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Black Banjo Reclamation Project

Cultural Arts, Earth-Based Education & Resource Management

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Financial Contributions

Goal
Community Membership Tier

Access to online community Stickers Get our resource guide and the banjo workbook, eligible for cohorts

$162.50 USD of $6,000 USD / month raised (3%)

$5 USD / month

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Growth Membership Tier

Access to online community Stickers Get our resource guide and the banjo workbook, eligible for cohorts 2 gifts per year (seeds, bones, black banjo... Read more

$45 USD of $900 USD / month raised (5%)

$10 USD / month

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True Vine Member

Access to online community Stickers Get our resource guide and the banjo workbook, eligible for cohorts Access to 2 live convo with the organizers ... Read more

$23 USD of $400 USD / month raised (6%)

$20 USD / month

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Solidarity Member

Access to online community Stickers Get our resource guide and the banjo workbook, eligible for cohorts Access to 2 live convo with the organizers ... Read more

$0.00 USD of $600 USD / month raised (0%)

$50 USD / month

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Rooted Membership

Access to online community Stickers Get our resource guide and the banjo workbook, eligible for cohorts Access to 2-4 live convo with the organizer... Read more

$0.00 USD of $1,200 USD / month raised (0%)

$100 USD / month

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Become a sponsor for $100.00 per month and support us

Starts at$100 USD / month

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Reparations & Redistribution Membership

Access to online community Sticker resource guide and the banjo workbook, eligible for cohorts Access to 2-4 live convo with the organizers and oth... Read more

$0.00 USD of $2,400 USD / month raised (0%)

$200 USD / month

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Projects

Support the following initiatives from Black Banjo Reclamation Project.

Project
Community work with the banjo as an African Diasporic tradition in California’s Bay Area

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Community Banjo Reclamation Through Musical Arts, Craft & Education of the African Diaspora

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A community banjo build for Black families, individuals and organizations to participate in hand-...

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Events

Black Banjo Reclamation Project is hosting the following events.

Event
06:00 PM-07:00 PM UTC
Join us for a community event celebrating the work of the Black Banjo Reclamation Project with fo...Read more

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Past event
11:00 PM UTC
“Empty Bowl” Fundraiser, featuring food, ceramics, live poetry, a tea lounge, and an art raffle....Read more

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11:00 PM UTC

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Top financial contributors

Individuals

1
Guest

$5,555 USD since Jan 2022

2
Bubbaville

$3,000 USD since May 2022

3
JH

$2,730 USD since Sep 2022

4
Seth Ginsberg

$2,050 USD since Jun 2022

5
Súle Greg Wilson

$1,250 USD since Mar 2022

6
Kenny Stone

$1,100 USD since Jul 2022

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Jerred Branch

$1,001 USD since Oct 2020

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hannah mayree

$1,000 USD since Sep 2021

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Peaks

$1,000 USD since Jan 2022

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Guest

$1,000 USD since Jan 2022

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Melanie C

$985.43 USD since Mar 2022

12
Nate Gusakov

$900 USD since Jan 2022

13
Laura Cohen

$795 USD since Jan 2022

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Guest

$700 USD since Jan 2022

15
Robin Bean Crane

$510 USD since Jan 2022

Organizations

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IBMA Foundation

$10,000 USD since May 2022

2
Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse

$500 USD since May 2023

3
Benevity

$49.47 USD since Aug 2022

Black Banjo Reclamation Project is all of us

Our contributors 134

Thank you for supporting Black Banjo Reclamation Project.

Jerred Branch

Admin

$1,001 USD

hannah mayree

Admin

$1,000 USD

IBMA Foundation

$10,000 USD

Guest

$5,555 USD

Bubbaville

$3,000 USD

JH

$2,730 USD

Seth Ginsberg

$2,050 USD

Kenny Stone

sponsor

$1,100 USD

Peaks

$1,000 USD

Guest

$1,000 USD

Melanie C

$985 USD

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Today’s balance

$1,786.96 USD

Total raised

$42,768.77 USD

Total disbursed

$40,981.81 USD

Estimated annual budget

$22,071.06 USD

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News from Black Banjo Reclamation Project

Updates on our activities and progress.

Hand-Made Banjo Crafting in the Forest at Buckeye Gathering!

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Published on May 17, 2023 by hannah mayree

Black Banjo Reclamation Project Fundraiser Launch 2023-24! 🎉

Virtual Event Saturday June 3rd at 11 am pst, 1 pm cst, 2 pm est https://opencollective.com/banjo-...
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Published on April 20, 2023 by hannah mayree

Bay Area Events this April!

Greetings from the Black Banjo Reclamation Project! We have soooo many exciting updates for you all— we won’t even get to share everything today but please be on the lookout as there is much to come. Our work is versatile and happens on a w...
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Published on April 6, 2023 by hannah mayree

About


The Black Banjo Reclamation Project is an ongoing community and land-based development that focuses on the cultural folk traditions of the Banjo in relation to Black and African Diasporic communities.

Comprised of educators, musicians, historians, crafters, builders, healers and land stewards, our work is deeply rooted in the connection, understanding and learning that comes from community engagement in Black, Indigenous, POC and White-European communities. For three years, we have been facilitating musical training, workshops, learning spaces, as well as the distribution, repair and building of banjos. The work of the BBRP is to support Black people and communities in accessing, experiencing and stewarding musical traditions that come from their own ancestral and cultural lineages.


Reclaiming Banjo and Black Earth-Based Connection through Self-Determination and Reparations

The Black Banjo Reclamation Project is a creative eco-system that curates musical, cultural and land-based opportunities for Black, Afro-Diasporic communities around the world to work with the banjo as a tool for reclaiming ancestral wisdom & creating Afro-futures. By teaching and learning banjo playing techniques with African and Black centered perspectives, our unique facilitation of programs which includes banjo building & repair, highlights the practice of land stewardship and the roots of Black liberation found in our folkways. Through economic solidarity and self-determination, we are paving pathways for restorative narratives to use music as a tool for transforming our world.


Our 2022 program schedule included ::

- Black Banjo Weekend Campout and Build, Sacramento CA April 
- Black Banjo Fellowship in Port Townsend WA June
- Chicago Youth Banjo Build July-August

 BBRP is a multi-cultural collaboration that promotes conversation and action in healing the ancestral, historical, cultural and racially dividing wounds in this country and the world. 

Stay tuned in for 2023 programs!

Our team