A Tsunami of Impact

1 Fundraiser, 8 Community Causes, 6 Ways to Get Involved

LT 186 is the epicenter of global change. Grounded in divine gifts, we are building a legacy of global change, abundance, and hope as powerful as a tsunami.

We are using this tsunami to generate the legacy of love we are building in the world. Will you join us?

Join us!

1. Donate to this fundraiser
2. Help us spread the word by sharing this with 6 friends
3. Attend our 7/31 Open Mic featuring artists from NYC to South Africa
4. Share your talents with us @ The Open Mic
5. Join us at our Relay for A Cause on 8/2 - a global relay where we will walk in community for 18.6 miles as a way to raise awareness and be in (social distance) community with each other. Route Information 
6. Write a letter to someone who has been a tsunami of impact in your life and tag us #TsunamiOfChange

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Learn about the causes we are raising money for: 

Stand with Black Lives Matter Activists in Demanding Justice!
Main contact: Victoria Juste
Goal: $9,000

Until Freedom is an intersectional social justice organization rooted in the leadership of diverse people of color to address systemic and racial injustice. At Until Freedom, we believe that those closest to the pain are closest to the solution, therefore, we focus on investing in those who are the most directly impacted by cyclical poverty, inequality, and state violence. We are a clearinghouse for advocates, new & budding activists, seasoned community organizers, students, movement lawyers, entertainers and artists, policy experts, formerly & currently incarcerated individuals, and survivors of gun violence to work linearly to uplift all of our people. Everyone is worthy, everyone is needed to win. 

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Elevate Artistic Expression with Urban Glass
Main contact: Sydney Ford
Goal: $10,000

Urban Glass getting alternative education into homes across the world!

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Commit to The Ocean Cleanup
Main contact: Javier Antela
Goal: $5,000

It is a known fact that the human body can go for days without food, but only hours without water. Our oceans are the birthplace of all our fresh, potable, drinking water; beginning the cycle of feeding into lakes, rivers and streams, for our benefit, before returning to the sea and beginning the cycle anew. The earth is a living entity that dies and is born again continuously. Man’s carelessness over the decades threatens the earth by dumping pollution and toxicity into her waters; threatening the delicate balance of life. In the Yoruba faith of my ancestors, the ocean is the domain of Yemoja, an African deity that is said to be the mother of the world. From her primordial waters all life was birthed. As humanity begins to awaken and acknowledge the crime of neglect, The Ocean Cleanup is doing their part to ensure that a large number of heavily polluted waterways all over the globe are cleaned up before their pollutants can reach the ocean.

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Support Autistic Students
Main contact: Tihirah Johnson
Goal: $5,000

Autism Speaks enhances lives today and is accelerating a spectrum of solutions for tomorrow. Join me in raising money for an organization devoted to supporting people with autism and receive the services that they need. They deserve it and their lives matter.

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Support Epilepsy Foundation of America
Main contact: Tihirah Johnson
Goal: $5,000

I am a person that has been suffering from epilepsy my whole life. There is no cure for it at the moment just medications to try to help prevent them from happening so frequently. Although there are medications to help prevent epilepsy that works for some people many of the current medications out there have not worked for my body. Epilepsy causes seizures that can injure people who are having them and sometimes results in their deaths. It is a very scary condition and I along with millions of other people in the world live with it on a daily basis.

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Connect Global Leaders to Their African Heritage
Main contact: Walla Elsheikh
Goal: $5,000

Birthright AFRICA is committed to providing a free educational trip to Africa for every youth and young adults of African descent ages 13 – 30 in the United States. Birthright AFRICA’s heritage-based leadership program inspires Scholars to draw pride, confidence, and creativity from exploration of their cultural roots and legacy of innovation in the U.S. and Africa. To date, 61 Scholars have received their life-changing birthright experience since the 2017 pilot program and traveled to Ghana and South Africa. Over 23,000 young people of African descent are registered as Birthright Scholars with access to virtual programs to explore their ancestral roots and legacy while we await to travel safely. Only 2% of US managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs are of African descent. To address this gap in diversity and talent in collaboration with our partners, Birthright AFRICA is creating the next generation of global leaders and entrepreneurs that are proud of their African heritage, confident in their innovative aspirations and connected to the African continent. After completing the program, 98% of Birthright Alumni say they have more resources, clarity, and belief in themselves to pursue their career and life goals. We are committed to ensuring the Birthright AFRICA experience is a part of our culture to transform the future of the diaspora for generations to come.

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Elevate a Young Women's College Dreams
Main contact: Bryant Brown
Goal: $1,000

Alyssa Robinson, is a young 13 year old talented girl who has dreams of going to college and becoming a professional dancer. Alyssa recently and tragically lost her young vibrant father Derreck Robinson to COVID 19 complications. Derreck Robinson, was a devoted husband, father, brother, and friend that died tragically and suddenly.

He had dreams of watching her walk across the stage and receive her diploma setting the path for college. Derreck's dream may have been cut short, but you can help Alyssa's dream persist by donating to her college fund.

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P.U.L.S.E. (Powerful United Ladies Striving to Elevate)
Main contact: Sharisse Grimes
Goal: $5,000

P.U.L.S.E. in the City, Inc. is a nonprofit public benefit organization with the purpose of uplifting and empowering women of color 19 years and older in the New York City area. We service women of color through delivery of programs for personal and professional opportunities; these programs include intimate meetings that encourage candid dialogue and reflection, and events that pertain to communal and societal issues that are specific to women of color.

On October 3, 2020, P.U.L.S.E. in the City, Inc. will host a wellness event entitled EmpowerYOU: Showing Up for Yourself. During this event, guests will participate in five experiential workshops that aid in the development of sustainable wellness habits in the areas of finance, nutrition, mindfulness, exercise, and work/life balance. Please support us in creating space to support women of color. After all, women are the PULSE of the world! 

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Donate Masks to Front Line Workers
Main contact: Madison Brim
Goal: 1,000 Masks
When you donate leave a comment here so we can keep track. 

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⭐July 31st⭐
Open Mic | Join us!
6 PM-8 PM EST /12 AM-3 AM SAST


⭐August 2nd⭐
Relay for A Cause (world wide) | Walk with us | Route details 
Kicking off in Harlem and walking to Brooklyn to raise awareness and collect funds for the social issues we care about

Questions? Email us: tsunamiofchangelt186 [at]  @gmail [dot] com