May 2020 Darryl McDavid

Darryl McDavid, 2020 Surge Oakland Fellow, has joined the Board of Director for First Place for Youth, an organization dedicated to helping foster youth build the skills they need to make a successful transition to self-sufficiency and responsible adulthood. May 2020 David Muhammad, 2020 Surge Academy Kansas City Alum, was featured on KCTV news regarding…

Surge Against COVID-19

IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 “We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The last couple of days have been quite heavy. It seems as if there are new developments on the spread of COVID-19…

Create the Space & Surge Institute

Hello! We welcome you from the Create The Space community to the Surge Institute! You’re here because we share something meaningful in common – the goal of uplifting and empowering our communities of color. Our Oakland program serves African-American, Latinx, and Asian Pacific Islander leaders and communities.  We are proud to partner with Create The…