All of Cambridge Deserves to Live with Dignity
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EVERYONE DESERVES TO LIVE IN THEIR FULLEST DIGNITY and THRIVE!!!!
HOW DO WE DO THIS!??
First off, who and what blackyard:
blackyard was born in N. Cambridge, with the idea that art has always been a way to heal and transform. we have all we need right in our own backyards to dismantle white supremacy from within, and collectively, do the self work through art making, holding space for young people, and taking care of ALL Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples.
How is blackyard immersed within the Cambridge community:
Co Organizes with Community For Us By Us and the Black Student Union of CRLS
Mayor's Youth Employment Program Site
Mentor and Youth Internships with Cambridge Rindge and Latin
Member of Cambridge Families of Color Coalition
Our Fiscal Sponsor: Building Audacity
Grant Awards with:
The City of Cambridge
Nellie Mae Black Educator's Grant
Krupp Foundation
Community, I'm Ashley Herring, a community organizer, and educator of 20 years, with blackyard and WE NEED YOU! before the report was dropped by Cambridge Community Foundation (see the article below in The Globe), we knew about the racial disparities and continued marginalization that continue to occur in Cambridge around food, steady employment, and housing access. blackyard, along side many other Black organizers, have been supporting our community-youth and young adult employment, rent relief, food, and everyday needs. Pre Covid and on-going, blackyard continues to be a space where Black, Brown, and Indigenous youth and people are held and loved. We hire young people for employment opportunities, young adults a space to grow and stretch themselves for this world, support parents navigating the Cambridge and Boston school system, and has provided food resources and rent relief. We are running low on funds and need your support to ensure EVERYONE has all they deserve to thrive in our community. blackyard has been acknowledged in many ways and wants to continue to provide for the for our community who continues to thrive despite the way white supremacy shows its self in Cambridge. We need money NOW to keep supporting people and through the summer months. Please remember that this time continues to really impact Black, Brown, and Indigenous people and we want people to continue to live in their dignity. https://cambridgecf.org/2020-award-winners/
If you're wondering, "How do I support the Black community during this ongoing violence.?"
-Donate LOCALLY, ensure the Black people in your immediate community have all they need/
-Read books
-Read books to your children
-Engage with WeeThePeople Boston and Little Uprisings with your children
-Attend meetings about ending dismantling white supremacy, racism, bias, and all the other violent ism's
-Vote for policy's that support Radical restructuring
-Vote for people who are doing the work on themselves to dismantle white supremacy
-DO WORK ON YOURSELF (I do)
-So much more, AND PLEASE GO BACK TO SUPPORT LOCALLY
Ashley filling colored bags that are #BlackJoyKits, generated by and with the Black Student Union of CRLS and community. Distributed all over Cambridge:
A sign in North Cambridge created by young people at Bergin Park that reads Black Lives Matter in all beautiful and vibrant pastel colors:
HOW DO WE DO THIS!??
First off, who and what blackyard:
blackyard was born in N. Cambridge, with the idea that art has always been a way to heal and transform. we have all we need right in our own backyards to dismantle white supremacy from within, and collectively, do the self work through art making, holding space for young people, and taking care of ALL Black, Brown, and Indigenous peoples.
How is blackyard immersed within the Cambridge community:
Co Organizes with Community For Us By Us and the Black Student Union of CRLS
Mayor's Youth Employment Program Site
Mentor and Youth Internships with Cambridge Rindge and Latin
Member of Cambridge Families of Color Coalition
Our Fiscal Sponsor: Building Audacity
Grant Awards with:
The City of Cambridge
Nellie Mae Black Educator's Grant
Krupp Foundation
Community, I'm Ashley Herring, a community organizer, and educator of 20 years, with blackyard and WE NEED YOU! before the report was dropped by Cambridge Community Foundation (see the article below in The Globe), we knew about the racial disparities and continued marginalization that continue to occur in Cambridge around food, steady employment, and housing access. blackyard, along side many other Black organizers, have been supporting our community-youth and young adult employment, rent relief, food, and everyday needs. Pre Covid and on-going, blackyard continues to be a space where Black, Brown, and Indigenous youth and people are held and loved. We hire young people for employment opportunities, young adults a space to grow and stretch themselves for this world, support parents navigating the Cambridge and Boston school system, and has provided food resources and rent relief. We are running low on funds and need your support to ensure EVERYONE has all they deserve to thrive in our community. blackyard has been acknowledged in many ways and wants to continue to provide for the for our community who continues to thrive despite the way white supremacy shows its self in Cambridge. We need money NOW to keep supporting people and through the summer months. Please remember that this time continues to really impact Black, Brown, and Indigenous people and we want people to continue to live in their dignity. https://cambridgecf.org/2020-award-winners/
If you're wondering, "How do I support the Black community during this ongoing violence.?"
-Donate LOCALLY, ensure the Black people in your immediate community have all they need/
-Read books
-Read books to your children
-Engage with WeeThePeople Boston and Little Uprisings with your children
-Attend meetings about ending dismantling white supremacy, racism, bias, and all the other violent ism's
-Vote for policy's that support Radical restructuring
-Vote for people who are doing the work on themselves to dismantle white supremacy
-DO WORK ON YOURSELF (I do)
-So much more, AND PLEASE GO BACK TO SUPPORT LOCALLY
Ashley filling colored bags that are #BlackJoyKits, generated by and with the Black Student Union of CRLS and community. Distributed all over Cambridge:
A sign in North Cambridge created by young people at Bergin Park that reads Black Lives Matter in all beautiful and vibrant pastel colors:
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ashley blackyard
Organizer
Cambridge, MA