If you are looking for a way to get involved, reach out or donate to these or other local organizations fighting racist oppression in and around Chicago.
Assata’s Daughters is a Black-woman led organization that organizes young Black people in Chicago by providing them with political education, leadership development, mentorship, and revolutionary services.
Black Lives Matter Chicago works to end state violence and criminalization of Black communities by deconstructing white supremacist, capitalist, patriarchy.
Brave Space Alliance performs social activism against discrimination, racism, and bigotry against queer people of color, and provides resources to marginalized communities including a food pantry.
Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, a local chapter of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, defends the civil liberties of workers, activists, and prisoners; struggles against white supremacy, the prison-industrial complex, and state violence; and works for community control of the police and full representation for Black people and other poor and oppressed people at all levels of government.
Chicago Community Bond Fund supports individuals whose communities cannot afford to pay the bonds themselves and who have been impacted by structural violence. This includes individuals arrested in recent protests who cannot afford bond.
Chicago Freedom School, which is rooted in the long legacy of liberatory education, provides training and education for young people and adult allies to create a just world.
Imagine Englewood works to strengthen and empower the Greater Englewood community through teaching local youth and their families healthy living, environmental awareness, and positive communication skills. They are also using funds for neighborhood clean-ups.
My Block, My Hood, My City funds and organizes support for Chicago communities, including efforts to repair small businesses and to provide aid to seniors impacted by COVID-19.
Southsiders Organized for Liberty and Unification (SOUL) seeks to empower and support low income residents on the South Side, which includes advocating for the release of arrested protestors and putting them in touch with legal services and spreading information about demonstrations and protests.
