“Long before the coronavirus outbreak shuttered businesses and locked down much of the US economy, and before the vulnerabilities within the economic system were laid bare by the pandemic, countless Chicagoans were living on the edge.” – Survival Economies: Black Informality in Chicago Informal workers have gained momentum in Chicago with the collaboration of Equity…Continue reading Bringing Informal Workers into Chicago’s Economy
“We want to be able to make interventions in that whenever possible; and we understand that we want power.” –Ociele Hawkins In Durham, North Carolina – a state with one of the lowest rates of union membership in the country – our comrades saw a breakthrough victory. On February 3, all public school workers…Continue reading Equity and Power in Durham Schools
“One voice will not get anything done.” Daniel Caldwell – caregiver and advocate On May 13, 2021, BOLD hosted Through the Night: Where’s the Safety Net? – a post-screening discussion of Through the Night. The film, directed by documentary filmmaker Loira Limbal and broadcast on PBS throughout the month of May, is a monumental…Continue reading Through the Night: Centering the Voices of Caregivers
JULY 2021 BOLD NEWSLETTER Our Black Futures Are a Mirror By Mina Remy | Updated August 10, 2021 Earlier this year at the BOLD National Gathering, we discussed parallel movements and grassroots uprisings around the world–including in Haiti. In that context, we talked about our shared need for collective protection, security, mutual aid, and self-governance. Despite…Continue reading BOLD NEWSLETTER (July 2021)
Year of the WomenX: A Conversation with Charlene Carruthers Charlene Carruthers is a strategist, author and a leading organizer in today’s Black liberation movement. She’s a BOLD Alumni – Classes of 2014 and 2017. As the founding national director of BYP100 (Black Youth Project 100), she has worked alongside hundreds of young Black activists to…Continue reading Year of the WomXN: A Conversation with Charlene Carruthers
CENTERING THE SELF WITH JANVIEVE WILLIAMS COMRIE Janvieve Williams Comrie is a Black Latina human rights strategist, trainer and organizer with a deep commitment to assist in the building of powerful social movements for racial justice and human rights. She has worked in a variety of fields and for several human rights institutions, including the…Continue reading Centering the Self
Make It Mean Something: Funding Black-Led Change In spite of itself, this historic year has had a silver lining. COVID 19 and the tragic murder of George Floyd were historic tests of public support social justice movements. In turn, the success of mass mobilizations by activists across the country have been an inflection point, making…Continue reading Make It Mean Something
What’s on Your Nightstand? What We’re Watching and Listening To Time A poignant, startling documentary film by Garrett Bradley that explores 21 years of a family’s struggle with the incarceration of their loved one. Made with thousands of video messages that a Black Louisiana woman, Sibil Fox Richardson, recorded for her husband as she…Continue reading What’s On Your Nightstand? II
DECEMBER 2020 BOLD NEWSLETTER FUNDING BLACK-LED CHANGE: A Conversation with nat chioke Williams In spite of itself, this historic year has had a silver lining. COVID 19 and the tragic murder of George Floyd were historic tests of public support social justice movements. In turn, the success of mass mobilizations by activists across the country…Continue reading BOLD NEWSLETTER (December 2020)
What’s on Your Nightstand? BOLDERS in the Media Black Girls Guide to Surviving Menopause – August 19 Episode The podcast is an intergenerational space for BIPOC women, especially those over 50. In this episode, our host, BOLDer connects with her inner 12 year old with the inner 12 year old of feminist writer,…Continue reading What’s On Your Nightstand?
