Culture, Capital & Community Power: Playing the Long Game for Black Freedom
On the eve of the Super Bowl, Black Freedom Fund (BFF) hosted a powerful gathering at the intersection of culture, capital, and community power. The Playbook brought together cultural icons, policymakers, and movement leaders to reflect on the enduring struggle for Black liberation and what it will take to carry that work across generations.
Building for the Long Term
BFF President & CEO, Marc Philpart opened the program by grounding the moment in urgency and responsibility, naming the overlapping crises shaping this moment – from political violence and state suppression to climate catastrophe and economic instability. These are not isolated challenges. They are structural.
Reflecting on BFF’s mission and work, Marc shared: the power of an institution that is for us and led by us is that it is accountable to Black communities and resources the work that strengthens us collectively.
Each of us, he emphasized, has a role to play in carrying this work forward.
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