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CONNECT WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS ON THE FRONT LINES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE
Black Futures Lab
blackfutureslab.org
The Black Agenda 2020 works to hold elected officials accountable to our communities and make Black people powerful in politics and beyond!
Center for Policing Equity
policingequity.org
Center for Policing Equity’s work continues to simultaneously aid police departments to realize their own equity goals as well as advance the scientific understanding of issues of equity within organizations and policing.
Movement for Black Lives
m4bl.org
M4BL has created a popular strategy rooted in transformative goals that will impact the millions of Black people looking for direction and leadership in this moment.
National Black Justice Coalition
nbjc.org
The National Black Justice Coalition (NBJC) is a civil rights organization dedicated to the empowerment of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and same gender loving (LGBTQ/SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS. NBJC’s mission is to end racism, homophobia, and LGBTQ/SGL bias and stigma.
LOCAL TO PORTLAND ORGANIZATIONS
African American Alliance for Home Ownership
https://www.aaah.org/
The mission of the AAAHO is to increase homeownership and economic stability for African Americans and other underserved individuals
The Black Food Sovereignty Coalition (BFSC)
https://blackfoodnw.org/
Black Food Sovereignty Coalition (BFSC) is a member-based organization working in solidarity with Black, Indigenous, and POC (BIPOC) growers, policy makers, advocates, and educators to stabilize food systems infrastructure for marginalized communities in the Pacific Northwest. BFSC evolved from the foundational work of Mudbone Grown, Beyond Black CDC, POIC, We Grow, the Coalition for Prosperity of the People, and other culturally-grounded grassroots initiatives and organizations focused on food justice. Founded in 2018, BFSC serves as a collaboration hub, working alongside established justice driven efforts to support existing community initiatives, strengthen community food systems, transform cultural spaces, and conserve resources.
Black United Fund of Oregon
https://www.bufor.org/about
For over 30 years, Black United Fund of Oregon has been committed to providing financial support and life-changing programs for low-income communities and communities of color in Oregon. The ultimate goal of the Black United Fund of Oregon (BUF) is to increase opportunities for growth by encouraging philanthropic activity in our state and putting funds in the hands of organizations providing resources for underserved communities.
Coalition of Communities of Color
https://www.coalitioncommunitiescolor.org/take-action
The Coalition of Communities of Color's mission is to address the socioeconomic disparities, institutional racism, and inequity of services experienced by our families, children and communities; and to organize our communities for collective action resulting in social change to obtain self-determination, wellness, justice and prosperity.
Don’t Shoot Portland
https://www.dontshootpdx.org/
The work and activism of DSP - including direct community education workshops, support the outreach of our continued advocacy as first respondents and has helped community members contribute through direct engagement and legislative value. There are a vast amount of policy based assets influenced and being harnessed in our strategic building of relationships and networks used toward the shift in culture and systemic discrimination. Activists from the front line need to be encouraged to continue frank and honest conversations about our connection with Ferguson and race in American and its influence within politics.
Known for our bystander intervention work and community advocacy, it’s with great pride that at the beginning of this year, on Martin Luther King’s birthday, we moved into the former Albina Arts Center in North Portland. To occupy this historical space in a now heavily gentrified area, we are excited to host our educational programming, youth events and community-based archival workshops in this space.
Equitable Giving Circle
https://equitablegivingcircle.org
Equitable Giving Circle is a community of people who have committed to community giving through small donations, event fundraising, volunteering, and community-building. Our aim is to empower BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities in Portland by leveraging economic deposits from communities of privilege to empower BIPOC communities and begin to move towards economic equity. Shifting economic power will create ripples of real change.
The MRG Foundation
https://www.mrgfoundation.org
The MRG Foundation believes in the power of collective action to change the world.
NAACP of Portland
https://pdxnaacp.org
The NAACP of Portland works to ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of rights of all persons and eliminating racial hatred and discrimination.
PAALF
https://www.paalf.org
The Portland African American Leadership Forum helps our Black community imagine the alternatives we deserve and build our civic participation and leadership to achieve those alternatives.
Race Talks
https://racetalkspdx.com/about-race-talks
RACE TALKS’ mission is to support interracial and cross-cultural communication and relationships through the development of sensitivity and understanding, and social justice activism supported by educational panels / or films, good food, and great discussions.
The Urban League of Portland
https://ulpdx.org
The Urban League of Portland’s mission is to empower African-Americans and others to achieve equality in education, employment, health, economic security and quality of life.
