What is it?
The Art of Storytellin’ is a concept created for people to be able to share stories. The objective is for people to be surrounded be like minded individuals and share stories from their past. Good, bad, positive, negative, non-fiction, or real life everyone has a story to tell. This platform is also a community bonding event. Made for people to be able to meet people who actually live close to them. The bazaar is a collective of various vendors who range from jewelry makers, painters, app builders, 3D designers, and other creators. This event will be able to empower our small businesses in giving them a place to build clientele, as well as sell their respective products.
This Art of Storytellin' installment will feature West Oakland Native Marvin X
He grew up in Fresno and Oakland, in an activist household. He graduated from Thomas Alva Edison High School in Fresno in 1962. His parents published the Black-owned paper of Fresno, California, called the Fresno Voice.[1] The 1947 paper advertised community events, local businesses, including their own real-estate business, and focused on national and state events including: the promotion of anti-lynching laws, Jackie Robinson Day, New York Freedom trains being integrated, the mission work of the Catholic church with Indian and Negroes, and the $350 million expansion of PG&E in California.
Marvin X has four living children and one son who preceded him in death.
