https://www.givegab.com/campaigns/baltimore-black-led-relief-fund 

We’re kicking off our fundraising initiative called “We Got Your Back” to provide a strong community and financial support for a Black woman changemaker serving greater Baltimore.

So often, those who are operating social impact organizations use the majority of their resources for programming and don’t compensate themselves enough to be stable. We want to change this… one Black woman changemaker at a time.

Our advisory board along with our partners will select a sister who is making a huge impact in our city and would love to surprise her with a $2,000 monthly stipend to cover her living expenses for one year.

With your support, we can help our first recipient exhale and continue doing her part to build a better Baltimore without financial burdens looming over her. Let’s come together to make a difference in this sister’s life!

No amount is too small. We appreciate you!

https://cllctivly.org/we-got-your-back/

We are excited to begin our learning journey with the Black Futures 360 Giving Circle.

We will begin with special guests, Edgar Villanueva, author of Decolonizing Wealth, and Dr. Geri Lynn Peak, giving circle member and Chief Insight Facilitator at Two Gems Consulting Services.

Edgar will discuss Decolonizing Wealth and using money as medicine followed by Mama Geri who will facilitate a discussion on Developing Liberatory Principles for Giving.

It's not too late to join us. Come be apart of this learning journey and build community together! Join Now

Thank you for your continued support! Your generous donations allow us to continue to support Black-led organizations serving in Greater Baltimore.

This month we launched CLLCTIV CONVERSATIONS. Click the links below to view our first two conversations with Dr. Caroline Hossein and Susan Taylor Batten. 

https://cllctivly.org/the-black-social-economy-the-african-diaspora-experience-in-solidarity-economics/

https://cllctivly.org/philanthropic-redlining-the-case-for-funding-black-social-change/

Register for our next CLLCTIV CONVERSATION with Dr. Joanne Martin - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-helping-tradition-in-the-black-family-and-community-tickets-138493552945

Thanks again for your support.

Stronger Together,

Jamye

With your support and generosity, we were able to invest over $200,000 into Black-led and Black-owned businesses. This could have not been possible without the 876 donors/partners that came alongside us.

2021 will bring its own challenges, but we are committed to staying the course. We look forward to new partnerships, expanding our programs, and building community.

Thank you for supporting our mission to a resource for those that seek to find, fund, and partner with Black social change organizations serving in Greater Baltimore. We are stronger together!

Happy New Year!

In love & service,

Jamye

CLLCTIVLY

Walter Payton Man of the Year Calais Campbell and the Rockefeller Foundation join forces to support CLLCTIVLY Covid-19 Baltimore Micro-Grant Fund, a campaign that provides micro-grants to Black-led and Black-owned businesses in Baltimore impacted by Covid-19. Read Full Article - https://cllctivly.org/nfls-calais-campbell-rockefeller-pledges-200k-to-support-cllctivly-black-owned-businesses/ 

https://cllctivly.org/dea-c-lott-why-you-should-support-cllctivly-on-givingtuesday/

Good Morning Family!

In honor of Small Business Saturday, we're excited to present five Black small business owners with a $500 micro-grant from the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund.

The recipients are:
Andrea "Mimi" Tomlin - Fly Nerd Apparel
Jamillah Muhammad - Taste This Cake
Lawrence Moore - Heavy Paper, LLC
Damian Mosely - Blacksauce Kitchen
Kellie Martin - Earth Elements Soapworks

If you can, please support local Black-owned businesses this holiday season. Many have been heavily impacted by COVID-19, and our support will help them stay afloat and present in our communities.
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Since March 2020, we have invested over $150,000 in micro-grants ranging from $500-$5000! Thank you for supporting Cllctivly and helping us serve as a resource for Black-led Baltimore! 

We are still in awe of our generous donors! Since March, CLLCTIVLY has invested over $150,000 into Black-led and Black-owned businesses in Baltimore. Thank you for your support! We are so thankful for our donors and partners that have been with us all year long and we’re excited to hit the ground running in 2021 offering new programming and funding opportunities. 

https://cllctivly.org/giving-tuesday 

CLLCTIVLY launches Artist-in-Residence program in partnership with SunSpot Studios.

