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Black Organizing Project The Black Organizing Project emphasizes the courageous spirit that kept the black community alive thr

📣 OAKLAND, TODAY’S THE DAY! 🗳️Make your voice heard in the Special Election happening today, April 15!Local elections = ...
04/15/2025

📣 OAKLAND, TODAY’S THE DAY! 🗳️
Make your voice heard in the Special Election happening today, April 15!

Local elections = real impact. Every vote counts when it comes to shaping the future of our communities.

🕘 Polls close at 8 PM—don’t wait!

WHO’S DOWN WITH B.O.P? 📢Our Meet & Greet was a powerful night of community, conversation, and connection! 💛✊🏾 From intro...
03/11/2025

WHO’S DOWN WITH B.O.P? 📢

Our Meet & Greet was a powerful night of community, conversation, and connection! 💛✊🏾 From introducing our new organizers to discussing the state of Oakland, we came together to build, share, and strengthen our collective power.

Thank you to everyone who showed up, spoke up, and tapped in! This is just the beginning—Black Oakland, we see you, we hear you, and we’re organizing for YOU. Stay tuned for more ways to get involved!

Black women have always been at the forefront of movements for justice, leading with power, resilience, and love. ✊🏾✨ Th...
03/06/2025

Black women have always been at the forefront of movements for justice, leading with power, resilience, and love. ✊🏾✨

This , we honor the legacy of Black women who have fought—and continue to fight—for liberation, education, and community power.

From organizing for police-free schools to building Black futures, Black women continue to push for a world rooted in justice and freedom. We celebrate their leadership, their voices, and their impact—past, present, and future. 💜🖤

✊🏾Celebrate Black History. Invest in Black Futures✊🏾 As Black History Month comes to a close, let’s continue to uplift a...
02/28/2025

✊🏾Celebrate Black History. Invest in Black Futures✊🏾
 
As Black History Month comes to a close, let’s continue to uplift and support the work of Black-led organizing. This Giving Black Day, make a powerful impact by donating to the Black Organizing Project!
 
Your support fuels our fight for justice, police-free schools, and Black community power in Oakland. Every dollar helps us sustain and grow this movement.
 
 💛Give today. Build tomorrow. 💛
 
 Donation link in Bio🔗

Black Joy Parade 2025 was a beautiful celebration of our power, culture, and community! ✨ The Black Organizing Project w...
02/28/2025

Black Joy Parade 2025 was a beautiful celebration of our power, culture, and community!

✨ The Black Organizing Project was honored to be in the mix, uplifting Black Joy as a form of resistance and liberation.

Thank you to everyone who showed up, marched, danced, and celebrated with us. Until next year—see you in 2026! 🖤✊🏾

Black joy is resistance! ✊🏾💛Today, we’re celebrating at the , connecting with our community, and sharing how we continu...
02/23/2025

Black joy is resistance! ✊🏾💛

Today, we’re celebrating at the , connecting with our community, and sharing how we continue the fight for justice and liberation.

Stop by our table to learn more about our work, get involved, and help us celebrate Black joy together! 🖤✨

📚 Black History in Education: Honoring Our Past, Fighting for Our Future ✊🏾Arturo Alfonso Schomburg spent his life provi...
02/20/2025

📚 Black History in Education: Honoring Our Past, Fighting for Our Future ✊🏾

Arturo Alfonso Schomburg spent his life proving that Black history is rich, powerful, and must be preserved. As a child, he was told Black people had no history—so he dedicated himself to collecting proof of Black intellect, culture, and resistance.

His vast collection of over 10,000 books, manuscripts, and artifacts was acquired by the New York Public Library (NYPL) in 1926, where he later became the curator of the Division of Negro Literature, History, and Prints. His work laid the foundation for the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, now home to over 10 million items on the African diaspora.

His legacy is a reminder that education is liberation and that our history must be protected and told by us. This , we honor Schomburg’s fight for truth and continue the work of uplifting Black stories.

📖💡 Tag someone who needs to know this history!

✨ Celebrate Black Futures Month with Us! ✨Join the Black Organizing Project and the Ella Baker Center for a night of com...
02/18/2025

✨ Celebrate Black Futures Month with Us! ✨

Join the Black Organizing Project and the Ella Baker Center for a night of community, culture, and creativity! Enjoy a special performance by SoLauren and experience a beautifully curated space by Nifa Connect.

📅 Wednesday, February 26th
⏰ 5:00 - 7:30 PM
📍 Restore Oakland | 1419 34th Ave. Ste 121, Oakland, CA

Come celebrate, connect, and learn how to get involved with us as we honor Black futures and liberation!

🎉 Register now—link in bio!

✨ Celebrate Black Futures Month with Us! ✨Join the Black Organizing Project and the Ella Baker Center for a night of com...
02/18/2025

✨ Celebrate Black Futures Month with Us! ✨

Join the Black Organizing Project and the Ella Baker Center for a night of community, culture, and creativity! Enjoy a special performance by SoLauren and experience a beautifully curated space by Nifa!

📅 Wednesday, February 26th
⏰ 5:00 - 7:30 PM
📍 Restore Oakland | 1419 34th Ave. Ste 121, Oakland, CA

Come celebrate, connect, and learn how to get involved with us as we honor Black futures and liberation!

🎉 Register now—link in bio!

At BOP, love is an action. It’s standing up, speaking out, and organizing for liberation. Today we honor our ancestors b...
02/14/2025

At BOP, love is an action. It’s standing up, speaking out, and organizing for liberation. Today we honor our ancestors by continuing the fight for educational justice and a world free from anti-Blackness.

