We wanted to give Black-led organizations a moment to breathe and dream. It's important that we reclaim our narrative and speak to the everyday genius that keeps making a way out of no way.
Jamye Wooten
is the founder of
CLLCTIVLY,
an organization that’s
2x NFL champion, Torrey Smith introduces us to the financial driver behind a lot of grassroot organization
Johns Hopkins Connects - Meet Jamye Wooten, Founder of Cllctivly! Check out his incredible work on CLLCTIVLY's website here: https://cllctivly.org/, and make sure to follow his socials on Facebook, Instagram, Linkedin, and Twitter @Cllctivly!!
The origin story of CLLCTIVLY dates back to the 2015 Uprising sparked by the tragic death of Freddie Gray in the custody of the police. Wooten joined with a coalition of grassroots activists, faith-based leaders, and concerned citizens to found Baltimore United for Change.
Angel St. Jean, CEO of “The Black Brain Trust” joined Cllctivly on IG Live to share a tool your organization or company can access to make racial equity tangible.
On Wednesday, Jamye Wooten, CEO of CLLCTIVLY, “a place-based social change organization centering Black Genius, Narrative Power, Social Networks, and Resource Mobilization,” hosted an Instagram LIVE session on “The Importance of Funding Grassroots Organizations” with OSI-Baltimore Director Danielle Torain.
AFRO NEWS - Jamye Wooten encourages Black Americans to look at Black wealth from a holistic lens of
Calais Campbell and the Rockefeller Foundation join forces to support CLLCTIVLY's Covid-19 Baltimore Micro-Grant Fund.
Currently, only 5 percent of racial equity funding in the U.S. is specifically focused on movement-building and grassroots organizing, indicating an urgent need to increase funding for activists and groups that are advancing sweeping change. As the Black community struggles to manage these overlapping pandemics, philanthropy has a critical role to play.