BLACK LIBERATION MATTERS

At Candid Closet we believe that All Black Lives Matter, and we are invested in obtaining Black Liberation. Here, we feature initiatives for and by Black bodies that ALL are encouraged to support. We will also feature resources for liberation that will help transform your mind into one with the tools for freedom. 

Organizations to Support

Flower City Noire Collective (Organizer/Activist Aid and Education)

For The Gworls  (Black, Trans-led Collective and Trans Emergency Relief) 

Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (Medical Equipment to Badawi Refugee Camp)

Palestinian Red Crescent (Emergency Relief)

Suggested Literature

(We do not encourage any purchase from Amazon or Audible, but respect everyone's level of access and  autonomy.)

Reparations Club (Black Owned Book Store)

A manifesto from one of America's most influential activists which disrupts political, economic, and social norms by reimagining the Black Radical Tradition. Drawing on Black intellectual and grassroots organizing traditions, including the Haitian Revolution, the US civil rights movement, and LGBTQ rights and feminist movements, Unapologetic challenges all of us engaged in the social justice struggle to make the movement for Black liberation more radical, more queer, and more feminist. This book provides a vision for how social justice movements can become sharper and more effective through principled struggle, healing justice, and leadership development. It also offers a flexible model of what deeply effective organizing can be, anchored in the Chicago model of activism, which features long-term commitment, cultural sensitivity, creative strategizing, and multiple cross-group alliances. And Unapologetic provides a clear framework for activists committed to building transformative power, encouraging young people to see themselves as visionaries and leaders.