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Baltimore-based and focused — Cultivating self-determination through Black land and food sovereignty.

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🌱 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒔𝒏'𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏'𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒂𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒕?

October 16 is World Food Day, a global call to end hunger and ensure everyone has access to safe, nutritious and affordable food.

🌍 The 2026 theme: “Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow.”

According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 645 million people face hunger, while 2.69 billion cannot afford a healthy diet.

We produce enough food globally, yet millions still go hungry. The challenge is also about how food is grown, distributed, priced and made accessible.

💚 Across Black communities worldwide, people are creating solutions through community gardens, food distribution, agricultural education, entrepreneurship and local food systems.

Innovation doesn't always mean new technology. Sometimes it means using community knowledge to find better ways to grow, share and access food.

At Support Black Charities, we're spotlighting organizations in our Online Directory working to improve food security.

✨ Organizations you should know:

👉🏿 @4mycity.us | USA
👉🏿 @impactjamaica | USA
👉🏿 @blackyield | USA]
👉🏿 @foodforthepoorc | Haiti, Jamaica, Guyana
👉🏿 @pcifcanada | Canada
👉🏿 @foodsecurityfundhq | Canada
👉🏿 @africanfoodbskt | Canada
👉🏿 @hrgfoundation| Nigeria

ℹ️ Featured because they are listed in the SBC Online Directory.

❤️ Discover their work. Follow. Share. Volunteer. Donate. Advocate.

🔎 supportblackcharities.org

#WorldFoodDay #FoodSecurity #EndHunger #SupportBlackCharities #SDG2

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Brazil is no one’s backyard. Not Trump’s. Not the U.S. or Israel’s.

Over the past several months, Trump, the right, and corporations based in the U.S. and around the world have been exerting pressure on Brazil to promote the election of far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro over the Workers Party incumbent President Lula.

Bolsonaro is the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro and has received support from the global far right who intend to roll back the social programs and environmental protections that Lula’s administration has delivered. Bolsonaro threatens an end to Brazilian sovereignty and will hand Brazil over to the U.S. and foreign corporate interests.

All eyes on Brazil and their upcoming election on October 25! The U.S. must stay out of Brazil’s democratic processes.

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Today is the 109th birthday of Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer! She told us that food is used as a political weapon.

However, when we grow for ourselves and organize what we already have in our hands, we can change our material conditions.

We're focusing our power and taking it from the pews to the policy table. You coming?

Stay with us. More on Monday.

#BlackChurchPower #FannieLouHamer #BlackChurchFoodSecurityNetwork #FoodJustice

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Today, @mayorbmscott signed the Community Healthy Food Access Act into law!

No family in Baltimore should have to take two buses just to buy fresh vegetables. This law creates the Healthy Food Priority Area Grant Program, which will put real dollars behind the neighborhood grocers, co-ops, farmers' markets, and mobile vendors bringing fresh, affordable food to our communities.

It also gives residents a seat at the table, with annual listening sessions on pricing, products, and store operations.

Thank you to @mayorbmscott, my colleagues on the Council, and our partners at @blackyield, @blackchurchfsn, the Department of Planning, and BDC.

#Baltimore #FoodAccess #HealthyBaltimore

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This video was produced by a group of high schoolers from three different states outside of Maryland. Through the Student Diplomacy Corps (SDXCO) Program, we were lucky to learn about black spatial politics and the environmental injustices in Baltimore, specifically within the Curtis Bay Area. We got to engage with the amazing community organizations and third spaces, including but not limited to: Black Yield Institute, Filbert Street Garden, Coal Free Curtis Bay, and Free Your Voice.

In addition to all the lovely experiences and awareness we gained about the environmental inequity and black ecology of Curtis Bay, we learned about the CHERISH Act, which informs the community about local polluting facilities and forces permits to take into consideration existing pollution and polluting industries before possibly inflicting more damage onto these communities

We urge you - whether you are a Baltimorian, Curtis Bay resident, or even out of state - to learn more about, and support the legislative procedures regarding the CHERISH Act (Check the links in the comments🔗)
#baltimore #curtisbay #cherishact #environmentalinjustice #maryland

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SAVE THE DATE - 13th Annual Baltimore International Black Film Festival - October 8-12, 2026. Announcements are coming soon on the "Official Selections" of films and all events during the festival. For "Early Bird" ALL ACCESS PASSES and more information visit: www.bibff.com

Stay tuned for more information soon....

#SOGAA #BIBFF #BIBFF2026 #ReelUnity #TruebrotherlyLove

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🇺🇸 July 4: Independence Day

July 4 means different things to different people.

For some, it's a day of celebration.
For others, it's a day of reflection.
For many, it's both.

As we recognize Independence Day, it's an opportunity to reflect on the values that continue to shape the United States: freedom, opportunity, community, and service.

📊 Did You Know?
Black Americans have helped shape the United States since its earliest days and continue to contribute across every sector of society.

🖤 Why It Matters
Freedom is more than independence.
It's also the opportunity to learn, grow, contribute, and thrive.

Across the country, Black-led nonprofits create opportunity by supporting youth, families, education, health, and stronger communities.

Their work turns hope into action.

💡 This Independence Day, support, volunteer with, donate to, or amplify a Black-led organization.

Stronger communities build a stronger nation.

