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29/06/2023

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🚨 Tomorrow (Friday, 6/30) is the LAST DAY to purchase Black Futures Ball tickets at early bird rates!!!!

Every ticket you purchase not only serves as your passport to --it also supports our Pathway to College & Careers scholarship fund!

Hit the link below to purchase your tickets and join us to

🎟️ http://bit.ly/bfb2023

29/06/2023

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Y'all better get readyyy...
is performing at the the Black Futures Ball!!! 🔥🔥🔥

If you've never been to a party or event DJ'd by the world famous DAGHE, you are in for a treat. DAGHE is a first generation Nigerian from West Oakland and his DJ sets encompass these two cultures, blending them effortlessly to create a unique sound and flow.

He is also the founder of .sound--a collective of DJs and artists who support each other in creating unique experiences.

So dust of your shoes and stretch before you come, because we are going to be on the dance floor celebrating our Scholars and Champions for Youth all night long! 💃🏾🕺🏿💃🏿🕺🏽

Early bird tickets available through Friday, 6/30! Come join us and allow the vibes to transport you from East Oakland to infinity and beyond!😎🛸🪩

🎟️ Link in bio

28/06/2023

The term “let go” is a trip when you think about the meaning of each word. Let means “allow.” Go means “act” or “move.” So when we say “let go,” it means we need to allow action or movement to happen when holding on has us trapped by our thoughts. When you let go of something, you allow yourself to move forward in your life. Releasing the stuck feeling of being hyper-focused on what’s bothering you. Releasing the stuck energy that builds up when you keep trying to control something that can’t be controlled.

What do you need to let go of? A personal connection that’s not uplifting or affirming you? A past hurt that you’re tired of rehashing? A limiting belief about yourself that you picked up along the way? Identify something that’s keeping you from growing, and intentionally ALLOW it. Allow it to move freely through, and then out of, your consciousness. Let yourself MOVE—mentally, emotionally and even physically— to transcend what has you stuck. You can do anything next. But first you have to let go.

07/05/2023

The is back this August at an INCREDIBLE new location 🤩 Save the date and stay tuned for more announcements coming soon. Early bird pricing now activated at the link in bio

24/02/2023

Another packed house at the New Parkway! is happening NOW x x x x 🔥 🎥

07/02/2023

New event alert! 🎥 “Dear Oakland” Screening
In celebration of Black History Month and the next generation of Oakland content creators, you are invited to “Dear Oakland: A Collection of Films Through the Lens of Oakland Youth.”

Presented by and “Dear Oakland” showcases short films about growing up in Oakland by the students of Youth Beat – a media training and mentorship program for inner-city Oakland youth.

“Dear Oakland” will also feature a special Q&A from the content creators as they share their insights and perspectives on their film and Oakland. Click the link in bio to reserve a free ticket now!

06/02/2023

New event alert! 🎥 “Dear Oakland”
In celebration of Black History Month and the next generation of Oakland content creators, you are invited to “Dear Oakland: A Collection of Films Through the Lens of Oakland Youth.”

Presented by and “Dear Oakland” showcases short films about growing up in Oakland by the students of Youth Beat – a media training and mentorship program for inner-city Oakland youth.

“Dear Oakland” will also feature a special Q&A from the content creators as they share their insights and perspectives on their film and Oakland. Link in bio for free tickets while they last!

01/02/2023

You are this day, this month, this year and all of history. You are infinite, yet you are growing. You are full of mystery and yet you function by perfect mathematical precision. You are miraculous. You are beauty and power that persisted through destruction. You are the universe.

26/11/2022

Join us to experience “No Man’s Land,” the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning documentary about fathers raising children on their own that brought to tears...

Thursday, December 1st
6:30pm
New Parkway Theater📍

Hosted by


The screening will feature a live Q&A with creators of the Peabody and Emmy Award-winning series, Investigative Reporter Candice Nguyen, Investigative Producer Robert Campos and lead photographer Mark Villareal.

Seating is limited, reserve your ticket by clicking the

23/10/2022

Ms Jane AKA the new First Lady of is BAAAAAAACK. Watch “God Tyme Flow” now. 🎥

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“GOD TYME FLOW” visual is out now. Link in bio.

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Shot, Directed & Edited by:
Creative Directed by:
Produced by:
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Special thanks to Corky Boozé & Caspers Hotdogs in Richmond, CA.

21/09/2022

Join the waitlist for free tickets! Link in bio to reserve.

