Destiny Arts Center

NEXT UP: Creating Connections Series presents ‘Locked In’ Creating art and staying focused during a pandemic. We’ll hear from the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company members @trilldwayn3 @roseahurd @ximena._m @wavy.yaja Joaquin Zuniga Perlstein, + Company director @rashidiomari and Arts Center Coordinator Bryan Massengale about what it’s been like to create, stay committed and stay connected during times of uncertainty. Registration bit.ly/DAYPCpanel

The Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company will host our next Creating Connections. Join us to hear how they've stayed focused and creative this year!

Destiny is grieving Jamany Snead, a bright light, artist, beloved friend, and Destiny Arts Center alum. Jamany was a member of the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company 2010-11, and was featured in the Destiny documentary, F.R.E.E.: the power of performance. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jamany’s family and friends. We love you, Jamany. Rest in peace and power. To support during this time, please consider contributing to this GoFundMe in his honor. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-the-passing-of-a-great-a

I’m standing on top of shoulders that fought, that ran, so that I can walk, she said. The way I practice activism is with dance. When I go to protest, it’s my way of expression. I feel like I tell a story best through movement. Ny'Aja Roberson, Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company member quoted in the Berkeley High Jacket

Blackbird, Fly... a tribute to MLK by Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Daniel Bernard Roumain at the Apollo Theater

Reimagining a society shaped at the intersection of power, love and justice is the focus of Piedmont’s 24th annual MLK Day Celebration. The program features the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company in the company of Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Stanford Professor and King Institute Director Clayborne Carson; and filmmaker and World Trust Founder Shakti Butler. Register today!

#tbt to vintage vertical dance @bandalooping @bandaloop_edu

The California Arts Council announces the return of funding direct to California's individual artists, for the first time in nearly two decades! Apply now for the Individual Artists Fellowship grant, supporting emerging, established, and legacy artists through unrestricted funds ranging from $5,000 to $50,000: http://tiny.cc/CACFellows2021 #ArtsCA

In an interview with KQED, organizer, activist, and Destiny care-giver Cat Brooks reckons with this moment.

Calling all Oakland youth between 13-21 years old! Do you have ideas on ways to build community, healing, and promote safety in your community and schools? Appl...y for a $5,000 grant to bring those ideas to life and make a BIG impact in your community! It is with great pleasure that ReCAST announces the Youth-to-Youth Mini-grant Application!! Find more info below, and click this link to apply: https://www.oaklandca.gov//apply-for-youth-mini-grant-funds Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice Urban Peace Movement KANJU GIRLS Youth UpRising Eoydc Black Organizing Project Destiny Arts Center United Roots Oakland City of Oakland - Local Government

Amidst uncertainty and tumult, we know how important it is to care for oneself and community body, mind, and spirit. That’s why we invite you to lean into our Destiny practices of movement and meditation by joining our Post-Election Community Gathering tomorrow, November 6th from 56 PM. This evening of embodiment and community-building is free, all ages, and will be co-led by Destiny Martial Arts Director Tesfaye Tekelu and Artistic Director Emeritus Sarah Crowell. To join ...us, please register at bit.ly/destiny.gathering. We know our work does not start or end here. We know the impacts of inequity, and of entrenched systemic racism are not solved by any one candidate, but rather by movement building in our communities. As a 32-year-old creative youth development center dedicated to inspiring and igniting social change through the arts, it’s our task to wholeheartedly invest in our young people, their leadership, and our community. And it’s our task to bring movement to the movement. We hope that this offering of embodiment and togetherness provides the opportunity to center ourselves in the resilience, power and creativity we will need to move forward. #meditation #mindfulness #embodiment

Please join the Destiny community for an all-ages, virtual Post-Election Community Gathering dedicated to mindfulness and movement. Register at bit.ly/destinygathering Led by our Martial Arts Director, Tesfaye Tekelu, and Artistic Director Emeritus, Sarah Crowell, this evening of embodiment is an offering to center ourselves in resilience, power and creativity, despite stress and turmoil brought on by the election cycle. Join us to move, meditate and explore how our embodied practices can help us build-up power, strength and resilience for this moment.

VOTE today, and when you do, vote for justice. There are many important issues on our ballots advocating for racial equity, housing affordability, expanding voter rights to youth & system impacted people, and reclaiming billions of dollars for our schools and communities. This special #election2020 message from DAYPC just premiered on their...drumroll...official IG @daypc5678 Follow, amplify, and most importantly #vote there is still time to make your voice heard.

