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The Womanist Working Collective

Mission

The Womanist Working Collective is a radical grassroots social action and support collective for Black folks of marginalized gender experience, specifically women (trans* and cis), femmes, and all gender expansive folx. Our Community of Practice unapologetically centers our Quality of Life and livelihoods through Community Organizing, Mutual Aid and Holistic Wellness.

The Womanist Working Collective has received a Community Organizing Grant from the Peace Development Fund and all of the money raised from this fundraiser will be added to that grant to help support their organizing in 2022.  Give today to support The Womanist Working Collective!

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Your support will help to hire a part-time Co-organizer for our Community Organizing projects and to coordinate our membership body. Projects include the 2Ubuntu: Reciprocity Time Bank, Womxnist Liberation Co-op and a Self-Defense Club.

Can you share a story of one of the leaders in your organization and how they’ve made a difference in their community?

"I'd like to highlight our Co-organizer of Holistic Wellness, Okichie Davis, LPC, NCC. Okichie is a queer, Black woman (they/them) of West Indian heritage and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Philadelphia, PA. Raised in New York City and schooled in New England, they are an alumna of Villanova University, holding a Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities and a Master of Science degree in Counseling with a specialization in Clinical Mental Health.

They've been successfully leading our Black Liberation Therapy Fund Mutual Aid and Annual Healers & Helpers: Therapy Matchmaking event for the past 3 years. But that's not all, outside of this community work, seeing a greater need than WWC could ever meet, they launched the Hibiscus Rose Therapy Fund, which functions to offset the cost of therapy for Black queer +/ trans folks who have very limited income through their therapy practice Endeavoring Wellness. Endeavoring Wellness is a Queer, Black woman-owned therapy practice and wellness resource that strives to provide compassionate and accessible support to individuals and organizations."

You can support the Hibiscus Rose Therapy Fund directly at this link. Your support will help provide therapy scholarships for Black queer +/ trans folks who are low-income.

The Womanist Working Collective is a participant in Grassroots Funding Week, a week-long crowdfunding campaign that supports several social justice organizations from across the country. 

Click on the links below to read about other organizations participating in Grassroots Funding Week. 

Monday: Racial Justice - A Movement, Not a Moment! 

Building it Together - New Haven, CT

Ohio Families Unite Against Police Brutality - Dayton, OH

New Britain Racial Justice Coalition - New Britain, CT

Tuesday: Building Power in the US South 

Black Life Response - New Orleans, LA

Fountain Heights Farm - Birmingham, AL

No Exceptions - Nashville, TN 

Wednesday: Indigenous Community Resilience

Lakota Well Being Project - McLaughlin, SD

People of the Confluence - Bothell, WA 

Seeds of Harmony - Round Rock, AZ

Thursday: Taking Back Our Bodies 

Alyssa Rodriguez Center for Gender Justice - National 

The Queer-Trans Project - Atlantic Beach, FL

Tight Lipped - National

Friday: Investing in a Just Economy 

The Womanist Working Collective - Philadelphia, PA

Fuerza Latina (Fort Collins Community Action Network) - Fort Collins, CO

Comunidades Enraizadas Community Land Trust - Chelsea, MA 

Home Roots Foundation - Jean Rebel and Belle Fontaine, Haiti

Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores - New Bedford, MA 

For more information, visit: www.peacedevelopmentfund.org 

The Peace Development Fund (PDF) works to build the capacity of community-based organizations through grants, training and other resources as partners in human rights and social justice movements. Support PDF's mission and grant-making with your gift today!