When you walk into a room full of Black women and NB folks and immediately feel like home and your cheeks hurt from all the laughter and joy of knowing you get to spend the next 8 weeks working together, and collectively honoring your creative birthrights–YOU JUST HAD TO BE THERE!!!

Lit From The Black 2024 Fellowship began on March 18th, 2024 with an earth quaking beam of light shining from BAM House headquarters, in the heart of the Black Arts District of Oakland, CA! Afro Urban Society Executive & Artistic Director, Nkeiruka Oruche, Lower Bottom Playaz Executive Director, Ayodele Nzinga, and Lighting Design Extraordinare Stephanie Anne Johnson sparked the embers for this year's cohort that is distinctively already on fire! Stay tuned for opportunities to connect, see their work, and to hire more BLACK WOMEN AND NB FOLKS FOR YOUR PRODUCTIONS!

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Lit From The Black! in bam house

Save the date for THE GLO UP Event happening May 13th, 2024 from 6:00-9:00 pm for a chance to see our fellows work, an industry panel, food and drinks!

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If you couldn’t make it to the event or missed the panel discussion, we got you!! Tune in to learn more about performing artists and their cultural influences and what it means to represent your cultural background through dance.

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Let me find out you've been listening to dope podcasts without putting us on. Let us know what pods got you in a chokehold in the comments below. Here is a couple we have been listening to!

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