Kaitlin Levenstrong, Executive Director of Oakland Goes Outdoors, speaking at Call of the Sea’s Gala, October 3, 2026
“Our work depends on incredible partners who bring hands-on expertise and transformative experiences that help our students thrive. Call of the Sea is such a wonderful example of what that partnership can look like.
Call of the Sea has opened up an extraordinary resource to Oakland students: the opportunity to get out onto the San Francisco Bay aboard a working sailboat, completely free of charge. Just this fall, over the span of 2 weeks, together we organized 17 sailing trips serving 514 Oakland students.
That kind of scale matters. Because it means sailing on the Bay isn’t an extraordinary opportunity available to just a handful of kids. Together, we’re working to make the SF Bay part of the educational landscape for all Oakland students. For many of these young people, this is the very first time in their lives setting foot on a sailboat, or even being out on the San Francisco Bay.”