Who's more woke? Watch the video and let us know. Destiny alums represent! Shout out to Kyziah Shavers and Roberto Antonio Martin Directed by Marcelo Perez and Meche Perez ... Written and Recorded by Melina Jones and Wonway Posibul Produced by Marcelo Perez Co- Producers : Meche Perez, Mayela Carrasco, Hugo Shiboski Actors: Kyziah Saleh, Roberto Antonio Martin Video: Jesus Iñiguez Video Editor : Hugo Shiboski Music Production : Javier Santiago Music Engineer : Dion Decibels Mix : Mychal "MMYYKK" Fisher Master: Keith Kopatz Commissioned by Culture Strike and Culture Surge Special Thanks to Ana Perez, Jamila Capitman, Lyla June #myshirtaintstupid #blackandbrownunity #rapbattle #hiphopmusicvideo #blackandbrown #afrolatino #rapmusicvideo #youthvoters #youthvote #youngvoters #blm #vote #voting #election2020 #culturesurge #maskormail

How are you showing up in this election? EVERY VOTE MATTERS. #RideOutToVote "Black equestrian activist and owner of @mulattomeadowsandhumble, Brianna Noble, along with filmmaker Yoram Savion and producer Kyla Searle, created ROTV to inspire people to get to the polls and exercise their civic right to vote! The video brings together Northern California equestrians of color with a nod to the legendary Pony Express. Leveraging Humble’s #HeelsDownFistsUp, the social activism a...rm of the Mulatto Meadows platform, ROTV builds on Humble’s work inspiring positive change from the saddle. Show us how you #RideOutToVote by tagging @mulattomeadowsandhumlble with the hashtag to be featured in our stories!" Featuring: Brianna Noble @urbancowgirl510, Bayann Alramihe, Maher Alramihe, Razan Alramihe, Brandyn Hartfield @oakland_cwby, Richard Humphrey @richardhumphrey, Dale Johnson @sfexceptionalism, Johnny Lopez @turfinc, Samar Hmeidan @swhmeidan, Elizabeth Rice @oaktowncowgirl, Andie Sue Roth @andiesue_para_equestrian, and Albert Randy Harris Director and Editor: Yoram Savion @yoram.savion Assistant Director: Anna-Sharé Blake @callmesevana Director of Photography and Sound Design: Ben Tarquin @bzwax510 Producer: Kyla Searle @kylasearle Production Assistants: Gemma Searle @gmamah, Desmond O’Shea @desmond.oshea and Justine Lewis @Youngbandit0 Music: @gflpaul ft. @tessvibe Photography: Javier Ochoa @javifromdarich and Desmond O’Shea @desmon.oshea Graphics: Yosuke Ando @yske_ando See more

Tune in for a LIVE #ArtsAcrossAmerica performance! The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts joins forces with Oakland, California’s Destiny Arts Center to present an afternoon of movement for anti-racism and social change featuring Kennedy Center Artist Director of Social Impact Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Arts Across America is brought to you by Facebook. Presented as part of Arts Across Americaa live performance series presented Mondays through Fridays to uplift & showcase artists from across the country. Learn more at http://kennedy-center.org/artsacrossamerica/

The Guardian spotlights performers bringing ‘a feeling of safety and a feeling of joy’ amid voter suppression, virus fears and long waiting times

Measure QQ will expand the right to vote in Oakland school board elections to 16 and 17 year-olds! Teens are leading fights across the country they deserve the right to vote where it impacts them mostin their education! Strengthen democracy by enfranchising up to 8,000 (mostly low-income) youth voters every School Board election cycle! Create life-long, habitual voters.... Boost voter turnout where we need it most (the majority of students in OUSD live in D5, 6 and 7). Improve Oakland schools so all students graduate! Shout out to Destiny’s own @aatsiraa for her leadership in organizing and to @artsedalliance for the graphic. Check out the link in our bio for more voter resources.

Put schools and communities first by voting YES on Prop 15. #Prop15 reclaims $12B for our local schools and neighborhoods to fund education, health care, clean air, and critical local services.It's a vote for expanding access to the arts in schools and for investing in our children and their teachers. Shout out to @artsedalliance for the graphic, look out for more voter guide resources on our Instagram bio linktree.

RISE, STAND UP, GET LOUD. Alphabet Rockers Anti-Racism mini-course is a powerful tool for the work we got to do. Check it out or pay it forward!

"This was a call from Black girls to Black girls, saying look at the power that you have, look at the beauty, the courage." San Francisco Dance Film Festival Raising Voices 2020 Q&A on 'Dear Black Girls' with Isha Clarke, Shayla Avery, and Yoram Savion. Access the full film through the raising voices program www.sfdancefilmfest.org/film/raising-voices-shorts-program/... Read on at www.sfdancefilmfest.org/co-lab/ See more

Join us on Wednesday, October 28 at 1 PM PDT for a LIVE show as part of the Kennedy Center's #ArtsAcrossAmerica performance series! Tune in here on Facebook or at bit.ly/ArtsAcrossAmerica

GOOD NEWS: You have two extra days to sign up for Saturday Martial Arts. Head to destinyarts.asapconnected.com to join the movement! We love this #throwback photo feat. a young Destiny martial artist in action. #tbt #throwbackthursday #martialarts