Soul City Movement
Brooklyn, NY
2019
To empower a diverse collective of artists and youth to explore creativity as a tool for personal and community development.
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1Love Movement
Philadelphia, PA
2016
1Love Movement formed in response to a deportation crisis that targeted Cambodian-Americans with past criminal convictions in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. What began as a campaign to release loved ones...
Black and Brown Workers Cooperative (BBWC)
Philadelphia, PA
2019, 2017
We the Black and Brown Workers Cooperative (BBWC) actively challenge, resist and dismantle systems of oppression that adversely impact the Black and Brown worker. Thus, we push for...
Black Excellence Collective
Newark, NJ
2018, 2017
The Black Excellence Collective is a black-led grassroots organizing collective that that uses direct action, art, and popular education to uplift and empower queer, transgender and gender non...
BMORE Awesome Inc.
Baltimore, MD
2018, 2017
Bmore Awesome is an independent, socially conscientious record label committed to music by young Baltimore musicians who are empowering others and inspiring change that: 1. Uses music as...
CulturalWorker
Silver Spring, MD
2019
CulturalWorker creates a series of musicals for popular education, including The Moment Was Now in 2019 and beyond, to help build movements of resistance.
Educated Little Monsters
Brooklyn, NY
2018
Educated Little Monsters is a local grassroots arts organization and movement dedicated to providing an artistic outlet for Brooklyn youth of color while empowering them to become socially...
Equality for Flatbush
New York, NY
2017, 2016
Equality for Flatbush (E4F) is a people of color-led, multi-national grassroots organization that does anti-police repression, affordable housing and anti-gentrification organizing in the Flatbush and East Flatbush communities...
For the Gworls
Brooklyn, NY
2019
For the Gworls hosts monthly community events — such as healing spaces, panel discussions, and rent parties — to fundraise to assist Black transgender people with rent and gender-affirming surgeries.
Garden of Peace Project
Pittsburg, PA
2018
Garden of Peace Project was created to uplift, uphold, and empower the narratives and lived experiences of queer and/or trans folks of color. We work to manifest spaces...
Healing Justice Podcast
Millerton, NY
2018
Healing Justice Podcast is an audio project to democratize access to inspiring stories, leaders, and practices to support our liberation. A story-mapping of the experiments of courageous and...
Justice Committee
New York, NY
2013, 2011
The Justice Committee (JC) is a Latina/Latino-led organization dedicated to building a movement against police violence and systemic racism in New York City. Our organizing strategies include leadership...
Justice For Muslims Collective
Washington, DC
2018
Justice For Muslims Collective envisions a world where Muslims around the world are treated with dignity and respect while being afforded equal access to human and civil rights...
Movement for Justice in el Barrio
New York, NY
2013, 2014
Movement for Justice in El Barrio is an immigrant-led, grassroots organization fighting for justice in East Harlem, New York. Movement was founded to fight against a voracious trend...
Movement Netlab
New York, NY
2017
The Movement Netlab is a practice-centered ‘think-make-and-do tank’. We are comprised of movement-based activists, organizers, and researchers whose goal is to help develop powerful conceptual and practical tools...