The mission of Birthmark Doula Collective is to support, inform and advocate for pregnant and parenting people and their families in New Orleans. Birthmark Doula offers childbirth education, birth doula and postpartum doula services and lactation support. Birthmark Doula is committed to birth justice.

The mission of Black Girls Film Camp is to cultivate a creative space for Black girls to embrace their authentic selves, learn, and tell their stories through film. The Black Girls Film Camp builds community by nurturing, celebrating, and supporting the authentic experiences and creative expression of Black adolescent girls. Participants work with film professionals, content experts, and mentors to create short film projects across the US throughout the year.

The mission of Breaux’s Driving School is to empower individuals impacted by incarceration to regain their independence and reintegrate successfully into society. Breaux’s Driving School is dedicated to providing comprehensive driver’s education and assistance to both youth and adults, irrespective of their financial circumstances. Through accessible and tailored training, Breaux’s Driving School enables participants to overcome barriers, rebuild their lives, and access opportunities that drive positive change.

The mission of Choice International Family Outreach Center is to provide access to the benefits of high-quality music education. Through thorough instruction and performance, our students attain excellence in music that moves to other areas in life. They grow musically, socially, passionately, and mentally, and create a foundation of responsibility, self-esteem, strength, and purpose.

Crown Me Foundation is a diverse service organization aimed at helping women and girls boldly, authentically, and confidently integrate themselves into the fabric of the world. Crown Me strives to identify and improve social determinants, including education, health, economics, and community, through effective programming, advocacy and outreach.

At Cycles Life Solutions, LLC, our mission is to inspire, encourage, and equip individuals, businesses, and organizations worldwide with the tools necessary for transformative change and growth.

The mission of Filling the Gap is to provide direct service and leadership opportunities for women currently and formerly incarcerated through education, empowerment, and opportunities.

Familias Unidas En Acción empowers communities and families by creating critical and analytical awareness to promote actions in the fight against hate, injustice, and social discrimination where we can all live with dignity rescuing our values ​​and principles. ​Familias Unidas En Acción promotes multi-culturalism in our communities to improve our social and political incidence with clearly defined positions in the face of social inequalities.

Foxfire Ranch is a Black-owned farm and event venue located in Waterford, Mississippi in the North Mississippi Hill Country. These 80 acres have been in the Hollowell family for over 100 years. As we envision the next century we are holding Foxfire as a space for rest, retreat, connection, deep learning, and celebration. Foxfire is a retreat for artists, healers, and lovers of justice. We are committed to the survival of our unique cultural traditions, art, and expressions.

Healthy Routines (HR) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that supports communities impacted by the unhealthy outcomes correlated with conditions of extreme poverty. HR takes an ecological approach to neighborhood wellness by offering services to low-income residents while strategically collaborating with businesses, nonprofits, and government agencies regarding effective ways to reshape the built environment.

The mission of Imagine Water Works (IWW) is to focus on climate justice, land stewardship, and disaster readiness and response. With the issues we’re facing today, IWW knows that communities need immediate support and the ability to work toward a better future, at the same time. IWW supports these efforts by providing resources that keep people more safe before, during, and after both natural and manmade disasters.

The mission of LA Autism Society is to promote independence, a living wage, and a path to homeownership for adults in Louisiana living and thriving with autism.

At Next Foundation, we are dedicated to providing vital support and resources to women and female teens facing domestic violence. Our mission is to raise awareness about the warning signs of domestic abuse and to offer comprehensive assistance to help individuals escape and recover from these harmful situations. Through education, advocacy, and direct support, we strive to empower survivors with the tools and resources they need to reclaim their lives and break free from the cycle of violence. Together, we are committed to fostering a society where every woman and female teen can live free from fear and abuse.

NOLA Walk of Fame aims to preserve and promote New Orleans’ dynamic history by honoring its most influential figures, rich cultural, social and economic contributions.

Additionally, this project seeks to stand as a monument to New Orleans’ most prominent figures, foster improved educational learning and expand community engagement.

Project Hustle is a New Orleans-based Black queer hood feminist-led transformative organizing project geared towards centering and uniting Black, Brown, and Indigenous poor and working-class people who are hustlers and informal workers who became informal workers and hustlers due to structural underemployment and unemployment.

The mission of the Prominent Youth Foundation (PYF) is to empower young people to reach their full potential through education, mentorship and community engagement.

PYF aims to create a world where all youth have access to resources, opportunities and support to succeed.

