Art & Social Change
The 100 Families Oakland Art & Social Change project enlivens the creative spirit and celebrates the power of families and neighborhoods in Oakland, through the transformative process of creating art that promotes hope, action, and beauty.

The Project's Structure
For 10 consecutive weeks, families come together to learn about and create art, with 25 families participating at a time.

The art sessions are given in four Oakland neighborhoods: East Oakland, Chinatown, Fruitvale, and West Oakland.

Each neighborhood site offers a variety of arts that draw on the families' experiences, both personal and cultural. All art materials are provided, along with guidance and encouragement from local artists.

How to participate
100 Families sessions take place throughout the year in different neighborhoods. Sign up for the Center email newsletter to receive announcements on when to register your family for the next 100 Families session, as well as upcoming opportunities and events.

What People Are Saying

The most important thing with 100 Families is to be able to instill in these youth and in these parents a means to really look at the rest of the world. It's not just simply about drawing or painting, but really also to explore themselves.  
-- Israel Harros, 100 Families artist and CCA student

This project is one of the most exciting things we've done in many years. Really working with community organizations and families throughout Oakland, to make meaning and use creativity and bring families together around art making. 
-- CCA president Michael Roth

Even if it's a neighborhood at a time, a block at a time, even if it means having one by one, a child, and a grandparent and a parent say, "I'm worth something," what kind of change will happen? 
-- Melanie Cervantes, 100 Families artist

100 Families on KQED: Listen to members of the project discuss 100 Families Oakland on the KQED talk show Forum with Michael Krasny: 100 Families on Forum.