4ward Miami, Inc
Miami, FL
2018
4Ward Miami was founded in 2015 to promote LGBTQ+ diversity, economic status and civil rights through the creation of the Gay8 Festival and other programs that promote community...
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adé Project
Asheville, NC
2018
adé [aahh day] [Acronym] artists designing evolution. adé is a multi-generational, intersectional grassroots cooperative bringing together la indígena and artists of color that actualize equity, spark creative inquiry...
Black Love Convergence
Durham, NC
2019
Black Love Convergence activates African Diasporic wisdom as a tool for restoration, innovation, and possibility within movements, communities and the lives of those fighting for their freedom.
Blights Out
New Orleans, LA
2018, 2017
Blights Out is a collective of artists, activists, and architects working to imagine and design a new model for housing development centered outside the for-profit market; we generate...
BreakOUT!
New Orleans, LA
2014, 2013, 2012, 2011
BreakOUT! seeks to end the criminalization of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth to build a safer and more just New Orleans.We build on the rich...
Center for Artistic Revolution
Little Rock, AR
2012
Center for Artistic Revolution is a LGBTQ/SGL centric statewide organization working with diverse communities and allies on Fairness and Equality for ALL Arkansans.
Chocolate Soul Revival
Durham, NC
2019
A healing justice initiative for Black women, femmes, and gender non-conforming people, centering the lives and voices of those most marginalized amongst us, particularly, LGBTQ, low income/ working...
Concerned Citizens for Justice
Chattanooga, TN
2017
Concerned Citizens for Justice (CCJ) was originally founded in August of 1984 by Maxine Cousin, Annie Thomas, and Ms. Thomas' two daughters, Lisa and Lydia. The organization was...
Delta Collaborative
New Orleans, LA
2018
We are feminist, anti-racist, anti-capitalists sparking radical conversations about the environment in conservative geographies with a mobile environmental museum.
Greensboro Mural Project
Greensboro, NC
2017
The Greensboro Mural Project is an arts organization that engages the people of Greensboro in the process of creating murals through dialogue across the community. The Greensboro Mural...
LOUD: New Orleans Queer Youth Theater
New Orleans, LA
2019
LOUD: New Orleans Queer Youth Theater uses ensemble theatre to cultivate resilience, develop an intersectional analysis, and build a shared vision for liberation through devising and producing original...
Melange
Morristown, TN
2015
Melange hosts and organizes multicultural art, media and educational exhibits, events and performances for the general public with the goal of promoting equality, inclusion and community building. The...
Movement Mastery
Hialeah, FL
2015
Movement Mastery is committed to supporting social movements to build the critical masses of active popular support required to deliver the changes we are fighting for. Our work...
National Coalition to Combat Police Terrorism
Snellville, GA
2016
The National Coalition to Combat Police Terrorism (NCCPT) is comprised of grassroots activists, organizations, attorneys and Hip Hop artists. NCCPT is seeking to abolish police occupation and terrorism...
Pioneer Winter Collective, Inc.
Miami, FL
2017
Pioneer Winter Collective democratizes performance through the unexpected and promotes the performing arts as an anchor for social commentary: unexpected bodies in unexpected places, producing unexpected change.