At Social Art and Culture, we believe Creativity is an economy. We strive to lead the new narrative around how we invest in the creative economy: A new economic sustainable framework invests in artisans and its culture.

Under the theme of Community Resilience, the Environmental Justice Forums' mission is to assemble different approaches that cultivate steps for advancing and expanding new community resilience models in environmental justice and activism. This free ½ day forum will provide opportunities for 100 artivists, public agencies, nonprofits, higher education, and thought leaders to collaborate, discuss and identify adverse environmental impacts that have affected communities. 

Welcome to the Creative Entrepreneur Capital Summit! This exciting summit celebrates innovation, creativity, and entrepreneurship. Annually,

we bring together a diverse community of creative minds, business leaders, and investors. Our goal is to inspire and empower entrepreneurs to turn their creative ideas into successful ventures. Whether you're a budding artist, designer, writer, or tech enthusiast, this event is for you!

Black L.U.V. Festival (love, unity, vision) is a festival that has been held in Washington, DC, since 1997. This FREE one-day cultural outdoor family event uses the cultural arts as a vehicle of social change to inform and enlighten communities of the Nation’s Capital on education, social injustice, innovation, healthcare, collective economics, and violence prevention in marginalized communities of color locally, domestically, and internationally. Black L.U.V. Fest 25 festival goers experienced the elements of art, music, literature, and technology as we celebrated “Afro-futurism” and combat anti-blackness.

Since 2014, this summer program has continued to afford ten college students [18-24 years] from Washington, DC, the opportunity to be exposed to different skills within independent media for six weeks in partnership with the DC Department of Employment Services. College students are paid hourly and work/train from 10 am - 3 pm, Monday - Thursday, with Friday field assignments. Alumni of the program have gone on to work for Discovery Channel, Radio One, Mayor Bowser, and Regal Entertainment.

 Throughout US history, racism has been deeply ingrained in various aspects ofhealth equity access, delivery, and responses to epidemics and disasters. Created by Social Art and Culture, Artivists for Health [AFH] Initiatives aims toimprove public health through the collaborative efforts of Artivism and Science. In the Summer of 2025, Artivists for Health will select five artivists across theUS to address public health issues related to environmental and healthdiseases that plague our communities.

Named in honor of the slain journalist, whose murder is still an open case, this bookstore is being built to fill the 25-year void of a bookstore in Anacostia while addressing the 50% illiteracy rate in this community.  Charnice Milton Community Bookstore (CMCB) operates at We Act Radio studios, 1918 MLK Ave, SE, and through pop-up locations around the city. Just down the street, we provide a used book section, with free books to young readers, within Busboys and Poets-Anacostia, one of the local group’s newer locations. Politics and Prose, one of DC’s oldest bookstores, supported our launch.