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
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
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? II
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
BOLD NEWSLETTER (December 2020)
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?
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?
Voting Day Message from Denise
statement from director Voting is one small part of what is necessary for all of us to do, I don’t need to say that to those who are reading this newsletter. Getting your membership and constituents to vote is the other part of what is necessary for us to all do. I don’t need to…Continue reading Voting Day Message from Denise
The Black Power At Our Base
The Black Power At Our Base: The Formation of SNCC In a year that will be difficult to compare politically to any other in our recent memory, many of us are focused on mobilizing for the upcoming U.S. election. As we do, we also reflect on the past and the urgent need for greater impact…Continue reading The Black Power At Our Base
Starting at the Center
Starting at the center: A Conversation with Adaku Utah Adaku Utah, a National Trainer with BOLD, is an award-winning teacher, organizer, healer and ritual artist. Her work centers in movements for radical social change, with a focus on gender, reproductive, race, youth and healing justice. She has been recognized as a 2017 Essence Magazine Woke…Continue reading Starting at the Center
Our Collective Liberation Lies In The Land
Our Collective Liberation Lies In The Land Our Collective Liberation Lies In The Land Courtesy of National Black Food and Justice Alliance As Indigenous and Black people navigating a year of toxic politics and a global pandemic, many have returned to practices that help ground us in where we come from — the land. Sitting,…Continue reading Our Collective Liberation Lies In The Land