Blacks in Green

A Chicago-based local environmental justice group aiming to transform neighborhoods into vibrant, sustainable “squares” that center ecological resilience and community empowerment.

Raising Black Boys to Become Great Men

Mentors Black boys ages 6–21 in Oakland, fostering leadership, entrepreneurship, and personal growth. Blends mentorship, professional guidance, and community engagement to turn inherited strength into mastery and generational impact

The OK Program of Oakland

A Black-youth-led mentoring and leadership program cultivating academic excellence, resilience, and civic engagement. Through mentorship, skill-building, and projects, they embody persistence and agency, proving thriving in historically challenged spaces is possible.

The BIZ Stoop

A Black-youth-led social enterprise empowering young people through storytelling, wellness grants, seed funding, and collective economics. Vision: exponentially increasing life expectancy of Black youth beyond 25. Thriving happens here in place, through agency, and deliberate action.

Freedom Community Center

Dedicated to building movements of survivors who address violence, dismantle punitive systems, and create community-based alternatives grounded in healing. Envisions a Beloved Community rooted in power, repair, and collective generational flourishing.

SweetArt Bakeshop & Café

Black-owned vegan bakery and café in St. Louis, fusing art, culture, and plant-based cuisine. Redefines wellness through food, community, and creativity, demonstrating thriving Black entrepreneurship rooted in sustainability and excellence.

Beija‑Flor Naturals

Black-woman-owned beauty and wellness brand in Oakland. Crafts plant-based skincare and haircare honoring ancestral wisdom. Empowers self-care, sustainability, and Black excellence, turning holistic living into economic and cultural influence.

BLK Girls Greenhouse

Plant shop and creative sanctuary founded by Black women. Cultivates wellness, beauty, and belonging through greenery and community. A living symbol that thriving is rooted in care, creativity, and collective action.

Better Life Academy

Holistic education and empowerment hub in St. Louis. Nurtures youth, families, and adults through learning, wellness, and workforce programs. Bridges education with real-world skill-building. Transforms neighborhoods, generations, and inherited strength into thriving Black excellence.

Adiva Naturals

Richmond-based Black-woman-owned skincare and haircare company. Blends ancestral wisdom with modern wellness to nourish the body and inspire community empowerment. Thriving here is a combination of purpose, persistence, and rooted holistic action.

Chakra Chow

Chakra Chow is a vibrant raw-vegan culinary experience created by a husband-and-wife duo redefining what living foods can taste like. Known for their artistry with texture, flavor, and presentation, they turn raw fruits, vegetables, and herbs into crave-worthy creations that feel indulgent yet deeply nourishing.
Raved about for dishes that are “shockingly flavorful,” “beautifully fresh,” and “the best raw food I’ve ever had,” Chakra Chow proves that conscious eating can be both healing and exciting. From their colorful wraps and raw burgers to decadent plant-based desserts, every dish celebrates creativity, vitality, and connection to the Earth.

Pine House Edible Gardens

Founded by Leslie Bennett, Pine House is a Black‑owned, women‑led landscape design/build firm specializing in edible gardens that are both beautiful and productive. They support accessible garden design through an equity‑pricing model and the “Black Sanctuary Gardens” project, offering design + harvest + maintenance for homes and communities.

Earthseed Native Landscaping & Edible Gardens

A worker‑owned co‑operative led by Black and Brown land‑stewards, Earthseed designs and installs edible landscapes in the Chicago area with an ethos of food‑sovereignty, biodiversity and community revitalisation. They transform traditional lawns into spaces that nourish land, people and pollinators.

Journei Bimwala

Journei Bimwala is a Bronx-based forager, educator, and land steward devoted to reconnecting Black and Brown communities with ancestral foodways. Through her platform Each One Carry One, she hosts immersive nature walks, urban foraging workshops, and community healing gatherings that center sustainability, self-reliance, and spiritual ecology. Her work blends practicality with reverence—teaching city dwellers how to see the wild abundance that still surrounds them.

Silk The Farmer

Candise mixes small-scale farming, urban foraging and joyful public feasts — teaching people how to find and prepare wild edibles while making outdoor food education accessible and fun.

Nzingah Oniwosan

Haitian-American holistic health consultant, 500-hr yoga teacher, plant-based chef, model, and award-winning artist. Founder of Yes Baby I Like It Raw, Nzingah fuses food, art, and ancestral wisdom to help others heal naturally—drawing from her own recovery from autoimmune illness. A speaker, educator, and co-founder of Impact Hub Port-au-Prince, she teaches through Sankofa’s Child and partners globally to uplift women, wellness, and culture.

Ancient Artery

Shemayah Clemons is the intuitive heart behind Ancient Artery, a holistic brand rooted in ancestral wisdom and plant-based healing. Through her apothecary creations and teachings, she helps others reconnect with nature’s medicine, inner peace, and the art of living in divine balance.

Our Thrifty Abode

Jennifer curates cozy, character-filled spaces through OurThriftyAbode, where vintage décor and secondhand treasures find new life. Her work redefines “home” as a place of sustainability, creativity, and care—showing that mindful decorating can honor both the earth and the stories objects carry.

Ecolorena

Lorena James blends art, design, and sustainability to create lasting environmental impact. She leads workshops, events, and public speaking on conservation, environmental justice, and invasive species management, helping communities turn creativity into action.

Curly Chemistry

Founded by cosmetic chemist Tonya Lane, Curly Chemistry bridges science and natural hair care. She educates communities on hair health through chemistry-based insights, empowering people to love and understand their curls from the root.