advancing economic justice in brooklyn by fostering systems change through local community-led action

OUR STORY

built on
collective power

Launched in 2020, The Brooklyn Economic Justice Project (BEJP) is a groundbreaking community-based economic justice accelerator, providing multi-year funding, capacity-building support, thought partnership, and a facilitated community of practice to organizations working toward anti-gentrification and economic liberation.

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BKLVLUP

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BROOKLYN MOVEMENT CENTER

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BROOKLYN COOP

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BROWNSVILLE COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTER

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CENTRAL BROOKLYN EDC

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CUFFH

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EAST NEW YORK CLT

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EQUALITY FOR FLATBUSH

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FLOX STUDIO

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BLACKSPACE

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NYWF

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FONDATION CHANEL

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BKLVLUP 〰️ BROOKLYN MOVEMENT CENTER 〰️ BROOKLYN COOP 〰️ BROWNSVILLE COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTER 〰️ CENTRAL BROOKLYN EDC 〰️ CUFFH 〰️ EAST NEW YORK CLT 〰️ EQUALITY FOR FLATBUSH 〰️ FLOX STUDIO 〰️ BLACKSPACE 〰️ NYWF 〰️ FONDATION CHANEL 〰️

Our initiatives

  • 2019 - NYWF landscape analysis
    2020 - Launch of the project with a cohort of 6 groups
    2021-2022 - Microgrants!
    2023 - Second round of microgrants & Phase 2 of BEJP
    2024 - Design and launch of Su Su program

  • Led by the cohort, the BEJP microgranting program disbursed $85,000 between May 2022 and April 2023, in grants ranging from $2,000–$5,000.

  • One of the central projects in Phase 2 is exploring community savings models, particularly the culturally relevant Su Su  model—a Su Su is ..
    “a form of rotating savings and credit association, a type of informal savings club arrangement between a small group of people who take turns by throwing hand as the partners call it. The name is used in Africa (especially West Africa) and the Caribbean.”

  • We aspire to expand our Su Su work into a community-driven investment fund that fosters economic self-determination. This fund would allow community members to pool resources for sustainable, community-led projects and investments.

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