✊🏾❤️ Love for the people. Power to the people.

🚨 We’re Hiring! 🚨The Black Organizing Project is growing, and we’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team!...
02/14/2025

🚨 We’re Hiring! 🚨

The Black Organizing Project is growing, and we’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team! If you’re committed to social justice, educational equity, and community empowerment, we want to hear from you!

Check out our open positions and see how you can contribute to our mission. Apply today or share this opportunity with your network!

✨ Click the link in bio to apply or scan the QR code! ✨

Honoring Our Past, Fighting for Our Future ✊🏾📚This Black History Month, we’re highlighting Black History in Education—co...
02/05/2025

Honoring Our Past, Fighting for Our Future ✊🏾📚

This Black History Month, we’re highlighting Black History in Education—connecting the struggles, victories, and ongoing fight for police-free schools to BOP’s work for true educational justice.

Stay tuned as we uplift the past and push for a future where Black students thrive.

🙌🏾 We are halfway to our goal of $16k - Help us end the year strong! Where does your donation go, you ask?➡️With your su...
12/30/2024

🙌🏾 We are halfway to our goal of $16k - Help us end the year strong!

Where does your donation go, you ask?

➡️With your support, BOP will:

✊🏾Empower Black organizers through community discussions, internships, political education workshops, and cultural events.

✊🏾Build on our win for Black students by growing youth leadership, holding OUSD accountable for implementing the George Floyd Resolution.

✊🏾Create our own Black Sanctuary spaces for youth and families such as Baby BOP

Donate here: bit.ly/GIVEBOP23

"When The Roots Are Deep There Is No Reason To Fear The Wind”- African proverbHabari Gani?Kwanzaa remains an important h...
12/26/2024

"When The Roots Are Deep There Is No Reason To Fear The Wind”- African proverb

Habari Gani?

Kwanzaa remains an important holiday because it was founded as a way for Black Americans , and those across the diaspora , to stay connected and rooted in African culture during the “holiday season”, that was not dictated by a religious perspective. Kwanzaa was founded in the late 60’s during a time when Black people were experiencing a new revelation of Black Power and identity. Today you can argue that we are in a similar time of revelation for many, leading a lot of us to abandon mainstream consumer driven celebrations and turn towards celebrations that are rooted in culture but also that embody the principles we seek to uphold in our communities. Things like Purpose, Unity, Self Determination, Cooperative Economics, and Community— all principles that we will need to foster and hold dearly as we brace for the fight ahead.

Happy Kwanzaa Family ✊🏾

Writer, Activist, Revered Poet, Black Arts Movement Icon.Yesterday, ancestordom welcomed the beloved Nikki Giovanni. A f...
12/10/2024

Writer, Activist, Revered Poet, Black Arts Movement Icon.

Yesterday, ancestordom welcomed the beloved Nikki Giovanni.

A fierce Black woman who unapologetically centered the stories of Black life and Black JOY in all of her work. So unapologetically that it garnered attention by the FBI and American Government. A testament to the power that lies at the crossroads of where paper and pen meet before reaching the world on a mass scale.

The power of literature that can sway, persuade, inform, inspire and empower.

We thank Nikki Giovanni for all of their incredible work both in the literary world and in the larger Black liberation movement.

" i hope i die
warmed
by the life that i tried
to live"
—Nikki Giovanni, The Collected Poetry

🌟 THANK YOU for giving this Giving Tuesday 🌟At the Black Organizing Project, we are deeply committed to centering the vo...
12/03/2024

🌟 THANK YOU for giving this Giving Tuesday 🌟

At the Black Organizing Project, we are deeply committed to centering the voices and expertise of the most impacted members of our community—those who face the harshest realities of oppressive systems yet receive the fewest resources and opportunities.

Thanks to your generosity, this year has been filled with meaningful strides toward building Black Sanctuary.

But this work is far from over. On this Giving Tuesday, we ask you to continue walking alongside us.

💛Your one-time gift or an increase in your monthly contribution will help us reach our goal of raising $16,754 for the 2024 giving season.

Together, we can sustain and expand the work that makes a difference in the lives of so many.

Donate Here:
bit.ly/GIVEBOP23

"The problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political ...
11/30/2024

"The problems of racial injustice and economic injustice cannot be solved without a radical redistribution of political and economic power” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Businesses are banking on you to spend your hard-earned dollars– but how does that spending impact our lives? For better or worse? Does our spending co-sign the socio-economic inequities we face?
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We, the people, have a choice and opportunity to disrupt this social norm and choose to invest where it matters—to pour our dollars directly into community-led solutions.
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With your support, we will continue to organize Black Oakland to transform the institutions that directly impact their lives and achieve healthy, safe, thriving communities where Black people’s lives and futures are nurtured.
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Help us reach our giving season goal of $16,754 by contributing today!

💜 Donate Here:
bit.ly/GIVEBOP23

This Giving Week •As we grapple with the political realities we face, we remind ourselves of the truths we have found th...
11/25/2024

This Giving Week •
As we grapple with the political realities we face, we remind ourselves of the truths we have found through our history– that we can do the IMPOSSIBLE through the power of organizing.

We are incredibly grateful for your continued support of the Black Organizing Project. Your donations power the growth of organizing infrastructure for Black people that builds our bold vision for Black Sanctuary in Oakland and beyond.

A vision of true racial, social, and economic justice that rebuilds the spirit and foundation of our community and transforms the lives of Black people and all people.

🧡Help us build this vision of Black Sanctuary by donating this week.

Donate Here:
bit.ly/GIVEBOP23

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Oakland, CA
94607

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