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hour and place for joyful gatherings
bringing families together through
reading, art, and culturally-rooted experiences.hour and place for joyful gatheringsbringing families together throughreading, art, and culturally-rooted experiences.hour and place for joyful gatheringsbringing families together throughreading, art, and culturally-rooted experiences.
"There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns."
"There's nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns."
–Octavia Butler
–Octavia Butler
Story circles aren't new, but our approach is. Through free pop-up read-a-louds, collaborative art-making, and community partnerships across Oakland, our events bring reading beyond classrooms and into neighborhood spaces filled with creativity, belonging, and collective joy.
Story circles aren't new, but our approach is. Through free pop-up read-a-louds, collaborative art-making, and community partnerships across Oakland, our events bring reading beyond classrooms and into neighborhood spaces filled with creativity, belonging, and collective joy.
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Hours of community events
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The Storyland crew
The Storyland crew
A small but deeply passionate team blending community organizing, storytelling, design, and cultural programming to create joyful literary experiences across Oakland.
A small but deeply passionate team blending community organizing, storytelling, design, and cultural programming to create joyful literary experiences across Oakland.
Indya McGuffin-Edoimioya
Co-Founder
Indya McGuffin-Edoimioya
Co-Founder
Bean Kaloni Tupou
Co-Founder
Bean Kaloni Tupou
Co-Founder
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Storyland is free for everyone, and community support is what makes our events possible.
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We bring the best people together.
Storyland activates a web of neighbors, artists, librarians, and organizations at every event.
