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Black is beautiful

Welcome to a resource built by and for Black Long Beach. Let's build, uplift, and center our community and our connections with one another.

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Audre Lorde

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PPL Learning Lab

Build the future Black children deserve. Join a FREE leadership program for Black parents, caregivers, early childhood educators, and community members raising and supporting children age 5 and younger. Raise thriving Black children. Build community. Find support. Grow your voice. Create change.

VERB Community

VERB Community centers Black changemakers and equips them with leadership development, training, relationships, and creative tools to make meaningful change where it matters most, right at home in their communities. All Things BLACK is a project of VERB Community.

BLM Grassroots Long Beach

Black Lives Matter Grassroots Long Beach is a people-powered organization committed to dismantling state-sanctioned violence and advance Black liberation. We organize for housing, wellness, economic justice, education, and community safety through political education, community care, and action.

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B-Well Collab (The Black Wellness Collaborative)

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Common Threads Group

Common Threads Group is a multidisciplinary consortium that connects strategy, creative direction, capital, and community engagement through three independent firms, Symbia Global Group, Wolf &… more…

Symbia Global Group

Symbia Global Group connects philanthropy, investment, innovation, and strategic partnerships to help promising social and environmental enterprises grow their impact. Working across sectors, Symbia… more…