ABOUT
Black Joy Parade is a hyper-positive non-profit based in Oakland, CA that celebrates the Black experience and community's contribution to history and culture with its signature parade and celebration, partnerships and events.
OUR
MISSION
Bold Blackness
Creative Expression
Economic Empowerment
Unwavering Optimism
The Black Joy Parade exists to provide the Black community and allies a live experience that celebrates our influence on cultures past, present and future. We will unite a diverse community by creating a space to express each of our unique contributions to the Black experience. We invite you to be creative, be open, be present, be free.
MEET THE
TEAM
Black Joy Parade is proudly built by a team of local volunteers.
Photos by: reyaphotography.info@gmail.com
IN THE
MEDIA
CNN: We need more 'trauma-free Blackness.'
Teen Vogue
ABC 7 News
Mercury News
KQED
Bustle
ABC 7 News
MORE:
Travel and Tour World: Black Joy Parade turns downtown streets into a living celebration of culture and community in California
San Francisco Chronicle: Oakland's Black Joy Parade celebrates community's past, present and future
Oakland Post: Black Joy Parade Draws 14,000 to Downtown Oakland
KQED: OaklandCelebrates Black Joy Parade
Oakland North: First annual Black Joy Parade takes over downtown Oakland