Three years ago, a group of working unhoused mothers calling themselves Moms 4 Housing moved into a vacant, corporate-owned home in West Oakland and sparked a movement to unearth the true causes of our homelessness crisis. The award-winning NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit followed the mothers as they went from unhoused to activists and took matters into their own hands. "The Moms of Magnolia Street" documentary explores Oakland’s activist roots and controversial housing policies, focusing on the Moms’ fight against rising homelessness, inequality, and corporate housing speculation. Join the journalists and filmmakers responsible for this moving series for a discussion and screening of "The Moms of Magnolia Street" on Thursday, October 20th. Showtime starts at 7:00 PM with the New Parkway bar and kitchen available for food and drinks. The screening will feature a live Q&A with creators of the series, Investigative Producer Michael Bott, Digital Producer Sean Myers, Digital Video Specialist Evita Isleta, and Chief Photographer Mark Villareal. Seating is limited so reserve yours now!

19/09/2022

“Analog girl in a digital world” -

Emotions are a helluva drug…
and with all the information we have access to each day, tragedies and injustices affecting not just people we know but THE ENTIRE WORLD, sometimes they feel like an overdose.

Our minds and our emotions have been shaped through millennia of human experiences in the natural world, but now we find ourselves in a new reality. One driven more and more by digital consumption, influenced by algorithms and artificial intelligence. How do we adjust? Should we become more machine-like, trading our feelings for numbed logic? How can we choose to stay human when the very things that define our humanity, our consciousness and feelings, can sometimes make life seem unbearable?

Often our reaction to emotional pain is to ESCAPE. Drink it away, smoke it away, find a way to be numb…but what if we just feel it all? Breathe through the birth of a new world? A new self? Stretch and strengthen our emotional resolve like a weight lifter training to carry the weight of the world?

Next time your feelings are too much, notice them and breathe. Notice how they flow and move and shift with each moment. Sitting with the pain of others and strengthening our empathy allows us to connect to each other in a way that’s irreplaceable. Sitting with your own pain instead of avoiding it is the only way to grow from it. So don’t numb it. Feel it. Let your emotions keep you human.

19/08/2022

ICYMI 🔥
The Black Excellence!! 🔥 Oakland is so rich in culture and the themed Black Futures Ball showcased it beautifully. This amazing collaboration between and featuring .jwalt and more was 💯 the best community event of the year. We were blessed to be a part of it and can’t wait to do it even bigger and better next year!

03/08/2022

The Black Futures Ball is THIS SATURDAY in ! Link in bio EOYDC]]] 🔥

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Not only are there Black folks in the future—they’re fly, too.

EOYDC]]]’s Black Futures Ball is August 6th.

I recently talked to East Oakland Youth Development Center (EOYDC]]]) CEO Selena Wilson, who says the event is both a gala and a fundraiser for college students.

“We're celebrating the theme of Afrofuturism," Wilson says. "We're also legit investing in Black futures."

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07/07/2022

Tix available now! Link in bio! 🔥 🔥

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BIG S/o to E.Y.O.D.C giving me a community award on the 6th a day after my mothers birthday!!!!
I’m forever humbled ….
Oakland I promise to leave you better than you were when I arrived ..
The mayor

07/06/2022

🚨 🚨 🚨 Summer Gala you say? Afrofuturism you say? are coming together to create a magical experience that promises to be THE red carpet event of the summer, showcasing and raising money for with !!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

29/11/2021

We can’t wait to join artists and more at the Toast to Abundance event at the gorgeous Mushin lounge in on December 8th! Free RSVP at link in bio ——>

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This December 8th at ! Celebrate UMBER's fifth and final graphic journal on WEALTH with drinks, music, and an ABUNDANCE of our contributors and readers.

"A Toast to Abundance" will celebrate the artistic magnitude, Blackness, innovation, and beauty that has defined UMBER graphic journals.

Special guest speakers include:

(founding advisor, contributing writer)
(contributing writer, GrandNationxl, Brave Area)
(cover feature, Designing Justice + Designing Spaces)
Nina Robinson (Wealth Issue guest editor, RUNWAY)
Mo Woods (contributing writer, Inneract Project)

Come party with us, share stories, hear what’s next, and of course, buy our game-changing Wealth Issue.

Visit the link in our bio to RSVP.

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, globally amplifying creative perspectives that matter.

07/10/2021

Goooooooo Jane gooooo!! 🥂 🐺
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Came a long way & got a long journey ahead... Let’s run it... This season is personal...

is on the way...

06/09/2021

1901 Poplar! Go vote! ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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Spread the word! Our building is an official polling station for the special California Recall Election! This election will determine whether Gov. Gavin Newsom will be recalled. If you are in Alameda County, vote in-person or drop off your ballots at our Kapor space on 1901 Poplar in Oakland from Sept 11-14!

