Thrilling

A Black and Asian American–owned vintage marketplace connecting independent thrift shops with online shoppers. Features curated secondhand clothing and home goods, including collections from Black-owned stores.

MahoganyBooks

Founded by Derrick and Ramunda Young, this independent bookstore specializes in literature by the African diaspora as well as curated wellness, heritage, and cultural titles—online and locally rooted.

Boutique Africaine

An international marketplace based in Canada showcasing handcrafted African fashion, accessories, textiles, and home décor from diasporic designers—rooted in cultural crafts and ethical sourcing.

Naspora

A curated online marketplace offering bundles of everyday essentials from Black-owned brands—think toxin-free dish soap, herbal remedies, natural home tools and more—delivered in ethically crafted boxes.

Grassrootz Bookstore

Grassrootz is a Black-owned cultural hub in Phoenix blending books, wellness goods, and a juice bar to celebrate Black stories and foster healing, creativity, and community empowerment.

Black Fashion Fair

A purpose-driven marketplace and creative platform founded by Antoine Gregory to amplify Black designers through curated fashion, home goods, and cultural storytelling—blending commerce with community reinvestment.

Freedom School

A national literacy and youth empowerment movement rooted in the 1960s Civil Rights legacy, offering culturally affirming, research-based summer and after-school programs for K–12 scholars and families. Through daily reading, movement, collective leadership, and civic engagement, Freedom Schools foster academic confidence, identity-strengthening, and community resilience.

Black Mothers Forum

Founded by Rev. Janelle Wood in Phoenix, Arizona. A Black-led network of small, culturally affirming microschools serving Pre-K-12 learners. Centering Black joy, identity, and community, BMF fosters personalized education that dismantles the school-to-prison pipeline and promotes academic and emotional thriving.

One Family Luxor Worldschool Learning Hub

Founded by Louise Marie Morris, this immersive space in Luxor, Egypt offers hands-on, project-based learning for traveling families. Kids explore culture, nature, and community, fostering curiosity and global awareness.

Eli Gerzon

Eli Gerzon is a passionate advocate of worldschooling — a learning philosophy that embraces travel and real-world experiences as powerful educational tools. He encourages curiosity, self-directed education, and expanding learning beyond traditional classroom walls.

Sankofa Homeschool Community

Founded in 2004 by Monica Utsey, Sankofa is a culturally-rooted homeschool collective supporting Black families through virtual classes, in-person gatherings, and African-centered enrichment. Blending community care with cooperative learning, Sankofa nurtures identity, connection, and self-directed education.

The School House Anywhere

Founded by Mimosa Jones Tunney, TSHA offers a screen-free, secular curriculum for Pre-K to 6th grade. Designed for homeschoolers and micro-schools, it blends academics with character and kindness through training films and printable materials.

National Equity Project

Founded by LaShawn Routé Chatmon, the National Equity Project helps leaders transform education systems to center belonging, justice, and equity. Through coaching, facilitation, and liberatory design, NEP supports schools and communities in creating conditions where every young person can thrive.

Serenity Learning Center

Founded by Charlene Hunt in Mesa, Arizona. A holistic K–12 learning space centering trust, creativity, and family-led education. Serenity blends flexible in-person classes with mentorship, electives, and community. With no grades or homework, learners thrive through curiosity, not compliance, reclaiming education as a path to joy and self-knowing.

Mandela Grocery Cooperative

A worker-owned grocery store in West Oakland sourcing fresh produce from Black and under-resourced farmers, Mandela Grocery Cooperative supports local economies and advances food justice through community-powered, ethical commerce.

The Folklore

Founded by Amira Rasool, The Folklore is a curated e-commerce platform showcasing sustainable fashion, lifestyle, and wellness products by African and diasporic designers. Focused on cultural storytelling, ethical sourcing, and regenerative craftsmanship.

The Grace & Grind Podcast

Featuring ancestral healer Jamari Michael White, these episodes dive into reconnection with ancestral practices, Black spiritual lineages, and ritual healing beyond conventional religious frameworks.

The Black Mystic Podcast

Hosted by Marquita Ochoa, this spirituality and wellness podcast spotlights BIPOC mystics and explores ancestral practices, intuitive healing, and intersectional rites rooted in earth-based wisdom.

Finding Our Way

Therapist and organizer Prentis Hemphill hosts Finding Our Way, a conversational podcast on somatic healing, collective trauma recovery, and spiritually embodied leadership within movements for justice and community care.

Black Healers Connect Podcast

A healing-centered show featuring BIPOC practitioners sharing stories of grief work, ancestral medicine, mental wellness, and community-based healing tailored to Black culture.