Black Lives Matter Foundation Inc

HEAL THE PAST, RE-IMAGINE THE PRESENT, AND INVEST IN THE FUTURE OF BLACK LIVES

GRASSROOTS - WE ARE WORKING AND COLLABORATING WITH BLACK LEADERS TO SUPPORT ON THE GROUND ORGANIZING.

HEALING JUSTICE PROGRAM - WE ARE DEVELOPING A MODEL FOR CREATING SPACE FOR SURVIVORS AND FAMILIES IMPACTED BY POLICE VIOLENCE AND TRAUMA TO HEAL AND THRIVE THAT CAN BE REPLICATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE ARE CREATING NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGNS THAT BUILD COALITIONS AMONGST COMMUNITY ACTIVISTS, LEADERS, AND ORGANIZERS; AND SUPPORTING THE WORK OF ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY SUPPORT BLACK-LED AND INTERSECTIONAL MOVEMENT WORK LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, BY BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, MEMBERSHIP, AND PRESENCE; PROVIDING SEED FUNDING; DEVELOPING PROGRAMMING; PROVIDING TRAININGS; AND PROVIDING PUBLIC RELATIONS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND FUNDRAISING ASSISTANCE. ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE WORKING TO DEVELOP INITIATIVES TO BUILD BLACK WEALTH, POWER AND SELF-DETERMINATION.

ARTS & CULTURE PROGRAM - WE ARE BRINGING TO LIFE THE CORE VALUES AND BELIEFS OF BLMGNF IN A WAY THAT ENGAGES AND CENTERS BLACK ARTISTS AND BLACK PEOPLE. WE SUPPORT EMERGING AND ESTABLISHED INDIVIDUAL BLACK ARTISTS WHO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES. IN ADDITION TO UPLIFTING THE VOICES OF THE BLACK ARTS COMMUNITY, THIS PROGRAM SERVES AS A CONNECTION POINT TO PROVIDE ART EXPOSURE AND EDUCATION FOR DISENFRANCHISED COMMUNITIES, PARTICULARLY FOR YOUTH. THIS PROGRAM CONVENES A BLACK LIVES MATTER ARTS & CULTURE GLOBAL ARTS ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH WILL CREATE A COALITION OF ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING LEADERS IN THE GLOBAL ARTS COMMUNITY; RUN ART ACTIVATIONS, THROUGH WHICH WE WILL CREATE POP-UP ART GALLERIES IN AT LEAST FOUR MAJOR CITIES, GLOBALLY, PER YEAR, TO BE CURATED BY THE GLOBAL ARTS ADVISORY COUNCIL; CREATE AND CURATE ARTISTIC PERFORMANCES (FILM, TELEVISION, THEATER, ETC.); AND RUN A FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, WHERE WE WILL SPONSOR ARTISTS ALIGNED WITH OUR MISSION.