Black Equity Collective

This year for Black History Month, we'd love to hear from you all. Preserving our history is important now more than ever. Share what you learned and when you learned it. (We listen and we don't judge)

Audacious faith in the future means we must have audacious faith in our work, our community, our members, our funders, and our allies. No matter the disappointments, our faith will never waiver.

Because passing the torch is an essential part of the work! 🤝🏾 Tiffani shares her thoughts on the importance of giving the next generation of leaders the tools we develop on our path for the expansion and growth of the community. Listen to the full episode here: tr.ee/ThrivingWhileBlack #thrivingwhileblack #thrivingwhileblackla #thrivingwhileblackpodcast #twb #twbla #twbpodcast

What a way to end the year! Thank you to our friends at Community Partners for honoring the Black Equity Collective with the 2024 Community Champion Award. We appreciate our partnership with the entire team and the beautiful introduction given by CEO Alicia Lara, MPH. Looking forward to all the work we do together in 2025 and beyond! And major shoutout to our Managing Director Felicia Jones for accepting the award on BEC's behalf!

We're not okay, but we will never be defeated.

You know what to do, California! Your vote, your voice. It's not too late: Same Day Voter Registration, known as Conditional Voter Registration in state law, is a safety net for Californians who miss the deadline to register to vote or update their voter registration information for an election. So if you haven't registered head to your closest Vote Center and make your voice heard!

Our Founder and Chief Architect Kaci Y. Patterson, MBA begins an 11-week sabbatical beginning today, November 1st! To learn more about the sabbatical program, click the link below. https://ow.ly/iZMi50TYfV3

Kaci Patterson, founder of the Black Equity Collective, joins us for a very special bonus episode of Conversations From the Frontlines! Download (libhill.co/pod-s3e11) and listen to Episode 11, “Reparations and the Rebirth of a Nation,” to learn about what’s at stake with the California Reparations Task Force and what happens when Black hands take the wheel. #LibertyHill #ConversationsFromTheFrontlines #Podcast

The LA Partnership for Early Childhood Investment, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH), the Department of Health Services, First 5 LA, and the Center for Strategic Partnerships have announced the launch of the fifth round of funding for the African American Infant and Maternal Mortality (AAIMM) Prevention Initiative Village Fund (The Village Fund). The Village Fund seeks to reinforce the broad goals of the AAIMM Prevention Initiative by funding community-led efforts that support the physical, mental, and social-emotional well-being of Black women/birthing persons, fathers, partners, and families before, during, and after birth. They're looking for applications from organizations, networks, coalitions, individual service providers, micro-enterprises, or small businesses whose services will contribute to joyous and healthy births for Black families in Los Angeles County. Priority consideration will be given to entities that are Black-led. For more information about The Village Fund and to access the application, please visit their website (Scan QR code below). Village Fund applications are due Monday, November 4th, at 5:00 p.m. PT.

If you didn't get a chance to join our CA Black Voter Rally last week, here's a message from our (new!) friend, Larenz Tate encouraging our community to #GOTV and talk to friends and family members about their voting plan. Last day to register to vote in CA is next Monday, October 21st. Your vote, your power, your future!