CLLCTIVSOUND: Artist-in-Residence program is a 10-month performance and movement-based residency, residents will develop a 10-episode series centering Black artists, Black business, and Black-led organizations serving in greater Baltimore. The residents will be supported by a $10,000 stipend, a multimedia team, coaching, and professional development provided by our partners. The program will culminate with a celebration and reunion roundtable highlighting their journey.

We are proud to announce our first artist in residence, Konjur Collective!

https://cllctivly.org/sound/

FOR THE GREATER GOOD 

Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson / Published Fall 2020

In the spring of 2015, Jamye Wooten took a reverend from Ferguson, Missouri, on a tour through Baltimore. It was several weeks after Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old Black man, died while in police custody. The city was in turmoil after protests over police brutality led to an uprising that captured the nation’s attention and resulted in National Guard tanks mobilized in the streets for the first time since Martin Luther King Jr. was shot in 1968. Wooten had helped community members process and organize after Gray’s death. His guest, who came from the city where Michael Brown had been shot by police several months earlier, was visiting to train fellow clergy in peaceful protest strategies. While driving through one part of town, they passed boarded-up houses, abandoned ball fields, and burned-out buildings.

“Did the uprising happen over here, too?” the reverend asked.

Wooten shook his head. “No, this neighborhood has been boarded up like this for the last 20 years,” he said.

Seeing the city fresh through the eyes of an outsider jolted Wooten. His colleague was “looking at parts of Baltimore as if they were the result of the uprising,” Wooten says. “But the destruction was really from years of structural violence and disinvestment in Black neighborhoods.”

Wooten describes himself, in no particular order, as an activist, digital strategist, and social entrepreneur. He founded a consulting firm for faith-based and nonprofit outfits, and has organized and documented social movements from across the United States, United Kingdom, and Africa. These days, Wooten mostly thinks about the financial burdens of being Black. He grew up in Baltimore and has made it his life’s mission to support Black lives and businesses. For three years, he worked as program director with the faith-based Collective Banking Group to help finance Black organizations. Read Full Article

Over $120,000 of unrestricted funds invested in Black-led organizations since March 2020!
We couldn't have done it without you! Thanks for your support!
www.cllctivly.org

On August 7th Baltimore Ceasefire celebrated its 3rd Anniversary! We are honored to partner with The Center for the Study of Religion and the City at Morgan State University and award a $5,000 grant as a part of our Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund!

Thank you, Erricka Bridgeford, Ellen Gee, and the Ceasefire family for holding it down!
#WeGiveThanks #WeGiveBlack

GET READY! There are 50+ amazing Baltimore-area Black-led organizations that you should become familiar with and support during CLLCTIVGIVE and beyond.

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We did it! Over 100 micro-grants provided to Black-led organizations serving in Greater Baltimore.

$60,000+ in micro-grants ranging from $500-$1500 and 1,500 meals served to our community! Thank you for supporting the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund! #wegivethanks #wegiveblack

Today we honor nine changemakers, trailblazers, creatives, and entrepreneurs serving in our community. We thank you for sharing your time, talent, and treasure.

Happy Sunday!

Today we honor makers, creators and entrepreneurs serving in our community. We thank you for sharing your time, talent, and treasure.

Each business or organization will receive a $500 micro-grant from the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund.

To this date, the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund has provided 91 no-strings-attached micro-grants ranging from $500-$1000. 

Jamyla Bennu
Oyin Handmade

Dominick Davis & Steven White
DifferentRegard

Ashlee Boston and Michelle Cole
Namascents Candle Co.

Letta Moore
Knits, soy and metal

Erica Bentley
Keepers Vintage

Jo-Ann Enwezor
WE ARE MAUD

Nikia K. Vaughan
BossLife /NikiaVaughan/ Wellness/Beauty/Community

Iyonna Woods
Fancy Free Hair & Skin

Please continue to support the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund as we work to provide (100) $500 micro-grants. - https://cllctivly.org/baltimore-black-led-covid-fund/

Register today for our local day of giving - Over $10,000 in prizes! www.wegiveblack.com

Happy Sunday,

Today we honor five more amazing individuals and organizations serving in our community. We thank you for sharing your time, talent, and treasure.

Each organization will receive a $500 micro-grant from the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund.

Amplify Baltimore – CLLCTIVLY caught up with Anthony Fykes, co-owner of Next Act Cinema. Anthony shares with us the history of Next Act Cinema, barriers to capital, and how they are pivoting in the midst of COVID-19.

