For Oak Cliff

10/14/2026

📚✨ STORYBOOK CHARACTER PARADE! ✨👑🦸🏾‍♂️

Calling all our little readers and their families! 👶🏾💛 Join For Oak Cliff for Storybook Character Parade, in partnership with Oh Gosh Kids Texas!

We’re bringing our favorite storybook characters to life! 📖🎭 Costumes are encouraged for the ENTIRE family, so come dressed as your favorite character and get ready to celebrate the magic of reading through fun, creativity, and learning!

🧠📚 Did you know? Reading with your baby helps build their brain by supporting language development, communication, and early literacy skills. Every story is a step toward to being Ready by 5!

📅 Saturday, October 17
📍 For Oak Cliff | 907 E. Ledbetter Dr., Dallas, TX 75216
👶🏾 Ages 0–4

🎟️ Sign up for free using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEYrkFxrOyZZu7FOKACWJW3NlOm_2zginhhPzTPpBFOWXKAA/viewform

10/06/2026

What happens when we come together to learn, connect, and imagine what’s possible?

That was Power of Proximity 2026.

From an inspiring keynote with Cynt Marshall to thought-provoking panels, engaging breakout sessions, meaningful conversations, and moments of connection throughout the day. This year’s summit brought our community together around one thing: the power of being in proximity to the work and to one another.

And we’re keeping the conversation going.

🎥 Want to watch it all again? Full videos of the keynote and panels are now available using the link in our bio.

👀 Interested in Power of Proximity 2027? Join our interest list (link in our bio)

Thank you to everyone who showed up, shared, learned, and helped make Power of Proximity 2026 possible.

We’ll see you in 2027!

09/30/2026

Have you registered to vote? 👀

The deadline to register for the November 3rd election is October 5th! Make sure you’re registered and ready to participate.

And if you’re planning to vote early, you can stop by For Oak Cliff! We’re an official Dallas County early voting location at:

📍 907 E. Ledbetter Dr.
Dallas, TX 75216

Early voting runs October 19th –30th.

Plus, when you vote at For Oak Cliff, you can grab an exclusive “I Voted at For Oak Cliff” sticker! 👀

Don't forget to check your registration at dallascountyvotes.org!

09/25/2026

🎒✨ Ready by 5 is officially underway!

Our Back-to-School Festival was just the beginning. From playing and exploring to talking, reading, moving, and connecting—those simple moments are helping our little ones build the skills they need to be Ready by 5. 💚

Kindergarten readiness doesn’t require expensive activities or complicated lessons. It starts with what families are already doing every day:

🗣️ Talk with your child.
📚 Read together.
🎶 Sing together.
🏃🏾‍♀️ Move & play.
💬 Ask questions and listen.
❤️ Build routines, connection, and confidence.

Every conversation. Every story. Every song. Every moment of play is helping build your child’s brain and prepare them for what comes next.

The little things add up. And together, we can help our children be Ready by 5.

09/22/2026

09/19/2026

That’s a wrap on Power of Proximity. 💛

We came together. We told the truth about the challenges. We celebrated what’s working. We made new connections. And most importantly, we kept the focus where it belongs: on the people closest to the work.

Thank you to every educator, partner, funder, volunteer and community leader who showed up ready to listen, learn and build alongside us.

The Summit may be over, but the work isn’t.

Oak Cliff, we’ve got work to do. And we’re doing it together.

09/19/2026

Cynt Marshall’s love letter to educators was a reminder that showing up matters. The extra time. The encouragement. The experiences you create. The decision to keep believing in a young person when they may be struggling to believe in themselves.

For Cynt, teachers didn’t just teach. They saw her, protected her, expanded her world and helped her imagine a future beyond what was happening around her.

To every educator doing that for a child today: we see you, too.

09/19/2026

The numbers matter. Trust does too.

Cynt Marshall challenged funders to look beyond outcomes alone and ask a different kind of question:

Do you really know the people? Do they know you?

The strongest investments aren’t made from a distance. They’re rooted in relationships with the people and organizations close enough to understand what a community actually needs.

Invest in proximity. Invest in trust.

09/19/2026

You don’t need a title to move the work forward.

Know what’s happening. Share it with your people. Bring your gifts. Help a family connect to what they need.

Proximity grows when the community carries the message.