Vanport Mosaic
https://www.vanportmosaic.org/
The Vanport Mosaic is a memory-activism platform. We amplify, honor, present, and preserve the silenced histories that surround us in order to understand our present, and create a future where we all belong.
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Advancement Project
https://advancementproject.org/
The Advancement Project focuses on tackling inequity with innovative strategies and strong community alliance. They combine law, communications, policy, and technology to create workable solutions and achieve systemic change on issues of democracy, voting rights, and access to justice.
African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund-
https://savingplaces.org/african-american-cultural-heritage#.XuK430VKhPZ
Too often the places where significant African American history happened have been unrecognized for the important role they play in the fabric of American society. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is working to fill this gap through our African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund.
Black Aids Institute
https://blackaids.org/
The mission of the BAI is to stop the AIDS epidemic in Black communities by engaging and mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront HIV.
Black Lives Matter
https://blacklivesmatter.com/
#BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes.
Color of Change
https://colorofchange.org/about/
Color Of Change is the nation’s largest online racial justice organization. We help people respond effectively to injustice in the world around us. As a national online force driven by 1.7 million members, we move decision-makers in corporations and government to create a more human and less hostile world for Black people in America.
Community Bail Relief Fund
https://www.communityjusticeexchange.org/
The Community Justice Exchange is a national hub for developing, sharing, and experimenting with tactical interventions, strategic organizing practices, and innovative organizing tools to end mass incarceration. We provide support to community-based organizations that are building a new vision of community justice through bottom-up interventions in the criminal legal and immigration detention systems.
Equal Justice Initiative
https://eji.org/
EJI is committed to ending mass incarceration and excessive punishment in the U.S., challenging racial and economic injustice, and protecting basic human rights for the most vulnerable people in American society.
The Innocence Project
https://www.innocenceproject.org/
The Innocence Project, founded in 1992 by Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck at Cardozo School of Law, exonerates the wrongly convicted through DNA testing and reforms the criminal justice system to prevent future injustice.
NAACP Legal Defense Fund and Education Fund
https://www.naacpldf.org/about-us/
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. is America’s premier legal organization fighting for racial justice. Through litigation, advocacy, and public education, LDF seeks structural changes to expand democracy, eliminate disparities, and achieve racial justice in a society that fulfills the promise of equality for all Americans. LDF also defends the gains and protections won over the past 75 years of civil rights struggle and works to improve the quality and diversity of judicial and executive appointments.
Racial Justice Network
https://racialjusticenetwork.com/
The Racial Justice Network (RJN) is a multi-racial, grassroots organization, committed to fighting for racial justice and building bridges across racial, social, and economic lines. RJN is actively fighting for justice in the wake of George Floyd’s murder by MPD. To stay informed, please follow us on Facebook for latest event information, calls to action, and important community discussions.
Southern Poverty Law Center
https://www.splcenter.org
The SPLC is the premier U.S. non-profit organization monitoring the activities of domestic hate groups and other extremists – including the Ku Klux Klan, the neo-Nazi movement, neo-Confederates, racist skinheads, black separatists, antigovernment militias, Christian Identity adherents and others.
The SPLC is currently tracking more than 1,600 extremist groups operating across the country. They publish investigative reports, train law enforcement officers and share key intelligence, and offer expert analysis to the media and public.
The Transgender District
https://www.transgenderdistrictsf.com/
The mission of the Transgender District is to create an urban environment that fosters the rich history, culture, legacy, and empowerment of transgender people and its deep roots in the southeastern Tenderloin neighborhood. The transgender district aims to stabilize and economically empower the transgender community through ownership of homes, businesses, historic and cultural sites, and safe community spaces.
United Negro College Fund
https://uncf.org/about
“A mind is a terrible thing to waste.”® For more than seven decades, this principle has remained at the heart of UNCF, enabling us to raise more than $5 billion and help more than 500,000 students and counting not just attend college, but thrive, graduate and become leaders. The UNCF does this in three ways: by awarding more than 10,000 students scholarships, worth more than $100 million, each year. By providing financial support to 37 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). And by serving as the nation’s leading advocate for the importance of minority education and community engagement.
VICTIM MEMORIAL FUNDS
Donations to these organizations will go toward supporting the families of Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, James Scurlock, Tony McDade, David McAtee, Robert Fuller, Rayshard Brooks, and Dominique “Rem’mie” Fells