Oakland Strokes
Established in 1974, the Oakland Strokes rowing club welcomes middle and high school students from across the Bay Area to offer youth rowing on the Oakland Estuary. Their mission is to provide student athletes of all backgrounds and abilities the opportunity to row, develop, and commit to a team that competes at a national level, while fostering strength of character, a strong work ethic, self confidence, and a respect for others. The organization brings rowing to the wider Oakland community through a range of innovative programs. Focusing on flexibility and community need, this includes curriculum extension, PE credit for graduation, and encouraging youth participants to explore a range of sporting opportunities via "Ergs2School," a project that brings rowing machines and skilled, experienced coaches directly to the community by offering a fun, convenient and challenging workout without the need for transport, equipment or funding. Oakland Strokes coaches, athletes and volunteers can also be found partnering with a number of established community non-profits, including We Lead Ours (WELO), a organization providing children with enrichment programs that use hands-on learning experiences to nurture life skills, and East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC), dedicated to developing the social and leadership capacities of youth so that they achieve excellence in education, career, and service to their communities. Oakland Strokes community partnerships work to meet the needs of the people that they serve.
Writing Labour History in Brexit Britain Network
This network was formed out of a symposium held at the University of Warwick in July 2021, entitled '‘Ordinary’ Working-Class People? Brexit Britain and the New Labour History'. It brings together scholars whose work challenges contemporary invocations of ‘the British working class’ as white, male and socially conservative. Their research explores the history of a multi-racial working class, women workers, migrant workers and queer and cosmopolitan working-class cultures. They aim to engage with audiences beyond academia, and to produce research that is relevant within contemporary Britain.
The network just launched their new podcast, Rethinking Race in British Labour History, hosted by the History Workshop Podcast. Listen below!
