BlacSpace Cooperative

BlacSpace is a new cooperative enterprise that leverages the Black Arts Movement tradition to cultivate a supportive ecosystem where Black arts, business, ownership, and culture can thrive. We tend to cultural reforestation to halt the loss of Black culture in Oakland and to build the health, wealth, safety and stability of Oakland’s Black Arts community. With a focus on the collective sustainability of Black-led cultural groups, BlacSpace provides a pathway towards cultural permanence through broadening ownership and governance of cultural enterprises, building collective power, and ultimately supporting the acquisition of real-estate that grounds Oakland’s Black Arts community into the landscape for good.