A digital archive aimed to highlight works of Black collagists around the world. Founded and curated by Teri Henderson.

A digital museum created and curated by long-time activist and artist, Andrea “Philly” Walls to serve as “a borderless refuge for the observation, cultivation, celebration and preservation of black joy.”

A Nairobi-based art agency that amplifies the many talents of African artists. They have an incredibly insightful project called #100daysofwomenartistsea to amplify art made by women in East Africa.

Gallery Gurls spotlights Black and POC changemakers in contemporary art in New York City and beyond. Since 2012, its Black Latina EIC and Founder, Jasmin Hernandez, and contributors, have reviewed dope exhibits, interviewed game changers in contemporary art, both emerging and established, and much more.

A photographic documentary of the hip-hop scene in 1980s New York City before it blew up into the global multi-million-dollar industry it is today.

An interfaith and beyond faith collection of poems, spells, incantations, theological narrative, and visual offerings by Black Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex people.

The first monograph of legendary Ghanaian photographer James Barnor who’s work and life has spanned some of the most iconic and historic moments in Black history of the 20th century.

Delicious recipes for with a purpose from celebrated Chicago baker and star of Netflix’s Bake Squad.

A powerful collection of essays about liberation that uplifts the understanding that the power to get free is within everyday people. Kaba offers her always insightful perspective as she works through questions of freedom and how to get there.

Set against the backdrop of Detroit in the 1960’s and 1970’s, the story of the life of a one-of-a-kind matriarch whose business in the Numbers made her daughter’s dreams come true. (Source: Goodreads)

Edited by award-winning journalist, and former gal-dem editor-in-chief, Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff and up-and-coming talent Timi Sotire, twenty-eight iconic voices speak on what Black joy means to them in this uplifting and empowering anthology.

A company founded by Maryam Ajayi to make the wellness space more equitable and accessible to BIPOC people. The company works with individuals and businesses with the intent to amplify people of color’s voices in the world of wellness and its industry.

This Baltimore, MD based business was borne from a healing process to work through the loss of a close friend, Alison L. Brock’s shop sells beautifully crafted journals as well as host workshops for participants to create their own.

A passion project turned clothing and apparel brand led by Brittany and Rashaad Dixon made to inspire.

Most Incredible is a New York and Chicago-based creative studio aimed at celebrating and commemorating the artists and moments that continue to elevate and define hip-hop culture – through LEGO.

A Philadelphia-based boutique curated for Black women to explore their narratives of joy, beauty, and wellness.

A trusted hub and resource for all things Black-owned created by Shantrelle P. Lewis and Tony Lawson.

A power tool for black and queer creatives. Founded and led by Ricky Davii

A creative studio that provides decolonized learning and creative development for makers, creators, and organizations across Black and indigenous diasporas.

Over the course of six weeks in the summer of 1969, just one hundred miles south of Woodstock, The Harlem Cultural Festival was filmed in Mount Morris Park (now Marcus Garvey Park). The footage was largely forgotten–until now. SUMMER OF SOUL shines a light on the importance of history to our spiritual well-being and stands as a testament to the healing power of music during times of unrest, both past and present.

The film mobilizes a treasure trove of 16mm material shot by Swedish journalists who came to the US drawn by stories of urban unrest and revolution. Gaining access to many of the leaders of the Black Power Movement—Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Seale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver among them—the filmmakers captured them in intimate moments and remarkably unguarded interviews.

Bursting with the colorful street style & music of Nairobi’s vibrant youth culture, RAFIKI is a tender love story between two young women in a country that still criminalizes homosexuality.

A 1978 classic film and re-imagining of The Wizard of Oz through a Black cultural lens. Starring Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Ted Ross and Nipsey Russell.

An exploration of the roles of Black joy, healing and breath in the lives of Black Baltimoreans filmed in the wake of the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor.

A not-for-profit cultural arts organization dedicated to fostering cultural understanding and awareness through literature and the arts. Established in 1992, African Voices publishes a quarterly literary magazine and sponsors literary readings, art exhibitions, writing workshops and community programs.

A community-based organization that addresses the diverse political, economic, and cultural needs of the growing Latinx and Caribbean populations in the United States, with a special emphasis on African Descendants and Indigenous people.
www.afroresistance.org

Its mission is to enrich the lives of, restore agency, justice, joy, and health to Black Womxn, girls, and non-men, often referred to as marginalized genders or MaGes and the children they care for—with an emphasis on mother-led families.

A hyper-positive non-profit that celebrates the Black experience and community’s contribution to history and culture with its signature parade and celebration, partnerships, and events.

A national training, movement building, and grant making institution that is dedicated to the healing, wellness, and liberation of Black and marginalized communities.

