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Frontline Catalysts

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Frontline Catalysts

Our mission is to empower frontline youth to lead the movement for transformative climate justice.

Frontline youth of color carry the legitimacy of lived experience to shine the spotlight on climate impacts. We must provide the opportunity and resources for youth to lead a transformative environmental justice movement. Their transformation of the community will be profound, systemic, and conducted within a racial equity framework anchored by socio-economic justice.

05/28/2026

JUNE 20th! Frontline Catalysts and Peralta Hacienda Historical Park are collaborating for a joint Juneteenth and Pride celebration. We want to spotlight our Black, Indigenous and Q***r and/or Trans artists and invite them to sell and exhibit their work in the Fruitvale community!

Just in time for Pride and Juneteenth, Frontline Catalysts and Friends of Peralta Hacienda are hosting a Q***r Ecology Art Market! The day will be a celebration of QTBIPOC joy, art and community. We will have QTBIPOC vendors, food, music, an art exhibit, and a q***r ecology scavenger hunt activity. We will also be hosting TWO FREE CYANOTYPE WORKSHOPS for community members to explore q***r/transness, ecology, and creation (limited spots so please RSVP asap at the link in our bio to reserve your spot!). This event is open to all ages!

If you are interested in showcasing your art at the exhibit and/or vending during the event, please swipe and fill out the application found in our bio (deadline has been extended!)

05/26/2026

We had some special guests join us for USFA garden club! Students Josephine and Sarine from UC Berkeley Civic Imagination Studio spent some time with our garden club students to get them envisioning their dream space. We dreamed up a safe home for bees and other pollinating critters, comfortables outdoor places to rest, as well as edible foods everywhere: carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, cherries, apples and watermelon. Thanks to this guided activity and our students' passionate visions, this garden will be popping by summer! 🥕🍏🍒🍉😋

05/17/2026

CALL FOR ARTISTS AND VENDORS for QTBIPOC Ecology Art Market

Date: June 20th 2026, 11-4pm
Where: Peralta Hacienda Historical Park

We are looking for Q***r and/ or Trans Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to share and sell their art at our upcoming QTBIPOC Ecology Art Fair!

Just in time for Pride and Juneteenth, this day will be a celebration of QTBIPOC joy, art and community. We will be hosting two cyanotype workshops for community members to explore q***r/transness, ecology, and creation. We will also have a vendor/ resource fair and art exhibit in the park!

If you are interested in showcasing your art at the exhibit and/or vending during the event, please submit an application via the QR code or link in bio!

05/15/2026

Mark your calendars for Clima y Communidad, a day of learning, growing and being in community for the Spanish/Mam speaking community in Fruitvale! We will be offering a short lesson on the basics of climate change and environmental justice before we move into painting pots to plant our very own edible seeds! All ages are welcome. If you know Spanish/Mam speaker who may be interested in attending, please share this flyer with them! The registration link can be found on this QR code, or with the link in our bio. Hope to see you and your family there! 🌍🤲💚

¡Marquen sus calendarios para "Clima y Comunidad", un día de aprendizaje, crecimiento y convivencia comunitaria para la comunidad hispanohablante y hablante de Mam en Fruitvale! Ofreceremos una breve sesión educativa sobre los fundamentos del cambio climático y la justicia ambiental, antes de pasar a pintar macetas para sembrar nuestras propias semillas comestibles. ¡Personas de todas las edades son bienvenidas! Si conocen a alguien que hable español o Mam y que pudiera estar interesado en asistir, ¡por favor compartan este folleto con esa persona! El enlace de registro se encuentra en este código QR o en el enlace de nuestra biografía. ¡Esperamos verlos a ustedes y a sus familias allí! 🌍🤲💚

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05/08/2026

Just one week away! Please join us for our C.A.R.E Expo to support our amazing youth in sharing all of the important work they have done this year! We will also have resources to be shared with the community, information on ways to get involved with us and our community partners, refreshments, and more.

The event will be help on May 15th from 6-8pm at Castlemont High School, feel free to sign up using the QR code above or at the link in our bio. As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions, we are excited to see you in community soon!

05/05/2026

Life Academy Internship update! This week our interns gave out five of the air purfiying plants that we potted earlier this month! These plants were purchased using the funds from the Eco-Rise grant that the students were awared earlier this year. We are so proud of these students for working to make their vision for their community come to life.

05/04/2026

Some special moments from our Rudsdale Trimester 3 Climate Justice Intensive! Over the past 2 weeks, we led Rudsdale students through daily lessons about climate justice issues, discussing topics from Pachamama and tipping points, to redlining and environmental racism. Some standout moments are tower building challenge where students engaged with concepts of capitalism and its harm on people and the environment, as well as a planting activity our SFSU intern Hector lead students through, where they planted turnips alongside something that they want to grow in their own lives! Their next project will be video creation about climate justice issues in Oakland that they feel passionate about.

It is such a joy to work with these incredible student leaders and we are excited to see where their creativity takes them!🌱🤲🏾🌍

04/29/2026

YOUTH POWER IN SACRAMENTO

Youth from frontline communities in Oakland visited legislators at the California State Capitol to advocate for AB1777, a bill that affirms California Air Resources Board’s authority to regulate indirect sources so that companies are held accountable for contributions to air pollution. If passed, the bill would (1) reduce pollution and (2) support cleaner technologies, ensuring a healthier future for community members in the East Bay.

04/27/2026

TODAY is the last day to apply for Frontline Voices!

Highschoolers and recent grads are invited to join us this summer for a 3-week workshop series creating powerful multimedia projects.

This is your chance to explore real environmental issues impacting your community and learn how to tell stories that matter. Throughout the program, you’ll connect your lived experiences to creative storytelling. Step into the studio at Hip Hop for Change, create beats for a music video, or create your own short documentary exploring an issue that matters to you. Former students have explored topics from getting the lead out of OUSD to documenting food insecurity in East Oakland. Whatever your vision is, we have space for you!

We’ve got you covered with breakfast and lunch everyday, and students who complete the program will receive a $500 stipend.

04/23/2026

Let's walk and talk! Did you know that Oakland's tree canopy is denser in wealthier, whiter neighborhoods?
In a city rife with the impacts of redlining and racial and economic injustice, why are green third spaces important; how are they complicated by things like access and surveillance, and what can we do to steward and expand these spaces?

Join us on a trip to the Gardens at Lake Merritt and while we talk about it! Also, watch to the end to learn more about our Seeds of Change event and how you can make a difference right here in Oakland, the link to sign up for the workshop is also in our bio.

Sources:
In part inspired by reel titled, ‘Everybody wants third spaces until a homeless guy shows up’

-https://esl.uchicago.edu/2023/11/01/third-places-what-are-they-and-why-are-they-important-to-american-culture/

- https://woeip.org/featured-work/planting-trees-in-west-oakland/

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Oakland, CA
94605

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 2pm

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http://www.frontlinecatalysts.org/

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