DEI Event: Black Spaces Exhibition at Oakland Muse

Join us for a special visit to the Black Spaces: Reclaim & Remain exhibit at the Oakland Museum of California, beginning at 11:30 AM on Saturday, February 28, 2026.

The exhibition is a meditation on how Black American communities conjure wells of creativity and resistance that carve out places to hold their histories and futures, in spite of ongoing systemic oppression. It invites reflection on the intersection of activism, memory, and the materiality of home by navigating the braided histories of displacement, resistance, and resilience within Black American communities in Oakland and the East Bay, exploring how these communities have creatively resisted dispossession and reimagined spaces of home and belonging.

Our visit includes a curator-led tour, some time to view and contemplate this intriguing exhibition, and a discussion over lunch from the museum’s excellent Town Fare Café.

We’ll be joined by Johwell Saint-Cilien, immediate past president of the Rotary Club for Global Action and Video Producer at the museum. Johwell created video content for this exhibition.

After lunch, those who wish to remain can view other parts of the museum, including Good Fire: Tending Native Lands, an exhibition that explores how Native communities in Northern California have used controlled fire – also called “good fire” or “cultural burning” – to care for the land and sustain traditions for millennia.

There is no charge for admission. Participants will select and pay for their own lunches before the discussion begins.

More information about the exhibition is available by clicking here.

Register here

Registration is open until February 25, 2026.

Getting There:

• The museum is one block from the Lake Merritt BART station.
• When you register, please indicate if you would like a ride or if you can offer a ride. We will do our best to try to match people up..

Parking: There is a parking garage at the museum, and street parking is usually available within a few blocks.

Accessibility: The Oakland Museum of California is accessible. See here for details.

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