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Imagining Liberation Through Film: Cultural Power at BlackStar Film Festival 2024

Blackfeet documentary wins Center for Cultural Power's...

Meet Our 2023 Constellations Participatory Awardees!

Thirty Artist Disruptors and traditional and tradition-based Culture Bearers using their ways of knowing to help communities reclaim their power.

Celebrating the Climate Woke: Create With Us Award Winners

The Center for Cultural Power and BLD PWR are excited to announce the winners of the Climate Woke: Create With Us (2024) award opportunity!

Propel: The Journey of a Narrative

Narratives act as waves, emerging from larger cultural currents, shaping our perceptions, and propelling us toward new shores

CLIMATE WOKE: CREATE WITH US (2024)

2024 Constellations Folk Arts & Cultural Stewardship Grants

For the Love of Care

We're honored to lean into our love for providing community care to our caregivers as they age with grace!

Threads of Change

Interweaving intersectional stories for a tangible future.

The Power Mural at Climate Week 2023

Art and Culture to drive climate solutions

Uplifting our Constellations Fellows and Partners

Learn more about their cultural and artistic projects!

The Border Report 2023

Learnings and recommendations from the Border Futures Narratives Project

California x Culture Bearers & Artist Disruptors Awards

Learn more about our two new awards!

Oakland Futures Love Life Awardees 2023

12 Artists Shaping Oakland’s Legacy

Juneteenth

A Black Radical Tradition

Waging Words of Resilience

Illuminating Indigenous Artists and Storytellers

Lil Blk Ass Prince

DAOUI re-imagines a classic story through a collaborative video installation

Black Queer Femme Led Climate Solutions

How Black land stewards and farmers are propelling us forward in the Anthropocene

Meet the Constellations Fellows!

Celebrating the 10 Artist Disruptors and Culture Bearers selected for our Constellations Fellowship

2023 #BeyondStatus Short Film Showcase!

Looking through a loving lens of immigrants’ lived experiences.

Oakland Futures: Love Life Edition

Announcing a new award fund for Oakland-based artists and culture bearers

Black Heroes Month

Telling stories of building power and intergenerational coalition through Black history

Activating Climate Leaders in Social Media Spaces

How The EcoTok Collective is revolutionizing climate activism through educational TikTok videos

Advocating for Artist Leadership at Sundance Film Festival

Activating film spaces to support BIPOC, Queer, and Immigrant Filmmakers

The Art of Abortion Storytelling

Celebrating Artist Leaders In Reproductive Justice

Bringing Cultural Power to COP27

A recap of our recent trip to a global climate convening

Ancestry Through Cultural Collaboration

A celebration of Native American Heritage Month and Indigeneity

Building Collective Power

Applications Launch for the Constellations x California Fellowship

How Art is Healing the Earth

New Narratives in Climate Activism

The Good Energy Playbook

Read the new climate guide for writers!

No Going Back: A COVID-19 Cultural Strategy Activation Guide

Learn how creators and movements can make lasting change NOW

Movement to the Ballot Box 2022

See how artists get out the vote

A Power to Rely On

Watch Indigenous women leading the way in solar solutions

Constellations Culture Change Fund

Learn about investing in culture shift

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Meet The Disruptors

10 emerging writers of color set to make waves in the film and television industry.
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Meet Our 2023 Constellations Participatory Awardees!

Thirty Artist Disruptors and traditional and tradition-based Culture Bearers using their ways of knowing to help communities reclaim their power.
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2024 Constellations Folk Arts & Cultural Stewardship Grants

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For the Love of Care

We're honored to lean into our love for providing community care to our caregivers as they age with grace!
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Threads of Change

Interweaving intersectional stories for a tangible future.
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The Power Mural at Climate Week 2023

Art and Culture to drive climate solutions
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The Border Report 2023

Learnings and recommendations from the Border Futures Narratives Project
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California x Culture Bearers & Artist Disruptors Awards

Learn more about our two new awards!
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Juneteenth

A Black Radical Tradition
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Lil Blk Ass Prince

DAOUI re-imagines a classic story through a collaborative video installation
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Black Queer Femme Led Climate Solutions

How Black land stewards and farmers are propelling us forward in the Anthropocene
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Border Futures

A Guide for Impact Storytelling
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2023 #BeyondStatus Short Film Showcase!

Looking through a loving lens of immigrants’ lived experiences.
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Black Heroes Month

Telling stories of building power and intergenerational coalition through Black history
Read More

Advocating for Artist Leadership at Sundance Film Festival

Activating film spaces to support BIPOC, Queer, and Immigrant Filmmakers
Read More

The Art of Abortion Storytelling

Celebrating Artist Leaders In Reproductive Justice
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Ancestry Through Cultural Collaboration

A celebration of Native American Heritage Month and Indigeneity
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Arriba! Uplifting Black Immigrant Storytellers

Explore the work of Aluoch Ojode and Nelson Baltazar
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The Good Energy Playbook

Read the new climate guide for writers!
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Beyond Status Showcase

Five artists, undefined by their immigration status
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