✨ Here are some of the organizations making an impact across the United States:

📍NEW YORK
@thenew3rs

📍NEW JERSEY
@kidsincleats
@diffvelopment

📍PENNSYLVANIA
@cdbscholarship

📍FLORIDA
@blackhealthcommission
@afrikinnation

📍ILLINOIS
@equiticity
@crschicago
@globaludiaspora
@yourfootmyfoot

📍LOS ANGELES
@hiddengeniuspro

📍MARYLAND
@4mycity.us
@blackyield

📍GEORGIA
@impactjamaica
@oraleeorg
@atlantaglow
@blackgirlssmile

📍SOUTH CAROLINA
@beautymarks4girls

📍VIRGINIA
@diversityinaquatics
@girlsforachange

📍WASHINGTON
@achdseatac

📍 ALL UNITED STATES
@official_bsls
@blkphilanthropymonth
@caribbeanbonemarrowregistry

🔗 Full directory: Supportblackcharities.org/directory

🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day.

#July4th #IndependenceDay #SupportBlackCharities #CommunityImpact #OpportunityForAll #StrongerCommunities #BlackLeadership #TogetherWeRise

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We held an im-peck-able community meeting last week at @filbertstreetgarden! 🐓 Our Curtis Bay community grantees came together to share their project success stories, funded by our Healthy Environment, Healthy Communities Grant Program.

From community clean-ups, to youth summer programs, to beekeeping, we were blown away by all of these organizations empowering people and restoring nature on a local level.

#ChesapeakeBay #Baltimore #EmpoweringPeople #RestoringNature

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Still reeling from the magic of this past weekend ✨the healing power of art in real time! It was beyond an honor to be one of the openers for my beloved @unique.theword for her one-night-only sold out show Old Baybe!! The whole production was such an ode to all the things that make us human 🥹 Watching my bb work always leaves me in awe 😭 After delivering such a raw and heartfelt theatrical memoir, she was right back up at dawn making sure everything was good for day 2 of the festival 🙌🏽 I be feeling like dang I better not complain! 🫠

It was also a gift to witness my own evolution as a writer through this co-feature process. Thank you to everyone who showed love to my piece — a deeply personal ode to the complexities of my origins. Someone shared that the light reflecting on me looked like angel wings from where they were sitting, and that felt so real because I could feel my honorable ancestors (known and unknown) supporting me through the writing and the life lived that led me to that moment. Swipe to the end for a snippet 💜

Saturday, I started off farming w @blackyield then had the honor of witnessing the opening of @hopeandfaith.art’s exhibition “You Can Always Come Home” which was was deeply emotional. Real tears the heart, soul, and intention poured into each piece is undeniable. Please experience it while you can at @creativealliancebaltimore.

Sunday I celebrated the living legacy of @abutheflutemaker at Gallery Reimagined — the perfect close to such an epic weekend. His DIY instruments are a Baltimore staple, and it was beautiful seeing him receive his flowers while still here 💎💐

My biggest reflection: in a season of sensory overload and nonstop events, it’s easy to move from one thing to the next, but there is power in the pause. If you read this far, you a real one💜

Hair by: @bmoretribal
Color by mee ✨

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The Delta Lambda Foundation and the AIDS Healthcare Foundation are coming together to bring you an awesome packed day of service. We’re bringing Food For Health to YOU! 🍽️

Come out to the Delta Lambda Outreach Center on Saturday, May 16, 2026, between noon and 3 pm to pick up free food items.

These items are free of charge and available to you Baltimore!

Join us! Bring a box, a bag, or a cart to shop!

#AlphaPhiAlpha #CommunityService #FoodSecurity #AHF #Baltimore

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As 19 organizations working in Baltimore City, we urge Mayor and City Council to pass Council Bill 26-0172 and promote fiscal responsibility and economic democracy in Baltimore City.

Our budget is a statement of our values. The people, through their most directly elected representatives on the City Council, deserve more say in city finances. The amendments in 26-0172 would promote just that.

As local representatives, City Council members are the people’s voice in our city government. However, the City Council’s ability to exercise substantial influence over the budget is limited by a lack of substantive authority, procedural restrictions, and a too-short timeline. The budget reforms contained in Council Bill 26-0172 will make the City’s budget and procurement process more democratic and accountable to City residents by:

⏱️Giving the City Council more time to deliberate on the budget, by removing the redundant Board of Estimates step from the process.

👏Allowing for the creation of non-lapsing funds, giving the City Council similar powers as other legislative bodies in Maryland and around the country to shape ongoing spending.

📋Allowing the Council to make conditional appropriations to ensure accountable and effective spending of City tax dollars.

🤝Improving the City’s procurement process by allowing more flexibility in decisionmaking.

@mayorbmscott @zekecohen1 @sharongreenmiddleton @1stdistrictmark @daniellemccrayd2 @electryandorsey @markconway4th @councilmanyitzy @jamestorrencejd @parisgrayd8 docbullock @iamphyliciaporter @zacblanchardd11 @councilmanjjones @ourbrotherglover @odetteramosbaltimore

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📣 PLEASE SHARE! 📣

UPDATE: CHERRY HILL MARKETPLACE ONLY OPEN SATURDAYS 10AM - 3 PM (638 CHERRY HILL ROAD) OUTDOOR MARKETS ARE DISCONTINUED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE! 🗣️📢

🥕🌽 FRESH, AFFORDABLE FOOD AVAILABLE WEEKLY 🍎🍉

#blackyield #southbaltimore

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