Sarah Webster Fabio Center for Social Justice (SWFCenter) supports the needs of the traditionally underserved by providing opportunities for dialogue, art, social justice and community building. Our programming has a transformational emphasis and counters widespread anti-black narratives in order to inspire future change agents to thrive! Our purpose is to bridge the great cultural divide that limits the expressions and opportunities for targeted communities with extractive public policies that support notions of Black inferiority, appropriate our cultural product and bleed into ideas of whose expression is deserving of support. Our directives come from our community. Sometimes it’s reminders that Oakland and East Oakland have long histories of art excellence, at other times, our kids need activities of empowerment and the need to learn new skills or participate in small but meaningful service projects. Our growing community connections think of us for cultural documentation and we provide service whenever it’s feasible. Our purpose is to maintain a cultural and community responsiveness that hasn’t been available and provide the platform that reminds our folks that we will come through this, again.