Transforming the Practice of Black Organizers

Black Organizing for

Leadership and Dignity

BOLD is a national training intermediary focused of strengthening Black social justice infrastructure to activate and develop the mass base needed to build power.

Transforming the Practice of Black Organizers

Black Organizing for

Leadership and Dignity

BOLD is a national training intermediary focused of strengthening Black social justice infrastructure to activate and develop the mass base needed to build power.

Embodied Leadership

Transformative Organizing

Political Education

About Us

 BOLD (Black Organizing for Leadership and Dignity) is a national training intermediary focused on transforming the practice of Black organizers in the US to increase their alignment, impact, and sustainability to win progressive change. BOLD carries out its mission through training programs, coaching, and technical assistance for BOLD alumni and partners. 


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10-Year Evaluation Report

In 10 short years, BOLD has quadrupled its staff and trainers, developed over 600 Black organizers, and acquired 105 acres to establish our first Organizing, Training, and Retreat Center - Our Maroon Space. Our alumni have catalyzed major policy wins and launched movements like Black Lives Matter, the Carolina Federation and more.

Programs and Courses

BOLD is a commitment to a powerful and coordinated Black Left. Our 2024 course offerings aim to fulfill this commitment by offering training in political education, transformative organizing, and embodied leadership. BOLD courses also build a community of practice among Black Left organizers committed to courageously and consistently taking responsibility for achieving a collective vision of liberation, even in the face of uncertain and changing conditions.

Directors and organizers trained by BOLD share the impact BOLD had in their lives and their work

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The BOLD network has strength that built out the Movement for Black Lives and has built out a lot of the organizations in that network. Not all of it, but a lot of the leadership in those formations has come through BOLD, and has built their relationship through that network.

I believe that BOLD has shaped the current landscape of Black Organizing with particular attention to the center-left and left on a national level. BOLD is also shaping regional work because almost all organizing spaces have multiple BOLD graduates.

BOLD has done a lot of work to re-situate organizing inside of Black Movement...BOLD is helping to proliferate Black-Led formations that are rooted in radical values and visions.




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