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Black Businesses & Organizations in Berkeley, CA

Explore Black businesses and organizations in Berkeley, CA serving your community. Find law firms, medical practices, restaurants, retail stores, nonprofits, cultural organizations, and community services owned by or dedicated to serving the Black community. Connect with establishments that understand your cultural values and provide services in your language.
Black Female Project
Black Female Project
Since 2014, BlackFemaleProject has been creating intentional community spaces in Berkeley, CA where Black women's voices are uplifted, experiences are affirmed, and collective wisdom is shared. Founded on the belief that by studying how Black women have navigated and thrived despite structural barriers, we can empower the next generation to achieve their self-defined success, this organization has grown into a vital resource for professional and personal well-being. BlackFemaleProject operates from a deep commitment to centering Black women in conversations about workplace culture and inclusion, recognizing that these spaces are rare and necessary. Through member spotlights, community events, story collections, podcasts, and wellness initiatives, the organization has built a supportive network where Black women can connect authentically without judgment, share their professional journeys, and learn from one another's experiences. The organization's work goes beyond documentation—it's about healing, validation, and transformation. Members describe finding comfort in knowing they're not alone, gaining tools for professional and personal evolution, and discovering the strength that comes from being part of a community that truly understands the unique challenges and triumphs of Black women in the workplace. BlackFemaleProject's vision extends across California and nationally, creating a world where Black women are celebrated as their full selves, free from negative consequences, and supported in their pursuit of meaningful success.

Berkeley, CA

Live Free USA
Live Free USA
Live Free USA, headquartered in Berkeley, California, is a faith-based movement committed to healing communities fractured by gun violence and mass incarceration. Since its founding in 2011, Live Free has evolved into a national hub connecting thousands of faith leaders, directly impacted leaders, and movement partners united around a shared vision of peace and public safety. The organization's roots trace to community organizing in Oakland, California, where Rev. Michael McBride and collaborators developed the Oakland Ceasefire program—a violence intervention initiative that cut city-wide shootings and homicides in half. This success inspired Live Free to scale proven approaches nationwide, positioning itself at the forefront of the community violence intervention movement when few understood its potential. Live Free operates from the conviction that criminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, combined with lack of meaningful opportunities, have created a crisis demanding systemic change. Rather than viewing public safety through a purely enforcement lens, Live Free invests in those closest to the pain, building new systems centered on healing and prevention. The organization has incubated transformative initiatives including Community Justice, focused on federal and state gun violence policy; the Black Brown Peace Consortium, uniting violence intervention practitioners into a national advocacy coalition; and the Peace Consortium's Fund Peace Campaign, which unlocked billions in federal CVI funding. By bringing together education, advocacy, and community investment, Live Free embodies a holistic approach to reshaping public safety and expanding opportunity in Black and Brown communities across America.

Berkeley, CA

Latest Black Events

SF Black History Month Closing Ceremony 2027
SF Black History Month Closing Ceremony 2027
Join us in celebration of the 12th annual Black History Month Closing Ceremony (2027), hosted by Malia Cohen and assorted guests! The event date and time as stated here are not yet confirmed, and actual details will be shared as the event approaches. We intend to use this event page to capture interested attendees information and reach out directly via email!

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Afro-Filipino Jazz Project at YBG Festival
Afro-Filipino Jazz Project at YBG Festival
FREE concert celebrating Afro Filipinx music roots and traditions only at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Few artists have appeared at the Festival more frequently than flutist, percussionist and arranger John Calloway. Whether he’s leading his own band, performing in the sextet of longtime creative partner John Santos, or directing the Latin Jazz Youth Ensemble of San Francisco, Calloway is a Bay Area icon who’s been at the center of the San Francisco Latin jazz scene for some five decades. But his latest and most personal project yet, the Afro-Filipino Jazz Project, takes his music in a new direction. Founded in 2022 as a creative, interactive space, the Project is intended to bring together Afro Filipinx, African American and Filipino American musicians to explore a broad range of musical styles, with a particular emphasis on jazz idioms, African American roots and traditional and folkloric Filipino music. It’s one component of the larger Afro-Filipino Project, a platform dedicated to highlighting and celebrating, individually and collectively, the art practices and artists of the African American and Filipino American communities whose contributions have profoundly shaped our nation's artistic narrative. For this performance the AFJP features bass star Marcus Shelby, inveterately grooving drummer Deszon Claiborne, Latin jazz piano specialist Murray Low, saxophonist TJ Milan, Conrad Benedicto on kulintang, vocalist and dancer Ting Alvarez and guest vocalist Anna Maria Flechero.

