Black Phoenix Organizing Collective

Black Phoenix Organizing Collective (BPOC) is building a bigger, better, Blacker future in Phoenix, Arizona. We practice cultural organizing among intergenerational Black folks that centers queer and trans people, formerly incarcerated, disabled people, and Muslim immigrants/refugees. BPOC is building Black power through political education, leadership development, and creating independent, self-reliant, and generative alternatives to systems of oppression. We prioritize the needs of Black people through two programs: Disability Justice and Reproductive Justice. We believe that supporting mental healthcare, holding and creating space for vulnerability is a piece of how we free ourselves as abolitionists. We are moving to breaking down harmful systems and building new ones. We also learned over the last year that we also have to commit ourselves to transformative justice practices even when it’s painful, or uncomfortable in all spaces.