Know your roots. Branch out. Grow together.
The Banyan Tree creates classes, camps, and events around South Asian stories, histories, and cultures for young people of all ages. We are a secular, inclusive, and equity-centered organization.
Upcoming Event
Harvest Festivals of South Asia
January 10, 2025 | 11:00AM - 2:00PM | Berkeley, CA
Join us for an afternoon of fun and learning! Throughout South Asia, January is filled with festivities to mark the harvest of winter crops like, rice, dal (lentils), and sugarcane. We welcome kids, families, and curious adults of all ages and backgrounds.
SUMMER!
Early Bird Registrations get 20% off until March 1.
Mausam Magazine
a seasonal collection of stories by young South Asian voices at The Banyan Tree
Root to Rise
Enroll your child now for Spring (January to May)
The Root to Rise program is a club, with cohorts from 4 to 13 years old, in Berkeley, CA. We bring stories of South Asian history to life through fun activities across art, mindfulness, STEM, sports, cooking, dance, and so much more. We support our youth in exploring their interests, building supportive friendships, and ultimately creating a multimedia magazine together that represents their discoveries through the program.
The Seed Fellowship
Apply for Spring (January to May)
The future is created by the seeds you plant today. The Seed Fellowship is a program for South Asian high school & college students to plant seeds for the future of their world, their community, and their lives. This includes creating community projects, South Asian language education, writing a family history, and much more.
WeLcome to the Treehouse
Berkeley, CA
Learn more about our space and design.
Why we exist
In South Asia, an old Banyan tree was a place of shade and sanctuary for communities to gather, for weary travelers to find respite, for elders to talk the afternoon away, and for children to play amidst its maze of branches. Like the neighborhood Banyan tree, we are a space for our communities to gather, grow, and thrive together.
South Asian families carry generations of wisdom—from food that heals to freedom stories. We are the Banyan Tree under which our communities can share this wisdom together, laugh together, eat together, learn together, grow together, and face the challenges of our world together.
Banyan trees grow their baby roots from their branches, until these roots grow into strong trunks of their own, and the Banyan trees of the future. We are a space for our youth, our baby roots, to claim the resources they need to grow into the next generation of Banyan trees.
Learn about how to join our programs, partner, or get involved!
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