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Joe Bataan at YBG Festival
Joe Bataan at YBG Festival
FREE show with the legendary Joe Bataan in San Francisco, only at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival Opening Set from MeloDious Festival favorite Joe Bataan, a Latin music legend since the mid-1960s, returns to the Gardens for his third performance in the past four years. He made an indelible mark as one of the early stars of Fania Records with a seductive combination of doo-wop vocals and boogaloo, one of the era’s defining sounds. Born Bataan Nitollano to a Filipino father and African-American mother and raised in Spanish Harlem, he is the father of the Latin soul sound, crooning hits like “Gypsy Woman” and “Ordinary Guy.” But Bataan never stayed in one groove for long. He went on to expand his sound in the ’70s with his Ghetto Records releases, co-coining the apt moniker “salsoul,” though he adapted to changing currents at the end of the decade with forays into disco and hip-hop (scoring the early rap hit “Rap-O Clap-O” in 1979). Stepping back from performing in the early ‘80s, he largely disappeared from the scene while working as a youth counselor in detention facilities. It’s a dramatic story that he recounts with humor and searing detail in his 2024 memoir Streetology: The Legacy of the Afro-Filipino, King of Latin Soul. Since returning to music in 2005, he’s reclaimed his crown and is still going strong in his 80s, a fact made evident by his triumphant YBG Festival performances. The last time MeloDious appeared at the Gardens the group was serving as house band for Cava Menzies’ glorious CO-LLAB choir in 2024. This year the rapidly ascending Oakland trio presents their own program of eclectic, soulful sounds. Grounded by keyboardist Micaiah, bassist Matthias and drummer Memphis Dempsey, MeloDious draws on a rich musical lineage that spans gospel, jazz, R&B and soul. Since forming in 2016, the band has captivated audiences with dynamic vocal harmonies, inventive arrangements and unmistakable creative chemistry. Their versatility and musicianship have led them to sharing stages with several Grammy Award-winning artists, solidifying their stature within the Bay Area’s vibrant musical ecosystem as stars on the rise. Pre-show music from KALW DJ Marcus at 1pm. In partnership with: KALW Museum of the African Diaspora

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Latest Businesses/Organizations

Black Female Project
Black Female Project
Since 2014, BlackFemaleProject has been creating intentional community spaces in Berkeley, CA where Black women's voices are uplifted, experiences are affirmed, and collective wisdom is shared. Founded on the belief that by studying how Black women have navigated and thrived despite structural barriers, we can empower the next generation to achieve their self-defined success, this organization has grown into a vital resource for professional and personal well-being. BlackFemaleProject operates from a deep commitment to centering Black women in conversations about workplace culture and inclusion, recognizing that these spaces are rare and necessary. Through member spotlights, community events, story collections, podcasts, and wellness initiatives, the organization has built a supportive network where Black women can connect authentically without judgment, share their professional journeys, and learn from one another's experiences. The organization's work goes beyond documentation—it's about healing, validation, and transformation. Members describe finding comfort in knowing they're not alone, gaining tools for professional and personal evolution, and discovering the strength that comes from being part of a community that truly understands the unique challenges and triumphs of Black women in the workplace. BlackFemaleProject's vision extends across California and nationally, creating a world where Black women are celebrated as their full selves, free from negative consequences, and supported in their pursuit of meaningful success.

Berkeley, CA

Live Free USA
Live Free USA
Live Free USA, headquartered in Berkeley, California, is a faith-based movement committed to healing communities fractured by gun violence and mass incarceration. Since its founding in 2011, Live Free has evolved into a national hub connecting thousands of faith leaders, directly impacted leaders, and movement partners united around a shared vision of peace and public safety. The organization's roots trace to community organizing in Oakland, California, where Rev. Michael McBride and collaborators developed the Oakland Ceasefire program—a violence intervention initiative that cut city-wide shootings and homicides in half. This success inspired Live Free to scale proven approaches nationwide, positioning itself at the forefront of the community violence intervention movement when few understood its potential. Live Free operates from the conviction that criminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, combined with lack of meaningful opportunities, have created a crisis demanding systemic change. Rather than viewing public safety through a purely enforcement lens, Live Free invests in those closest to the pain, building new systems centered on healing and prevention. The organization has incubated transformative initiatives including Community Justice, focused on federal and state gun violence policy; the Black Brown Peace Consortium, uniting violence intervention practitioners into a national advocacy coalition; and the Peace Consortium's Fund Peace Campaign, which unlocked billions in federal CVI funding. By bringing together education, advocacy, and community investment, Live Free embodies a holistic approach to reshaping public safety and expanding opportunity in Black and Brown communities across America.

Berkeley, CA

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