SeLah Productions, Inc.'s mission is to "Aspire to Inspire" others through the powerful message in public theater productions, films, and television. SeLah Production Inc. produces high artistic quality performances that capture the attention of audiences across the globe. SeLah educates children, youth, and adults about the Performing Arts resulting in enhanced knowledge that leads many individuals to career paths in the entertainment industry.

SER El Cambio is a project led by Translatina Immigrants and Formerly Incarcerated Women, aimed at assisting individuals in accessing housing, health services (including HIV prevention and care, COVID resources, and mental health support), employment opportunities, and legal resources through outreach and educational activities across Chicagoland. We bridge the gap by training and developing impacted Translatina Immigrants as community agents of change and by partnering with service providers to organize community clinics and awareness events in affected communities throughout Chicago.

Soaring Stars is committed to making financial literacy an essential component of a middle and high school education rather than an afterthought. We collaborate with local schools to assess students’ current levels of financial literacy and incorporate our curriculum into the regular school day. Most financial literacy programs are difficult to access; young people are unlikely to actively seek out the assistance they offer. Soaring Stars ensures students encounter the principles of sound financial decision-making as part and parcel of their middle and high school experience.

Southern Organizers Academy (SOA) serves as a political home and leadership pipeline for BIPOC southern folks looking to advance liberation. SOA maintains an intentional focus on cultivating and manifesting the power of our shared legacy of multiracial and intergenerational movement building.

Sunstar Gate Productions LTD launched by Diedra Meredith, is a Black woman owned and operated full service boutique production company with capacity to produce small grassroots events, shows, films and televised events. Currently in production is a timely and pivotal documentary series about one of the most significant events in New Orleans and Louisiana Civil Rights History. This series tells the full and accurate accounts of the New Orleans Resistance Movement and how FOUR 6-year-old girls Gail Etienne, Ruby Bridges, Leona Tate and Tessie Prevost became the legacy of the movement when they garnered worldwide attention and outrage on the day they became the FIRST African Americans to desegregate formerly white-only public elementary schools in the Jim Crow Deep South. This production company also launched The Color Network Nola initiative with a mission to advance Womxn and BBIPOC in multimedia and film. All productions are intentional in providing hands on paid training in hiring production teams, specifically in above the line positions. 

#TeenWritersProject is committed to providing teenagers with equitable writing and publishing opportunities and training them to get hired in the writing industry and beyond. By providing a collaborative and engaging space for teens to write, be published, and get paid, we help them realize the value of their opinions and show them how to turn those opinions into powerful stories that can be cathartic, generate income, and change their lives.

To change the trajectory of the lives of inner-city youth in New Orleans via athletic engagement and after-school enrichment aimed at creating well-rounded citizens.

Trafficontrol is a nonprofit organization that was formed to connect those specifically impacted by the criminal justice system with career opportunities, training programs, and various other resources related to personal development. Trafficontrol believes that a person’s background should not discredit them from a better future. With partnerships throughout the country, Trafficontrol helps men and women find and follow their passions to take their lives to new heights.

TRANScending Women supports and empowers all women—transgender, gender non-conforming, LGBTQIA (+), and cis—with tools and community to become agents of change inside and outside of systems that have traditionally disempowered them. TRANScending Women’s goal is to create a more just society that embraces and protects all women instead of criminalizing them. TRANScending Women envisions a city, state, and country where all women can live their lives authentically without fear. TRANScending Women ensures that services and programs for women are inclusive in theory and practice, centering the experiences of all women by meeting them where they are without judgment, restrictions, or discrimination.

Urban Innovators (UI) empowers systems-impacted individuals, including veterans and underrepresented communities, to achieve economic independence through tailored entrepreneurship and professional development programs.

The mission of Village Restore is to support the mental, physical and emotional well-being of girls ages 7-21 years during their transition from childhood to adulthood, focusing on girls that have lost their mothers due to violence in the Greater New Orleans area.

WEE HOPE INC strives towards advocacy work that includes raising awareness of issues of poverty, education, social justice, and equality through seminars, public reports, conferences, and the media. The organization works to improve access to freedom, justice, and accountability while shifting the mindsets of individuals in our communities.

Woman Unsilenced, is a Sisterdom whose mission is to empower trauma-impacted women with health, wellness, and self-care. With projected programs in Advocacy Training, Public Speaking, and the Spirit of Entrepreneurship, Woman Unsilenced aims to provide the tools to help our sisters restore their voices and regain their sense of self-worth.