ABOUT TOOLS OF THE TRADE
The Bayview Opera House strives to nurture, educate and inspire the next generation of artists of color. Their Tools of the Trade Program not only helps participants gain employable technical skills; it helps people who have been historically left out of artistic spaces break into an industry.
ABOUT NARRATIVE SHIFT
With support from the Dream Keeper Initiative and the Human Rights Commission, Narrative Shift lifts up unseen, untold stories from San Francisco’s Black community—people and organizations too often mis- or underrepresented in mainstream news and storytelling. The suite of projects includes video diaries, short films, dance and theater projects and more. Narrative Shift puts storytelling tools (filming, recording, interviewing, etc) directly in the hands of those from communities most directly impacted by historic and cultural exclusion.
