Calling all teens, educators and families! Take a breather between the busy school week and the weekend ahead at Chapter 510’s cozy space for creative writing. As part of their Write, Speak, Heal collaborative with Youth Speaks and Divine Radiance, join poet, playwright, organizer, and educator Mahogany L. Browne for an afternoon celebrating young people’s self-expression, resilience, and wellness.

We are so exited to be a part of the Old Oakland Summer Stroll, a fun-filled day in the heart of Old Oakland, located around 9th Street & Washington Street. Get ready to enjoy a variety of activities, delicious food, music, and shopping from local vendors. Whether you're a longtime resident or a first-time visitor, there's something for everyone at this exciting event. Don't miss out on the chance to explore all that Old Oakland has to offer!

Come out for Teacher Appreciation Night with the Oakland Ballers!

We are so exited to be a part of the Old Oakland Summer Stroll, a fun-filled day in the heart of Old Oakland, located around 9th Street & Washington Street. Get ready to enjoy a variety of activities, delicious food, music, and shopping from local vendors. Whether you're a longtime resident or a first-time visitor, there's something for everyone at this exciting event. Don't miss out on the chance to explore all that Old Oakland has to offer!

Join literary agent Maeve MacLysaght for a community conversation. Maeve will answer questions from the community and will be centering their experiences as a literary agent.

Divine Radiance presents D.E.A.R (Drop Everything And READ) a family reading event at Chapter 510 centering Black girls & their families.

Host Dorothy Lazard—writer, librarian, and public historian— joins an extraordinary lineup of local women writers for an afternoon of readings to benefit Chapter 510, an Oakland-based nonprofit dedicated to connecting young people to the power of their stories and providing a space for youth to bravely write.

Spend a quiet Saturday afternoon in the burrow. Settle in with a beginner-friendly punch needle project while adoptable rabbits rest and roam nearby.

Come on down to the Dept. of Make / Believe and get all your holiday shopping done in one place. Wouldn’t that be a dream? Well, lucky for you, the Dept. is a place where we believe dreams can become real!

Come out and join us for a night of community and karaoke!

Come out for our Oakland Roots’s Purpose Partner soccer game on Saturday, September 20th!

We are so exited to be a part of the Old Oakland Summer Stroll, a fun-filled day in the heart of Old Oakland, located around 9th Street & Washington Street. Get ready to enjoy a variety of activities, delicious food, music, and shopping from local vendors. Whether you're a longtime resident or a first-time visitor, there's something for everyone at this exciting event. Don't miss out on the chance to explore all that Old Oakland has to offer!

Bestselling Author Nnedi Okorafor in conversation with Chapter 510 youth Aida Ndiaye with special guest author/scientist Kemi Ashing-Giwa.

We are hosting a vision board party inspired by Octavia E Butler's A Few Rules for Predicting the Future!

Come celebrate an anthology of short detective stories penned by Oakland 4th & 5th graders!

Bring your whole family on Saturday, November 16 from 2pm-4pm

at Chapter 510, 546 9th Street, Oakland

Young Author Readings & Signings!

You do not want to miss the Official Opening of the Partially Personalized and Pneumatic Poetic Permits, Permission Slips, Passes, Potions, and Prescriptions Service!

Authors Against Book Bans & Chapter 510 present Freedom To Read a Banned Book Week event featuring Chapter 510 youth, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Angela Dalton, and Laure Gao

Come Write Your Roots with us at the Oakland Roots game on September 14!

You won’t want to miss this year’s Bay Area Book Festival! Swing by our booth on Center St. for bookmaking and art activities, youth author readings, and to experience MEGALAND, a theme Park created by Hoover Elementary, and brought to life with Augmented Reality by Black Terminus. Our youth authors, Isa Vance, Jordyn Newsom, Yousef Abuhambiya, and Zoel Curtis will be reading from their published books from 11:30-12, and signing copies afterward! See the schedule below for more details.

Join us for our Spring Lit Fest in celebration of the release of House Where The Earth Shakes, an anthology of poetry by teens, Hello From Somewhere, an anthology of fiction by Middle School students and our new podcast, Sound Space: Tales of Surviving High School. 

Enjoy an afternoon of family friendly hands-on arts activities, food, music as well as readings and young author signings. Peruse our Dept. of Make / Believe store and help us celebrate our 10 year anniversary of serving Oakland youth! 

Don’t miss the Chapter 510’s Youth Advisory Board hosting our First Friday open mic and workshop! Writers of all levels, ages 13-19 ,are welcome.

Writing Workshop | 4:30PM - 5:30PM

Open Mic | 5:30PM - 7PM

Don’t miss the Chapter 510’s Youth Advisory Board hosting our First Friday open mic and workshop! Writers of all levels, ages 13-19 ,are welcome.

Writing Workshop | 4:30PM - 5:30PM

Open Mic | 5:30PM - 7PM

Don’t miss the Chapter 510’s Youth Advisory Board hosting our First Friday open mic and workshop! Writers of all levels, ages 13-19 ,are welcome.

Writing Workshop | 4:30PM - 5:30PM

Open Mic | 5:30PM - 7PM

Don’t miss January’s special First Friday event the Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Alumni Showcase.

7:00PM - 8:30PM