The Sequoia Union High School District (SUHSD) recently convened two listening sessions: a face-to-face meeting on September 12 at Bloomhouse on Pulgas Avenue in East Palo Alto and a virtual meeting on September 15. Both meetings brought together SUHSD officials, East Palo Alto Community Archive staff and the alumni of the now defunct Ravenswood High…

On November 8, 2023, the East Palo Alto Community Archive (EPACA) was hosted by Stanford’s Haas Center For Public Service in a meeting to which several departments and programs that may have an interest in EPACA’s work were invited. The Haas Center for Public Service has, since 1985, inspired the Stanford University community to ‘realize…

On September 13, representatives of black-owned businesses from throughout the County of San Mateo attended a Black Business Summit held in East Palo Alto at the Bloomhouse Center.    The East Palo Alto Community Archive was invited to set up an information table as well as to display some of its collections. ‘’We were very happy…

In the last week of October, for Ravenswood High School Alumni, all roads led to Las Vegas for their annual pilgrimage to support the East Palo Alto T-Ball Pitching Program. The East Palo Alto Community Archive was there to interview the alumni about their experiences attending this now defunct high school which opened in 1958…