Next Act Cinema is the recipient of CLLCTIVLY’s Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund micro-grant.

CLLCTIVLY is proud to partner with Next Act Cinema as a sponsor of their “Short Short” Film Contest for filmmakers under the age of 25. Watch Interview Here

Today we honor five more amazing individuals and organizations serving in our community. We thank you for all that you do to make our community and Baltimore whole. Each organization will receive a $500 micro-grant from the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund. To this date, the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund has provided 78 no-strings-attached micro-grants ranging from $500-$1000. 

Tara Doaty
Sage Wellness Group

Good Morning Family,

Today we honor five more incredible organizations serving in our community. We thank you for all that you do to make our community whole. Each organization will receive a $500 micro-grant from the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund. 

We are honored to partner with Matt Prestbury and Kelly Prestbury of The Black Father Foundation to salute brothers serving in our community. #BlackFathersMatter. Each gentleman will receive a $500 micro-grant from the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund.  

Route One's Fundraider

Please consider donating to this local nonprofit as a part of our 10K Promise! From now until June 26th, we are matching your donations up to $10,000 per organization with a minimum combined commitment of $10,000 among four nonprofits. You can donate in Route One's fundraiser here >>>> https://www.givegab.com/p2p/baltimore-black-led-relief-fund/route-one-apparel

Today we salute seven more organizations serving in our community. Thank you for all that you do! Let's get free!

 #wegivethanks #wegiveblack #juneteenth

Anthony Fykes and Robert Wright 

Next Act Cinema

Andrea Brown

Black Mental Health Alliance

https://cllctivly.org/listing/black-mental-health-alliance/

Marché Templeton

Support A Cause Foundation for the Arts

https://cllctivly.org/listing/support-a-cause-foundation-for-the-arts/

Ana Temple Rodney

MOMCares

https://cllctivly.org/listing/momcares/

Ernest Shaw

AsyaShaw Fine Art

https://www.eshawart.com/

Nia Hampton

Black Femme Supremacy Film Fest

https://cllctivly.org/listing/black-femme-supremacy-film-fest/

Dea Lott

Che Yoga

https://cllctivly.org/listing/che-yoga-llc/

Please continue to support the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity as we work to provide (100) $500 micro-grants. https://www.givegab.com/campaigns/baltimore-black-led-relief-fund

Register today for our local day of giving - wegiveblack.com.

Over $10,000 in prizes!

Good Morning Family!

Today we give thanks for those that work to support our children, youth, and families.

Thank you for all that you do!

Thank you for your support! We have surpassed our goal of providing fifty $500 micro-grants and are working toward providing 100! We could not have done this without your support!

Below you will find a copy of our postcard. If you would like us to mail you a copy as a token of our appreciation, please visit our website to add your address.- https://cllctivly.org/baltimore-black-led-solidarity-fund-partners

We have the power, collectively, to make Baltimore the greatest city in America! Thank you for your commitment to Build Black Futures.

In love & service,

Jamye

3 June 2020 - Irene Bantigue

CLLCTIVLY seeks to create an ecosystem which fosters collaboration among black-led social change organizations in Baltimore. We recently caught up with Jamye Wooten, CLLCTIVLY’s Founder, to discuss the barriers to support that black businesses and organizations are faced with during COVID-19, as well as the power of collective care and community ownership.

Growing up in Baltimore, Jamye Wooten watched his family bootstrap their way to success. His father–who Jamye describes as an amazing entrepreneur–operated five dry cleaners and several night clubs across the city. His mother, an evangelist by practice, ran a florist, and his older sister also eventually went on to open two pizza delivery stores. To launch her businesses, his sister bought housing to use as collateral and finance both locations. 

His family were ultimately able to achieve success on their own terms. Nonetheless, Jamye still wonders what it might have looked like had they had greater access to capital and support in the first place.

Jamye’s drive to shift narratives and realities for black entrepreneurs and changemakers centers the work that he does today. He is the Founder of CLLCTIVLY, an organization that seeks to create an ecosystem which fosters collaboration among black-led social change groups in Baltimore. As the global pandemic heightened, it served as a catalyst for the advancement of CLLCTIVLY’s mission. “[We went] full steam ahead with work we were already doing and how we wanted to serve the community,” Jamye shares. Read Full Article

Join us on Friday, August 7, 2020, for the CLLCTIVGIVE.