01/07/2021

You don’t have to believe everything you think. We’ve been programmed. Wake up, we miss you. - “The Healer.”

The internal world of our thoughts can get us caught up…caught up in an attachment to the ideas and identities that we’ve performed over the years as an expression of our selves, often without ever noticing if it truly represents who we are.

So often the buzz of social media pushes us to have an opinion on everything, to constantly express what we think. But how often do we slow down to ask ourselves how much we really believe what we’re saying?

Who are you outside of what you think? What actions come from your heart, in any situation, without a thought about how it looks or who will talk about it? When a controversial issue comes up and you feel triggered, does expressing your thoughts or convincing someone else to think the same way actually help?

We can spend all day caught up in thoughts, caught up in the world of words. Or we can step back, reaffirm our deeper values, and act accordingly.

20/03/2021

Anger is complex. Sometimes anger serves to blind someone from the truth, makes them act in destructive or even catastrophic ways. This anger is dangerous; it’s been the cause of immense suffering many times in our human history. But another type of anger derives directly from KNOWING the truth. It represents a righteous energetic commitment to ACTION. When wrong things happen, if you don’t feel anger, it means you don’t care. Love and anger are intimately linked. The fire of anger and the warmth of love are far from opposites. The true opposite of love is apathy, disconnection, indifference. When you love someone, or love a people, you need them to be a presence that can be sustained in your life. If they have toxic behaviors, then the only way they can remain in your life is if they make a change. Those who get stereotyped as being “too angry” (ahem, Black women) are often the ones operating from the purest feeling of love, a refusal to let toxic action continue, an unwavering faith in the possibility for improvement. The fact that the righteous haven’t given up on the tragically un-conscious is a testament to their will and strength...and to the power of love. If I ask you to be accountable, it is because I love you and need you to be able to remain in my life. If I hold myself accountable, it is an expression of love for myself as well as you. This year, I’m not running away scared from anger—as long as it is RIGHTEOUS. Righteous anger may very well be the only thing that can save us.

08/02/2021

BLACK PEOPLE MADE GREAT. PROTECT THEM.
Black users made the Clubhouse app more functional and way more popular. Clubhouse owes it to them to prevent their mistreatment on the app. Read and sign this petition now to preserve and protect Black voices on Clubhouse! NO DONATION REQUIRED.

www.change.org/ProtectBlackCH

Black People Made Clubhouse Great. Protect Them.

25/12/2020

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“SEED 20” w/ drops tomorrow (12.25) at noon on .

09/12/2020

Have you heard of the yet???
Bay Area photographer is creating a meaningful photo series that empowers women who don’t consider themselves to be “models.” Whether you’re a late bloomer who needs support and coaching or you’re ready to explore your vulnerability with more emotional shots, will help you tap into your beauty and power in a whole new way! Photo shoots are donation-based. Read the descriptions on the second image and DM her if you want to be a part of the Love U Project!

19/11/2020

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BACK TO THE FUTURE: One of the standouts from The SAM Issue is the reimagining of Harriet Tubman wearing the functional athletic apparel of the today beautifully designed and illustrated by Angela Medlin, founder and creative director of and . “I originally said to her, ‘I want people to see your thought process and how you come up with designs for your clothing.’ A while later, she called me and was like, ‘Mike, I had this dream about what Harriet Tubman would wear if she was transported to the future.’ I said, ‘Yes please Lord, let’s do this!’” -

See link in bio to “Get SAM!”
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, the creative thinker's graphic journal, is an award-nominated print publication created from the Black & Brown perspective.

03/11/2020

✍🏾 It’s not too late to vote! If you live in or anywhere in Alameda County you can vote at 1901 Poplar. If you need a ballot, we have them. If you already completed a ballot and need to drop it off that’s fine too. will be giving free coffee to voters! and other artists from The Town will be slidin to cast their votes! Enjoy black-owned food trucks and activities for the kids. Join us between 10 am and 4 pm TODAY!!!

30/10/2020

new video is here and it’s everything. Watch now, link in bio —->

24/10/2020

“If you rockin with me I’ll give you heaven/
I ain’t felt this kinda vibe in a second”
🎶 “DOA” bringing sunshine to this gray Saturday ☀️ ☀️ ☀️ ⛅️ ⛅️⛅️

21/10/2020

👁 👁 👁 Notice:
How do you feel around different people you interact with? What energy comes up? What thought patterns come up? Surrounding yourself with the energies that make you feel uplifted, that make you feel safe, that make you FEEL...is vital for nurturing your growth.

20/10/2020

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New Music from the wolves and featuring
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Artwork by .lint
Photography by

Out now! Link in bio —->