Courthouse Docket

The Nairobi Movement was a political, social, and cultural renaissance period in East Palo Alto between 1960 and 1980. It was a time when Black residents organized and took political action to gain community control of government, education, health, social and cultural institutions in the community.

All three speaker were a part of the Nairobi Movement and are co-founding board members of the Nairobi East Palo Alto Advocates. Omowale Satterwhite, a resident of East Palo Alto for 53 years, was the lead campaigner for the incorporation of the City of East Palo Alto, serving on the City’s first Council, and now is the Chair of the East Palo Alto Community Archives. Wobogo, a resident of East Palo Alto since 1968, was an educator of Black studies, science, and math for over 30 years, is published author, and is the Father of East Palo Alto Kwanzaa. Croft, a 70-year resident of Belle Haven, Menlo Park, was both a student and teacher at Nairobi College, has had a successful career in education technology and the arts, and was a founding board member of the Belle Haven Community Development Fund.