In honor of Black Philanthropy Month, CLLCTIVLY launches our 2nd Annual Day of Giving for Black-led social change organizations serving in Greater Baltimore. This 24-hour online and live celebration of giving is part of CLLCTIVLY's mission to be a resource for the Greater Baltimore community that seeks to find, fund, and partner with Black social change organizations. CLLCTIVGIVE is designed to ignite support for organizations that often go unnoticed and are under-resourced. Learn More

Interested in sponsoring CLLCTIVGIVE 2020? Learn more here

#Give10 - Help us recruit 100,000 partners to commit to giving $10 to a Black-led organization on August 7th. #CLLCTIVGIVE #WEGIVEBLACK

Today we celebrate Black life. Giving thanks for those that continue to fight for us, nourish us, and build community with us. 

Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle

Nichole Adriane
Black Girls Cook

Nonprofit keeps black-led businesses afloat with solidarity fund

The coronavirus has hit communities of color especially hard, medically and financially. Cllctivly, a Baltimore nonprofit, is working to keep black-led businesses afloat with a solidarity fund. https://www.wbaltv.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-11-tv-hill-summer-fall-reopening-loyola-university-cllctivly/32644556

Black and minority-owned businesses are denied virus relief funds – Survey reveal

https://face2faceafrica.com/article/black-and-minority-owned-businesses-are-denied-virus-relief-funds-survey-reveals

CLLCTIVLY - SUPPORTING MINORITY BUSINESS THROUGH COVID-19Share

The pandemic appears to have a particular hold on the minority community both physically and financially. Jamye Wooten of the group CLLCTIVLY is working to help Baltimore's black-owned businesses stay afloat as many struggle to find loans.

https://www.wbal.com/podcasts/channel/11-tv-hill-the-podcast 

Meet the Innovator: Jamye Wooten of CLLCTIVLY

https://medium.com/social-innovation-lab-at-johns-hopkins-university/meet-the-innovator-jamye-wooten-of-cllctivly-a788a4fe5876 

SIL IMPACT FORUM 2020 - CLLCTIVLY PITCH 

https://ventures.jhu.edu/programs-services/social-innovation-lab/sil-impact-forum-2020/cllctivly/

Today we celebrate the genius of innovators, entrepreneurs, and advocates. Thank you for your service and commitment to a healthy and whole Baltimore.

Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, III
Black Church Food Security Network
https://cllctivly.org/l…/black-church-food-security-network/

Happy Sunday!

Today we honor five more amazing people serving in Baltimore. Thank you for your commitment and willingness to share your gifts and talents to advance our community.

From our partners at Bmore Baskets.

Buy a Basket, Support a Baltimore Business.

BMore Baskets offers themed gift packages full of Baltimore small business products. Local businesses receive 100% of their retail sale price, and all proceeds are donated to CLLCTIVLY. Small businesses have been deeply impacted by COVID-19, and we're excited to help them any way we can.

If you're able to, consider sending some Charm City cheer to your loved ones, friends afar, team members working remotely, or treating yourself because you definitely deserve it. We ship anywhere in the US and deliver locally.

Share our website or Instagram (@bmorebaskets) with others in your network who care just as much about community and small business entrepreneurs - https://www.bmorebaskets.org/

#BmoreBlackOwned

CHANGEMAKERS APPLY FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN $1,500

Are you a Black-owned or Black-led organization in Baltimore City or Baltimore County that has been impacted by COVID-19? CLLCTIVLY is proud to announce the #BmoreBlackOwned Video Contest. The first-place winner will receive $1,500, and the runner-up, $1,000.

To enter, simply upload your video (4 minutes max) and write a brief description. ​

Videos should include:

• Introduce your company and explain what your business does, where you operate or community(ies) served.
• How COVID-19 has impacted your business and how you would use the funds.
• Building collectively requires shared principles, so please include one principle from the Nguzo Saba and explain why this principle is important to your work.

Learn More: https://cllctivly.org/bmoreblackowned 

Thanks for your support! We have already awarded over 30 grants! Check them out here!

Today we honor 16 more amazing organizations serving in Baltimore!   #GivingTuesdayNow 

Black Running Organization
https://cllctivly.org/listing/black-running-organization/

Today we honor four more amazing people serving in Baltimore. Thank you for sincere commitment to advance the health and well-being of our community.

