack Lucero
Fleck at (510) 436-7682,
Ideas
about what a new president could do—work for better schools, parks, libraries, roads, buses, housing, police, fire protection,
end the war, make government honest, stop global warming, provide health care for all, create jobs, end hunger . . . use your
imagination to visualize a better world!