The Black Archives is a unique historical archive for inspiring conversations, activities and literature from Black and other perspectives that are often overlooked elsewhere. It also documents the history of Black emancipation movements and individuals in the Netherlands.
www.theblackarchives.nl

A community-based arts organization that builds community and mobilizes resources to support Black trans femme artists (artists who were assigned male-at-birth and now identify somewhere underneath the femme umbrella). www.btfacollective.org

The leading gallery for contemporary First Nations art in Australia. Blak Dot Gallery was established in 2011 as a contemporary First Nations artist-run space to showcase contemporary artworks from world Indigenous cultures.

Kilomba Collective é um coletivo dedicado a centrar a perspectiva e a realidade do povo negro brasileiro, especialmente mulheres e meninas negras em suas múltiplas identidades, no cenário internacional, conectando-se com outros movimentos de mulheres negras da diáspora africana.

A collective dedicated to centering the perspective and realities of Black Brazilian people, especially Black women, and girls in their multiple identities, as well as connect with other Black women’s movements in the African Diaspora.

A South Carolina-based organization that organizes and provides programming to address the conditions leading to BlackGirls  being pushed out of schools and becoming at risk for arrest, confinement and incarceration. Specifically, EveryBlackGirl, Inc. is interested in creating change to prevent: disciplinary referrals, suspensions, and expulsions of BlackGirls; state and interpersonal violence; anti-Blackness and invisibilization of BlackGirls.

Named after the iconic activist, MPJI is an organization with a mission to protect and defend the human rights of BLACK transgender people by organizing, advocating, creating an intentional community to heal, developing transformative leadership, and promoting our collective power.

Es una iniciativa que busca el empoderamiento de mujeres negras y niñas de la Republica Dominicana

An initiative to empower Black women and girls via Black doll-making and self-esteem workshops facilitated by local Black women and activists.

Led by Master Gardner Vicky Ayanna Jones, this initiative aims to teach young people in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The initiative is intended to address issues of a food apartheid as well as train folks on techniques of self-sustainment.

An Afro-Indigenous centered community farm committed to uprooting racism and seeding sovereignty in the food system. Its programs reach over 160-thousand people a year. www.soulfirefarm.org

BTTF is an initiative to help Black trans women self determine safer options for travel in NYC/NJ, a direct response to the heightened relentless & unacceptable violence Black trans women across the country experience

Relief fund that provides commissary support to incarcerated Black, Indigenous & People of Color who are queer, trans and/or two-spirit in New York.

An acronym for Black LGBTQ+ Liberation, Inc. is a South Florida based organization founded by Nik Harris and G Wright. Formed after running their event series, Thou Art Woman, which addressed numerous issues in the BIPOC LGBTQ+ community. Along with being the first to bring an LGBTQ+ exhibition to a Caribbean space, they’ve employed and engaged over 100+ LGBTQ+ women and ally artists.

A mutual aid collective is focused on supporting Black Trans people and alleviating the barriers that the community faces.

Community care initiative to uplift and support the Black Trans community in the Netherlands and Belgium.

A platform all “about queer Africans living, loving, surviving and thriving, in the African continent and its Diaspora.”

A celebration of Black experiences in the garden at the intersection of Black culture and horticulture. Hosted by Cola B. Tawkin.

A platform all “about queer Africans living, loving, surviving and thriving, in the African continent and its Diaspora.”

A celebration of Black experiences in the garden at the intersection of Black culture and horticulture. Hosted by Cola B. Tawkin.

Hosted by Aeon, a Black trans woman in the DMV area, as she unpacks the uncertainty of her 30s one episode at a time. Aeon frames her experiences through a Black fat queer transfeminist lens.

A not-for-profit independent internet radio station based in Accra, Ghana that aims to connect, inspire and empower through conversation, collaboration and community.

“Two womanist race nerds dismantling white supremacist patriarchal capitalism over tea!”

A platform dedicated to celebrating outstanding short fiction, with an emphasis on spotlighting underrepresented voices.

Hosted by three ballroom icons : Asia Snowden, Tabytha, & Tempress Gonzalez. The series centers the trans women experience covering from relationships to ballroom culture.

A platform dedicated to amplifying the joy of Black queer folks. Founded by Dalila Ali Rajah

An apparel and programming platform to amplify and celebrate the way Black men see themselves.

A digital platform created to showcase, empower and connect Africa to the world, Africans in Diaspora, our culture, lifestyle, entertainment and everything that keeps the heart of Africa beating.

Europe’s largest celebration for LGBTQI+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern descent. In additional to the annual event, they promote and advocate for the spiritual, emotional, and intellectual health and wellbeing of the communities they represent.

Based in Oakland, CA is a hyper-positive non-profit founded by Elisha Greenwell. Created to unite the Black community, it celebrates the Black experience and community’s contribution to history and culture with its signature parade and celebration, partnerships and events.

A festival that centers Black Joy, hosted by the Black Health Coalition and led by volunteers in Orlando, FL.