Michelle Stafford, Divayogi: Therapeutic Yoga

https://cllctivly.org/listing/be-more-yoga/

Dominic Nell, City Weeds

https://cllctivly.org/listing/city-weed

Nneka Nnamdi, Flight Blight Bmore

https://cllctivly.org/listing/fight-blight-bmore/

K Favoraintfair Daugherty, The Creative Nomads

https://cllctivly.org/listing/the-creative-nomads/

Please support the Baltimore Black Solidarity Fund and help us provide (50) $500 micro-grants - https://www.givegab.com/campaigns/baltimore-black-led-relief-fund/

We are thankful for Dr. Harold D. Morales, Director of the Center for the Study of Religion and the City, at Morgan State University for a $3,000 grant to support Cllctivly's Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund.

Today we honor those that have been standing in the gap. Thank you for your public witness and commitment to love, truth-telling, and justice.

Tawanda Jones, Tyrone West Coalition
$500 Black Futures Micro-Grant

Edward "Dr. Ted" Sutton, Sutton House
$500 Black Futures Micro-Grant

Lady Brion - Black Arts District
$500 Black Futures Micro-Grant

Sima Lee - Baltimore Mutual Aid & Emergency Relief Fund
$500 Black Futures Micro Grant

Baltimore Ceasefire Weekend May 8-10, 2020
$1000 Black Futures Micro-Grant

Today we honor our brother, Imhotep Fatiu - author, teacher, leader, and Executive Director of the Urban Youth Initiative Project, where their mission is to empower African American youth, through exposure to, and study of, African History and Culture. - https://cllctivly.org/listing/urban-youth-initiative-project/

Thank you for leadership and your tireless commitment to our youth and the African world.

CLLCTIVLY is proud to present a micro-grant for $1000 to Chef Terrance Dickson of Terra Cafe. Chef Terrance has been hosting Neighbors Without Walls for over 11 years providing food for neighboring communities and those in need. 

Neighbors Without Walls will provide over 150 dinners on Saturday, April 18th. 

Solidarity, not charity...Supporting our community and Black Business.  #blackledbaltimore #blackownedbaltimore

CLLCTIVLY is proud to present a micro-grant for $1000 to Chef Terrance Dickson of Terra Cafe. Chef Terrance has been hosting Neighbors Without Walls for over 11 years providing food for neighboring communities and those in need. 

Neighbors Without Walls will provide over 150 dinners on Saturday, April 18th. 

Solidarity, not charity...Supporting our community and Black Business.  #blackledbaltimore #blackownedbaltimore

Today we honor our sister, Maurissa Stone-Bass of The Living Well Center. For over 10 years she has held space for our community to come together, heal and grow.

CLLCTIVLY is honored to provide our sister with a $500 micro-grant for her continued commitment to the health and wellness of our community.

Today we salute Bro. Jabari Natur - Master Barber, Teacher, and Community Leader, who has been on the frontline for over 20 years.

Bro. Jabari is the owner of Conscious Heads Barbershop and Beauty Salon, Conscious Heads Barbering Bootcamp, and Reality Speaks Lecture Series.

Cllctivly is honored to provide him with a $500 micro-grant for his continued commitment to our community.

Thank you all that you do to serve our community and raise up the next generation!

Honored to come alongside the brothers of We Our Us to respond to the call of Rev. Ann Chambers and the Douglas Homes community. Over 15,000 pounds of food was distributed to the community today.

Cllctivly is proud to present a micro-grant for $1,000 to support their work. Special thanks to Captain Andrew Muhammad for facilitating the partnership!

"A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots." - Marcus Garvey

Today we make our second $500 micro-grant from the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund to culture-bearers, Mama Kay Lawal-Muhammad and Mama Rashida Forman-Bey of Wombwork Productions, Inc. We thank you for your tireless commitment to our children and our community.

Today we make our first $500 grant from the Baltimore Black-led Solidarity Fund to Bro. Nati of Everyone's Place Bookstore & African Cultural Center. We know that our barbershops & beauty salons, restaurants, and bookstores are more than places where goods and services are exchanged, they are community anchors.

Everyone's Place has served as an anchor and a center for deep knowledge, not just for Baltimore but across the globe. We salute you Brother Nati and thank you for your ongoing commitment to our city and Africans throughout the Diaspora.