The African American Regional Educational Alliances

The African American Regional Education Alliance (AAREA) is a 501(c) 3 non-profit whose overall goal is to emerge, sustain, and grow a regional collaborative network that designs and implements innovative educational services targeting the needs of African American youth and their families in the Bay Area, by engaging in meaningful conversations and reviewing best practices for improving the academic success of African American students.

AAREA is the culmination of many years of work to support educational achievement among African American students. It evolved from the Southern Alameda County Alliance of African American Educators (SACAAAE) in 2003 to the Southern Alameda County Regional Educational Alliance (SACREA) in 2006.

Both SACAAAE and SACREA made enormous contributions to Southern Alameda County’s African American community. But the need for services like these extends not only throughout all of Alameda County, but into the greater San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

In 2012, SACAAAE and SACREA joined forces to form a new non-profit organization: AAREA, the African American Regional Educational Alliance.