BMPF is the result of the love and labor of many people and organizations. We are proud to be rooted in community, working together with the goal of resourcing grassroots movements for justice.

Steering Committee

BMPF’s governance body is called the steering Committee. The Steering Committee is composed of community leaders and subject matter experts that shape the direction of the fund, approves our annual budgets, lead our grantmaking efforts and set our overall strategy. Here are the current members of our Steering Committee:

• Adama Bah, Executive Director, Afrikana

• Aline Gue, Executive Director, Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees (HWHR)

• Amaha Kassa, Executive Director, African Communities Together (ACT)

• Glory Kilanko, Executive Director, Women Watch Afrika (WWA)

• Guerline Jozef, Executive Director, Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA)

• Janvieve Williams Comrie, Executive Director, AfroResistance

• Melonie Griffiths and Catherine Barnett, Co-Executive Directors, Freedom to Thrive

• Patrice Lawrence, Executive Director, UndocuBlack Network (UBN)

• Paul Namphy, Political Director, Family Action Network (FANM)

• Ramla Sahid, Executive Director, PANA

• Rose Berry, Co-Executive Director, Black LGBTQ Migrant Project (BLMP)

• Seydi Sarr, Executive Director, African Bureau for Immigrants and Social Afairs (ABISA)

• Sharon Njie, Partnerships Director, Louisiana Organization for Refugees and Immigrants (LORI)

We partner with Four Freedoms Fund on grants management, capacity building, and fundraising.