Where I’m redistributing…
My purpose in sharing where I’m moving wealth to is to make visible the partnerships that enable redistribution of money, land and power. Powerful systems change comes from social movements led by those most impacted by economic, racial and environmental injustice, supported by the time, energy and money of those of us that have benefited from current systems. You can click here to see my redistribution plan. Below is a selection of the organizations I have the privilege to support.
Regranting organizations
One of the ways we as wealthy people can redistribute power as well as money is to give to activist-led regranting organizations. They use their expertise in and belonging to their own communities and movements to move funds to where they are most needed. They are able to form long-term, accountable relationships with their grassroots grantees, thereby reducing the power dynamics inherent when organizations have to fundraise from wealthy donors directly.
Thousand Currents
Thousand Currents mobilizes resources from the Global North and builds relationships with grassroots groups and social movements in the Global South to build loving, just, and equitable futures. Their focus is on food sovereignty, climate justice and economic justice.
Solidaire
Solidaire, through the Movement Infrastructure Fund and the Black Liberation Pooled Fund, moves money to the frontlines of social change movements in order to fund urgent needs, support bold and innovative ideas that others may not fund, and help build long-term infrastructure for the movement.
Liberated Capital
The Decolonizing Wealth Project’s Liberated Capital Fund moves untethered resources to Indigenous and other people-of-color-led initiatives to help shape a future in which we can all heal from generations of colonial trauma.
Individual organizations
At the same time, building direct, accountable, transparent relationships across race and class with individual organizations is also a responsibility carried by those of us who are current stewards of stolen resources. We need to contribute our time, energy, capacity to social movements and solidarity economy projects, but also our resources.
Run4salmoN
Run4Salmon is a prayerful journey led by Chief Caleen Sisk of the Winnemem Wintu tribe of Northern California to raise awareness of protecting their waters, restoring the salmon runs and revitalizing Indigenous lifeways.
Kibilio
Kibilio Community and Farm is rooted in Black and Queer land sovereignty. It is an intergenerational, intentional community dedicated to embodied healing, and reparative, ecological, and reproductive justice.
Lead to Life
Lead to Life is a trans-local collective led by Black and queer artists, healers & ecologists devoted to Black wellness as “the antithesis of state violence” (Mark Anthony Johnson). They work to bridge racial and environmental justice through ceremony and art practice.
Ekvn-Yefolecv
Ekvn-Yefolecv, which means Returning to the Earth, Returning to Our Homelands in Maskoke language, is an Intentional Indigenous Ecovillage Community returning to their ancestral homelands in what’s known as Alabama, to reclaim and revive language, ecology, cosmology and tradition.
canticle farm
Canticle Farm is an urban farm, educational center, and intentional community in East Oakland, CA on Ohlone territory, and also my home. I financially support the Sister Water House of Restorative Justice at Canticle Farm, which is home to formerly-incarcerated Black elders and movement leaders.
sogorea te land trust
The Sogorea Te Land Trust is an urban Indigenous women-led community organization that facilitates the return of Lisjan Ohlone lands in the San Francisco Bay Area to Indigenous stewardship.