Excavating Uranus, a Psalm for Nyota Uhura Exhibition
A group exhibition curated by Ashara Ekundayo that explores Black memory across time, drawing on African cosmologies and the enduring legacy of Nichelle Nichols’ Lieutenant Uhura
Opening Night is Free and Open to the Public!
AfroPortals Community Archiving Day #4: Black, Brown and Indigenous Musicians, Dancers, Theatre Artists, & Cultural Educators
We are excited to announce our 4th AfroPortals Community Archiving Day co-presented by AAFR, EastSide Cultural’s Community Archival Resource Project (CARP), Bay Area Lesbian Archives (BALA), Sogorea Te Land Trust, and the Black Panther Party Museum.
Making Worlds: Art, Food, Memory, and the Futures We Create
A participatory workshop and multimedia presentation by bryant terry.
From the kitchen to the studio, the archive to the gallery, bryant terry’s interdisciplinary practice asks how creative work can make new worlds.
Prana to the People: Revolutionary Rest — Revolutionary Ancestors
This October, Prana to the People remembers our revolutionary ancestors through gathering and intentional movement.
Men’s Wellness Fellowship 4 Year Anniversary ft. Bryant Terry
We invite you to a special community fellowship specifically for “Men Of Color” All Ages. We invite Fathers, Brothers, Uncles, & Sons.
Treasure of the Pharaohs: Interactive Treasure Hunt Experience
“Treasures of the Pharaohs” brings the world of the pharaohs to life through 130 exquisite works spanning 3,000 years of history. Join Abram Jackson and Christian Walker for a special interactive treasure hunt on October 25th!
Excavating Uranus, a Psalm for Nyota Uhura Opening Night
A group exhibition curated by Ashara Ekundayo that explores Black memory across time, drawing on African cosmologies and the enduring legacy of Nichelle Nichols’ Lieutenant Uhura
Opening Night is Free and Open to the Public!
Panel: Both Space and Time, a Black Feminist Continuum
Hear from artists in the forthcoming SFAC gallery show, Excavating Uranus, A Psalm for Nyota Uhura, whose works function as archaeological scriptures, poetic, mystical and instructive, informing how the exhibition engages ritual knowledge, cosmology and the technologies needed to navigate multiple temporal and spatial realities.
AAFR Open Studio + Artist Talk
Join AAFR for an open studio + artist talk ft. curator Ashara Ekundayo and former Black Panther Party Minister of Culture Baba Emory Douglas.
Revolutionary Rest Volume 16
Join Prana to the People on Thursday August 27th for Revolutionary Rest Volume 15, hosted by Ietef “DJ CAVEM” Vita.
Men’s Wellness Fellowship
We invite you to a special community fellowship specifically for “Men Of Color” All Ages. We invite Fathers, Brothers, Uncles, & Sons.
AfroPortals Community Archiving Day #3: Black, Brown and Indigenous Artist, Healers, & Educators
We are excited to announce our 3rd AfroPortals Community Archiving Day co-presented by AAFR, EastSide Cultural’s Community Archival Resource Project (CARP), and Bay Area Lesbian Archives (BALA).
Revolutionary Rest Volume 15
Join Prana to the People on Thursday August 27th for Revolutionary Rest Volume 15, hosted by Ietef “DJ CAVEM” Vita.
Men’s Wellness Fellowship: Health is Wealth Workshop
We invite you to a special community fellowship specifically for “Men Of Color” All Ages. We invite Fathers, Brothers, Uncles, & Sons.
Of Water & Spirit: A 2-Day Indigo Ceremony for Women and Femmes of Color
Join us this #BlackAugust for the final social practice activation from the Black Women in Mourning & Joy Collective after 9 years.
Revolutionary Rest Volume 14
Come celebrate DJ CAVEM’s birthday in Oakland with a free guided flow and healing sound bath!
Men’s Wellness Fellowship: Honestly, In Hindsight
We Invite You To A Special Community Fellowship Specifically For “Men Of Color” All Ages. We invite Fathers, Brothers, Uncles, & Sons.
AfroPortals Community Archiving Day #2: Black Queer Folks
We are excited to announce our 2nd AfroPortals Community Archiving Day co-presented by AAFR, EastSide Cultural’s Community Archival Resource Project (CARP), and Bay Area Lesbian Archives (BALA). This archive day centers Black Queer Folks and Families in Oakland and the San Francisco Bay Area.
Creative Mornings: Oakland Presents "Curate" Featuring Jena Dominique
AAFR founder and Curator Ashara Ekundayo is excited to return to the Oakland Creative Mornings platform as Co-Host for June’s convening featuring Creative Director and DJ Jena Dominique!
Prana to the People: Revolutionary Rest (Oshun Edition)
Join Prana to the People this May for a special edition of Revolutionary Rest, hosted by Ietef “DJ CAVEM” Vita and presented by the Alameda County Behavioral Health Department with support from Artist as First Responder, Oakland ReCAST, and the Huey P. Newton Foundation.
Men's Wellness Fellowship ft. Special Guest JWALT
Join us in Oakland for our monthly Men’s Wellness Fellowship, an evening dedicated to community building, wellness, and collective care for Men of Color of all ages.
Revolutionary Rest Volume 11
Free vinyasa flow and healing sound bath! Join us for the one year anniversary!
Reclaiming Histories: Black Feminisms and Visual Art
Explore the San Francisco Civic Art Collection at SFO with the self-guided Gate Explorer Pass (reserve in advance)
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How We Get Over [AndThrough]: Movement For This Moment
A guided movement ritual/meditation/ divination/writing/ storytelling practice for collective liberation and wellbeing stewarded by amara tabor-smith.
East Oakland Black Legacy Families Community Archiving Day
Do you have materials and memories related to your family’s history and legacy in Deep East Oakland? Dust them off, bring them over, and share them with the community!
Film Fridays presents TCB: The Toni Cade Bambara School of Organizing
A documentary on the life and legacy of Toni Cade Bambara and her impact on Black Feminist Through and organizing. Free screening featuring a q&a with director Louis Massiah.
Women's Wellness Fellowship Oakland
Calling all mothers, daughters, sisters, aunties, and nieces, of color.
2026 Collard Greens & Dreams Contest
Join us for a collard greens cook off and film screening of They’re Trying to Kill Us (2021) by co-directors John Lewis and Keegan Kuhn.
Revolutionary Rest Volume 9
Join us under the moonlight for a sacred evening of movement, breath, and sound.
Men's Wellness Fellowship
We invite you to a Special Community Fellowship Experience Specifically for “Men Of Color”. All Ages: Fathers, Brothers, Uncles, & Sons.
We (Re)Member Us: Black Women in Mourning & Joy
Join Artist As First Responder & the Black Women In Mourning & Joy Collective for "We (re)MEMBER Us" - A guided, interactive, multi-channel vocal and rhythmic ceremony to witness and transmute grief from state-sanctioned violence, displacement, and death.