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[View this email in your browser]( [Logo]( Monthly CMB Newsletter: September 2024 Since 2015 Community Movement Builders has grown from the first community house and 3 chapters to 8 chapters in cities across the country, including Atlanta, Dallas, Detroit, Sacramento, LA, Delaware, Ypsilanti, Kansas City. As a member-based collective of Black people we are committed to living into our values: self-determination, sustainability, leadership, humanity, solidarity, and Black love. We are also dedicated to internationalism as we understand our liberation is intertwined with African and the entire African Diaspora. We are proud to host many initiatives and projects including our community garden days, liberation programs, political education, and grassroots organizing campaigns such as the movement to #StopCopCity. In this newsletter you’ll find out about new and exciting work to benefit our community! ✨ANNOUNCEMENTS✨ Workforce Housing for Organizers Community Movement Builders is developing a site-based model for sustainable development and community organizing in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Atlanta, a historic Black working and underclass community established by formerly enslaved Africans in 1883. Our community houses serve as a hub for organizing neighborhood campaigns tailored to residents' needs, aiming to amplify their political power. Our programs emphasize youth development and organizing while showcasing the connections between urban agriculture, micro-cooperative business development, and the creation of sustainable communities. Through our deep understanding of the community, we aim to harness its collective power and support efforts to resist gentrification and foster a healthy, thriving Black community. We are seeking organizers who are interested in living and working in the southwest area of Atlanta, where they will reside for a minimum of one year. Currently, we offer reduced rent of $250 per month. Utilities are the responsibility of the tenant organizers. We anticipate that these individuals will have external employment to support themselves, therefore we are requiring a minimum of 10 hours a week of dedicated organizing time as part of the cohort. There is a strong possibility we will be able to give each organizer a $1,000 stipend per month for a year. If that happens, we will require 20 hours a week of dedicated organizing/meeting time. Organizers will engage in political education courses and organizing training as part of the cohort. Additionally, under supervision, they will contribute to developing organizing strategies and programming tactics. They will then collectively with support and supervision begin implementing an organizing strategy. Organizers will also participate in supporting CMB city wide organizing when needed. [Click here to learn more and apply!]( Community Sea Moss is Back! Community Sea Moss is rooted in building healthy Black communities. When you choose our sea moss products, a percentage of your purchase funds the work of Community Movement Builders – a grassroots organization building self-determined, Black communities by community organizing around issues such as police brutality, gentrification, and food sustainability. Shop Sea Moss Support our Work! We rely on the generosity of our members, donors, and volunteers to build grassroots movements and organize our community. [DONATE]( [a group of people sitting in a backyard under an umbrella]( Media, Globalization, and the Struggle for Afrikan Sovereignty Since the time of the talking drums and the traveling griot, walking from village to village, spinning fantastic tales of the people’s history, and sewing together the national sinews, an instrument of the traditional socio-political mode of organization, media has been an important part of a distinctly African civilization. [Read the full article here]( Upcoming Events Garden Day! Come out and build with us on Sunday, September 22nd, 10 am - 12 pm at 790 Welch Street SW, Atlanta, GA 30310 Community Movement Builders runs a community garden in Atlanta where we grow food, provide community plots for neighbors, and offer workshops to youth and community groups about the importance of locally grown food, the negative impact of food deserts on our communities, the benefits of healthy eating, and taking ownership of one’s food supply. 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