Black on Both Sides is a multidisciplinary collaboration between CHANGE-MAKERS and Cultural Architects using Black Art to build community power, shift narratives, reimagine urban spaces, and challenge social issues across San Francisco and Oakland. This effort is being powered by Black Citizen and the Ruth Williams/Bayview Opera House.

Meet the Cohort

Tayleur Brown -Crenshaw

Gold Beams

Tirzah Love

Soul Box

Jasmine McGee

Coco Coalition

Taylor Nanz

Solid Grounds

Sloane Noel-Johnson

Vote 24

Biko Eisen - Martin

3rd & Palou

Carmena Woodward

STUDIO RED DJ GROOVE LAB

The Black Neighborhood

Cory Elliott

Ronnishia Johnson- HASAN

The Vegan Hood Chefs

Arthur Gardner Jr.

Dopey Fresh

GUNNA GOES GLOBAL

Therapy in the Ghetto

Family Not a Group

Jessica Garrett

THE MEDEA PROJECT

RHODESSA JONES

PROJECT TEAM

  • Theo Ellington

    FOUNDER

  • Genevieve Leighton-Armah

    PROGRAM DIRECTOR

  • DAGHE ESOIMEME

    Creative Director

  • Niema Jordan

    Media Director

BLACK ON BOTH SIDES PARTNERS

Funding is provided in part by: SF Dream Keepers Initiative, SF Office of Economic & Workforce Development, Walter & Elise Haas Foundation, and the San Francisco Foundation.