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Pledge Your PTO This Juneteenth!
Your donation will support wellness and economic development services for Black moms and women living in communities impacted by poverty-induced gun violence.
Pay it forward. Donate Today.
More than 41,000 Americans lose their lives to
gun violence every year. Your support helps
us build structures that intercept poverty-induced gun violence and support the healing and empowerment of Black moms, women, and families impacted.
Your donation will directly support Black mothers and women.​
Black moms and single moms are a key to solving the gun violence epidemic we’re experiencing, but their role as community pillars is being ignored. We pour into Black women because they are the primary caregivers of the population most accused of perpetuating firearm homicide: Black youth.
Our work’s thesis upholds that by empowering these women and providing them with the holistic wellness and economic development resources to heal and aspire for more, we create a ripple effect of healing and empowerment in their children, families, and communities. In this way, we can prevent violence by intercepting cycles of harm and creating environments that prevent future generations from participating in the poverty-induced gun violence infrastructure.
Your pledge will support our BLOOM Network of over 1,800 Black single mothers, mothers, and women seeking resources to heal themselves and their families.
"BLOOM has transformed my approach to wellness. I am actively seeking different modes to heal and become a better mother. It allows my children to see me more confident."
Ms. A, BLOOM 2023
Because poverty-induced gun violence is everyone's problem, and it requires you to solve it.
Because Black Americans still feel the impact of enslavement to this day. Because Black Americans have been historically denied rest and wellness. Because Black Americans are less likely to have time and access to leisure. Because Black Americans need allies in our fight for liberation.
Because you wouldn’t have this day off without the advocacy of Black women.
Most notably, Ms. Opal Lee of Marshall, Texas.
Since 2016, she has marched to have the legacies and liberation of enslaved Black people honored nationwide through the recognition of Juneteenth. Though the Emancipation Proclamation was passed in 1863, it only became implemented with the passage of the 13th amendment on January 31, 1865, legally freeing enslaved Black people. And even after this passage, in some Southern states, Black people were still in bondage.
Juneteenth marks the true end of chattel slavery in America, which came with the freedom of over 250,000 enslaved people in Galveston Bay, Texas on June 19, 1865.
And if we really want to get into it—the very celebration of this holiday makes it clear that for Black people in this country, true freedom has always been precarious.
What does it mean to be legally free but societally, culturally, and systemically subjected? To be able to buy a home, but be denied a housing loan because of the color of your skin; to be able to access welfare services, but be demoralized for it; to be able to vote, but be intimidated, harmed, and blocked from turning in a ballot; to be told to heal, but be given no resources to do so?
Our violence prevention programs are where holistic healing, empowerment, and liberation begin.
This is the impact of your donation on Black mothers and women.
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