OAKLAND, CA – The three-day Reparations, Power, and Healing Convening took place in Oakland last week, drawing hundreds of Black leaders, students, business owners, and Bay Area residents to celebrate and strengthen Black community leadership through dialogue, service, and healing, according to a press release from Change Consulting.
The event was organized by the Brotherhood of Elders Network’s Bese Saka Initiative and the East Bay Community Foundation’s ASCEND BLO (Accelerating and Stabilizing Communities through Equitable Nonprofit Development: Black-Led Organizations). Both initiatives are committed to supporting and empowering Black-led organizations throughout the Bay Area, according to Change Consulting.
The Brotherhood of Elders Network describes the Bese Saka Initiative as “a healing, capacity and power-building effort,” originally launched as a two-year program. It was extended following strong positive feedback from the 18 Black-led organizations it served…