Black Arts Movement Business District Development

Black Arts Movement Business District Development BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT BUSINESS DISTRICT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF OAKLAND To advocate, organize, create, develop, implement, foster, and ensure the thriving of BAMBD, Oakland, CA through vigilant organizing, development of infrastructure, and the creation of mechanisms for stewardship and advocacy. EQUITY, INCLUSION, EXCELLENCE, ENGAGEMENT, INTEGRITY & SERVICE. PRESS RELEASE: BAMBD CDC SAVES OAKLAND’S ONLY BLACK BOX THEATER OAKLAND'S OLDEST BLACK THEATER TROUPE Lower Bottom Playaz Has a New Home in the Black Arts Movement Business District View Press Release BAMBD, CDC Organizing Pillars HOUSING Our goals include but are not limited to proactively working to help provide solutions to displacement by: Supporting the repurposing of, and life trusting/deed restricting property controlled but unused or underutilized by the city... [READMORE] COMMERCE To create an environment that amplifies opportunity for artists, creative venues, business owners, entrepreneurs, service providers, and attracts continued investment from public and private spheres... [READMORE] ARTS AND CULTURE To support the creation of a culturally informed Art's district that allows for the proliferation and sustaining of Black artist, Black businesses, and culturally informed retail... [READMORE] ONLINE CULTURAL ARCHIVE Collection of data, research, intellectual capital, for archival, to make the work accessible to the community and as a resource for research. To create, maintain, cultivate spaces of intellectual proliferation and dissemination of collective knowledge... [READMORE] VITAL HUMAN SERVICES Create interfaces that encourage community services that address the disproportionate suffering from a constellation of threats which include but are not limited to; Violence (both interpersonal and systemic), Cyclical trauma, Endemic poverty and income disparity Affordable medical care... [READMORE] Founded in 2019, produced by the Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc. in collaboration with BAMBD CDC., BAMBDFEST 2025 INTERNATIONAL will be a hybrid international multi-media , multi-day, multi-venue festival consisting of virtual and public performances with a concentration in Theater, Film, and Literature through out the month of August celebrating the Black Arts Movement Business District, Black Arts & Culture, and economics in Oakland, CA.Events will include local and guest performances, readings, a book fair, film festival, Monday night readings of new works, panel discussions, intellectual exchanges, lectures, installations, local history teach-ins, family and youth activities that animate public spaces.The 2025 festival to Nikki Giovanni and Oscar Micheaux, honoring their enduring contributions to Black literature and cinema.Opening Night on August 1, sets the tone with a drum circle and Ancestor Upliftment ceremony through song and dance, followed by a red carpet screening of the highly anticipated documentary, John Burris: Godfather of Police Litigation, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Doug Harris. The night continues with a vibrant after party, inviting attendees to gather, connect, and celebrate. LEARN MORE © Copyright BAMBD CDC | Website design: tasinsabir.com