BlackSpace Urbanist Collective

??? Black Heritage & Futures Month is here! Let us send you sum to keep you warm and inspired! bit.ly/ManifestoMerch ?? Feb 3 - 28 shipping is offered nationwide. Expect 3 weeks for delivery. ?? 10% of each purchase?this month goes to?displaced families in historically Black California. ?? Artifacts designed, printed, and shipped by Black-led studios to share our mission.

?? SAVE THE DATE, It's a BlackSpace family reunion! We're bringing our second in-person Collective Convening to Oklahoma City from May 2-4, 2025! ?? Why Oklahoma? BlackSpace’s 2025 Collective Convening is in Oklahoma City to share stories and spaces steeped in powerful histories of Black innovation and entrepreneurship! Oklahoma has been instrumental in the BlackSpace journey since 2018, and it’s time to connect in OKC! Join us this May as we:? ???? Connect local talent with BlackSpace’s national design & planning network. ? Introduce our first national cohort joining our accelerator, Studio KIN!?? ?? Invest in OKC's surrounding communities by prioritizing local businesses. -- Join our urbanist salons and tours inspired by: ?? Amazing work of Black community builders and urbanists across the state. ?? Entrepreneurial ventures impacting Oklahoma’s Black neighborhoods.? ?? Legacies worth celebrating from Black towns to Black cowboys. Stay tuned to see our programming lineup and RSVP info! Out of town and ready to book your flight?? Local Airport: Will Rogers World Airport (OKC)

The future of our neighborhoods depends on voices and ideas rooted in culture. Our accelerator, Studio KIN is amplifying the innovations of urbanist ventures aimed at strengthening local Black joy and liberation. Does this sound aligned with the work of your venture? Apply on our website now!?https://lnkd.in/eraZNJaG Have questions about the application? RSVP for our virtual Dec 3rd info session now. https://lnkd.in/eDm5d3xz

??We’ve made magic year after year with our urbanists community and the Black spaces we’ve co-designed. Leveraging learnings from our gatherings, workshops, and projects we are creating something special with the Studio KIN Toolkit. We are excited to grow creative freedom and possibilities with urbanist ventures.? Check out a peak of our Studio KIN toolkit and our application on our website!?? https://lnkd.in/eraZNJaG

The future of our neighborhoods depends on voices and ideas rooted in culture. Our accelerator, Studio KIN is amplifying the innovations of urbanist ventures aimed at strengthening local Black joy and liberation. Does this sound aligned with the work of your venture? Apply on our website now!?https://lnkd.in/eraZNJaG Have questions about the application? RSVP for our virtual Dec 3rd info session now. https://lnkd.in/eDm5d3xz

Our urbanist accelerator, Studio KIN aims to break barriers faced by Black urbanist founders through providing resources and support about grounding in values, raising funding, and increasing brand recognition. ? Selected participants will spend time in our program building mentorship communities and refining their place-based services and products aimed to make change in Black neighborhoods. ???? Studio KIN application is NOW OPEN, learn more on our website. https://lnkd.in/eraZNJaG

Did you know 1 in 3 BlackSpace members are founders? Our 9 years of programming and past year of listening to founders about their business journeys through events, interviews and our Black urbanist entrepreneur survey has blossomed into…. Studio KIN, an accelerator dedicated to building creative freedoms of urbanist ventures. This new program supports businesses entities designing innovative solutions with Black neighborhoods. Together, we can transform public spaces to center Black joy and liberation. #Urbanism #BlackExcellence #CommunityBuilding #BlackSpace Want to be a part of Studio KIN? Sign up on our interest list here: bit.ly/StudioKIN-interest

?????Spatial justice is possible! There is so much opportunity for change throughout public spaces in the 1,036 majority-Black zip codes in the U.S. by Black urbanist practitioners ready to lead projects in public space. ??? ?????? Follow us to learn more about OUR NEW INITIATIVE supporting Black urbanist practices! #SpatialJustice #BlackUrbanists #CommunityDesign #Urbanism #Entrepreneurship? #Urbanplanning #Architecture #PublicSpaces #BlackSpace

???? Spatial justice means creating public spaces that truly reflect the communities they serve. Yet, despite 14.4% of the U.S. identifying as Black, too few have the opportunity to lead urbanist projects. ??? ??????It’s time to elevate Black urbanist practitioners who are ready to make an impact! Follow us to learn more about how we are getting behind Black urbanist leaders with a new initiative! #SpatialJustice #BlackUrbanists #CommunityDesign #Urbanism #Entrepreneurship?#Urbanplanning #Architecture #PublicSpaces #BlackSpace?

?? Wow! Our community of love and support is beyond what we could have imagined - thank y’all! We exceeded our $14,000 goal for this campaign to support essential tools and resources to sustain and grow Black urbanist projects! ??? ? If you did not get a chance to donate - there’s still time as we can accept donations all year as a nonprofit on our website: www.blackspace.org. So, we invite you to consider a gift during this giving season, on Giving Tuesday (Dec 3), or to another Black-led community organization! ?? Watch this space in the coming weeks for how your dollars go to work to support Black urbanists!