Black Lives Matter

Centuries of structural violence against Black communities around the world is collective global trauma.

Let’s stand in solidarity with global Black communities now and always. GroundBreakers is proceeding with intersectionality at the forefront in our dedication to supporting leaders across the African continent and the African diaspora including the United States.

The same structures of unequal power relations that harm African countries on the global stage also hurt communities of color in the United States. As stated by Dr. Martin Luther King, injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

Let’s channel our collective grief and anger towards positive action. We are committed to learning from the past and present in working towards a more racially just future. 

Find resources below to learn and work towards a more equitable world for all.  

Learn more about the past and present of racial injustice globally.

The White Savior Industrial Complex

The 1619 Project – New York Times

The National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking About Race Online Portal

The Reductive Seduction of Other People’s Problems

Pod for the Cause: Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Podcast Series

Who gets to be afraid in America?

Learn from Black Women.

“Know Your African Feminists” from the African Feminist Forum

The Transformation of Silence into Language and Action by Audre Lorde

The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses by Oyèrónké Oyěwùmí

“Come Celebrate with me that everyday something has tried to kill me and has failed.” by Lucille Clifton

Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the American Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison

What are the Dangers of a Single Story? By Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie

Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers

Cite Black Women Collective: “Honoring Black Women’s transnational intellectual production.”

Kimberlé Crenshaw: The Urgency of Intersectionality

Learn more about the organizations pushing for structural reform.

Black Visions Collective 

Say Her Name

Grassroots Law Project

Equal Justice Initiative 

Social Justice Learning Institute

Movement for Black Lives

My Brother’s Keeper Alliance – Obama Foundation