This page is dedicating to identifying and promoting organizations working toward a socierty where Black lives thrive. These are excellent places to support with time and/or money to support Black lives.
Spotlight
CooperationWorks is committing a total of $1000 in matching donations toward Black Lives Matter and the following Black-led cooperative development organizations:
- Center for Community-Based Enterprise
- Mississippi Association of Cooperatives
- Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance
Please send your donation receipt to info@cooperationworks.coop or post a pciture of it to CW’s Facebook or Twitter to ensure we know what to match!
Black-Led Cooperative Development Organizations
- Center for Community-Based Enterprise
- Cooperation Jackson
- Federation of Southern Cooperatives
- Mississippi Association of Cooperatives
- Nexus Community Partners
- Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance
- Repaired Nations
Organizations for Black Liberation
Legal Defense and Bail Funds
Protests are crucial for voicing our dissent and our demands. Consider donating to bail funds and legal defense operations protecting our right to protest across the country.
- List of Bail Funds for Protestors across the Country: This list was created with the National Bail Fund Network and the Community Justice Exchange who organizes to end all forms of detention, criminalization, and surveillance.
- May/June Bail Fund and Support List: This is a grassroots-led mutual aid compilation for needs specific to demonstrations taking place in Minnesota.
- The Bail Project: is a national nonprofit organization that pays bail for people in need, reuniting families and restoring the presumption of innocence. In fighting mass incarceration, they aim to secure freedom for as many people as possible and ensure equal justice for all.
- National Lawyers Guild
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund