WHO WE ARE?
Justice For Black Lives is a 501c3 non-profit organization based in Grand Rapids, MI. Our organization focuses on making legislative changes and empowering the community through education, awareness, and support.
WHAT WE DO?
Furthering our cause is the most important goal of our organization. We seek to support, empower, and provide high quality resources to our community in a safe and secure environment.
EVENTS DIVISION
The events division focuses on the audio/visual aspect as well as making sure we have strong speakers. The volunteers and leaders within this division, make sure our events run smoothly & efficiently. We also have trained teams of medics, de-escalation & security who are walking through & around our crowds to make sure everyone is staying safe.
MARKETING DIVISION
There are wide ranges of teams within our marketing division that focuses on the branding of our organization. We have photographers, videographers, video editors, social media experts, advertisement designers and podcasting teams who mostly work behind the scenes to help display & get our message out to our communities.
ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION
This division manages all of the legal aspects for our organization. They also maintain budgeting concerns & purchasing items. These teams handle the state and federal licensing as well as manages the work flow between our different divisions.
POLITICAL AFFAIRS DIVISION
There are multiple teams within the political affairs division. They research & focus on getting people registered to vote at all of our events. This divisions also handles writing out petitions & working on formal legal documents, as well as, works on having political meetings with leaders throughout our communities.
YOUTH DIVISION
The youth is our future. So, we created the youth division to give our young people the courage to speak out about the injustices that are happening within our communities & country as well as how they feel about it. We want them to become the leaders they are destined to be. This division focuses on the school curriculum & working on diversity training for teachers. We have a little leaders program for our youth where our directors are able to help mentor & help our young leaders become great speakers, organizers etc.
COMMUNITY OUTREACH DIVISION
This division focuses on how we can get out to our communities & help them. The teams within this division work on creating new area chapters & putting together teams in each of those areas. Community Outreach organizes drives, picnics, putting together neighborhood & partnered events as well as vetting/recruiting new leaders and volunteers for our organization.
- Rosa Parks
“To bring about change, you must not be afraid to take the first step. We will fail when we fail to try.”
JUSTICE FOR BLACK LIVES
Get in touch with Justice For Black Lives to learn more about our work and how you can get involved.
