BYP100
BYP100, formally, the Black Youth Project 100, is a national organization of young, Black activists founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman on an all charges relating to his February 26, 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin.[1] Founding members include Charlene Carruthers. The organization seeks to achieve to its mission of realizing freedom for all Black people by organizing through a Black Queer Feminist lens and maintaining a commitment to group-centered leadership.
In September 2014, BYP100 released their first policy agenda, entitled the Agenda to Keep Us Safe which outlined policy suggestions to combat the criminalization of Black youth.[2] On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January 2016, the organization launched their Black economic justice policy platform, the Agenda to Build Black Futures with a series of actions and events around the country under the banner of the hashtag #reclaimMLK.[3]
The organization consists of seven local chapters across the United States and counting. Current chapters exist in:
- New York City
- Bay Area
- Chicago
- Washington DC
- New Orleans
- Durham
- Detroit
References
- ↑ Holliday, Darryl (2016-02-22). "The New Black Power". Chicago Mag.
- ↑ "BYP100 Agenda to Keep Us Safe | BYP 100". BYP 100. 2014-09-30. Retrieved 2016-05-12.
- ↑ "MLK Day 2016: Black Economic Justice Agenda Inspired By Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Poor People's Campaign Lives On". International Business Times. 2016-01-18. Retrieved 2016-05-12.