Bay Area Creative Bac

Rich Oak became a program of Bay Area Creative this year and continued to produce the Berkeley Slam the longest running poetry slam on the west coast. Rich Oak brings together local known and new poets including participants in the SPARC program with well-known poets from around the world for a weekly slam in the Bay Area. Audience and performers form a diverse reflection of the Bay Area community including BIPOC AAPI LatinX LGBTQ+ and all other types of identifying performers to a single stage. Serving an audience of a combined total of more than 3,200 people at 58 shows between July 1 2023 and June 30 2024. 32 featured performers headlined and over 700 poets and artists performed at Rich Oak events.

Revisions is Bay Area Creatives therapeutic arts program that works with organizations and providers to create lasting difference in participants lives through creative therapy such as writing and empathy education. Working with organizations such as The Social Changery BAC provided 150 participants access to therapeutic arts in 26 workshops focused on accessing trauma and healing in creative methods such as writing.

Educators for Empathy is a program designed to train educators in working with diverse students. This program served 500 teachers and staff in training to work with their specific students and communities.