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Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle (LBS) is a grassroots think-tank which advances the public policy interest of Black people in Baltimore. #LBSGang
Join Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle Saturday August 1st for panel discussion Unmasking Sinclair’s Propaganda Machine. See you there! 📍August 1, 2026 | 11AM 📍The Real News Network 231 Holliday St. Baltimore MD
New Timbuktu is back! Register now for Race Work: Lessons from History, Tools for the Future. This is a online course. Register @ lbsbaltimore.com/events
In this op-ed, Lawrence Grandpre, LBS Political Commentator, discusses how the Socialist Left Still Lacks Respect for its Black Critics. In this article Grandpre breaks down the engagement socialist have had with the Black left. Read the full article @ lbsbaltimore.com/dsa
Did you catch our latest email? This month we highlighted how Data Centers are a Threat to Our Community Plus: •LBS Events, Interviews, Podcast episodes, and community spotlights. Check the link in our bio to read the full newsletter and subscribe so you never miss an update.
Join Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle Saturday August 1st for panel discussion Unmasking Sinclair’s Propaganda Machine. See you there! 📍August 1, 2026 | 11AM 📍The Real News Network 231 Holliday St. Baltimore MD
In this op-ed, Dayvon Love, public policy director, discusses why data centers are harmful to the Black community. Read more @lbsbaltimore.com/datacenters #LBSBaltimore
A Win for the 41st! Senator Malcolm Ruff winning this race in the 41st district means a step toward putting representatives in place that will help alongside LBS carry out agendas that will advance the interest of the Black community. We look forward to continuing the work with Senator Malcolm Ruff.
Listen now to our latest episode of Political Commentary Corner. This episode will reveal how racialized tropes around Black youth are used to justify charging youth as adults and obscure white youth/adult public disorder. #LBSBaltimore #PoliticalCommentaryCorner
TODAY is our Early Voting Celebration! Remember that June 18th is the last day to vote early. If you voted early at any point during this cycle, bring your "I Voted" sticker join us and pull up to Mama Koko’s! FREE haircuts, courtesy of @consciousheadsunisexshop. bit.ly/LBS26earlyvote
In this substack article Dayvon Love, discusses how anti-zionism is not antisemitism. He breaks down how the political analysis of Zionism has been characterized as antisemitism from right wing political forces in America and local Maryland politics. This is not hate, this is a political analysis.
We want to remind folks how important it is to put unapologetic representatives like Malcolm Ruff in leadership in our state, who will fight for the resources our community deserves. 🚨 Early voting is happening now and ends Thursday, June 18th at 8:00 PM. You can vote at ANY early voting location.
Summers coming up... SKIP Atlas Restaurant Group! Here lies a list of Atlas Restaurants and Sinclair Broadcast Group affliates to avoid. It is important we do not support institutions that support agendas that continue to harm our people!
In this article Cairo Harris, Communications Manager, discusses the Atlas Restaurant Problem. The article outlines the connection between Sinclair Broadcasting, Harbor East Development, and Atlas Restaurant. Beyond this comparison the article call for us to support our own institutions.
What does Pan Africanism have to do with Protecting Black Boys? Your place for uncensored political discourse Subscribe to substack TODAY!
MARYLAND: MAKE YOUR PLAN TO VOTE! Swipe left to lock in these critical dates for the 2026 Primary Election: 🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/LBS26earlyvote #LBSBaltimore #GetOutToVote #EarlyVoting2026
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In this episode of In Search of Black Power Lawrence Grandpre, LBS Political Commentator, is joined by Dr. Rasheem, director of upcoming film Beyond the Wire. Get your tickets for the June 25th Premiere of Beyond the Wire: bit.ly/beyondthewire26
🚨 Action Alert: Urge Governor Wes Moore to NOT punish Jill Carter for speaking up for the 41st District🚨
In this Substack article, Dayvon Love outlines how Sinclair Broadcasting's lack of coverage of Senator Dayla Attar’s federal indictment reveals the selective way corruption is framed to advance a right wing political agenda.
Join the UMB Center for Violence Prevention and Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle for a community discussion on racialized depictions of gun violence in the media and findings from our recent joint report. 🗓️ Tuesday, June 30 ⏰ 4–6 PM 📍 HSHSL Library, Gladhill Board Room Register today: bit.ly/4UMBAWL
The mythology that America has an open democratic system is misleading.The American political system is highly specialized, complex, and structured in a way that favors people/institutions with money and power. Register now for our 2026 Civic Trainings lbsbaltimore.com/event/2026-civics-trainings
Day 2 of our canvassing days in Liberty Heights in the 41st District. Upcoming canvass dates: 🗓️ 5/28 (Malcolm Ruff District 41) 🗓️ 6/4 (Malcolm Ruff District 41) Register to Volunteer : lbsbaltimore.com/volunteer
The New Timbuktu Seminar series is professional development providing African Centered, Liberation Focused, Community Empowerment tools. REGISTER TODAY for upcoming 2026 New Timbuktu Courses
🚨 Streaming Live: Political Commentary Corner 🚨 Join LBS for a special two-part Political Commentary Corner discussion: Park Heights aka Little West Bank: Zionism, Race, and Power in Northwest Baltimore. Part 1: May 18 at 5:30 PM Part 2:May 20 at 5:30 PM #LBSBaltimore #PoliticalCommentaryCorner
Join Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle for our Early Voting Day Celebration 🗳️ 📍 Mama Koko’s | 100 E 23rd Street 🗓️ Wednesday, June 17, 2026 ⏰ 2PM–6PM Special thanks to Conscious Heads Barbershop for offering free haircuts to everyone who votes early and their children. Register: bit.ly/LBS26earlyvote
Join Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle as we continue engaging residents across the 41st District and District 11A about the importance of electing representatives like Malcolm Ruff, Senate candidate in the 41st District and Cheryl Pasteur. Upcoming canvass dates: 🗓️ 5/14, 5/21, 5/28, & 6/4
In this op-ed, Dayvon Love discusses how politics is fundamentally about power, who has it, how it is used, and whose interests it serves, not personal relationships or political personalities. #LBSBaltimore
Join LBS for the Community Canvas for Malcolm Ruff. Register for canvas days @: lbsbaltimore.com/volunteer
With the passage of the Second Look Act, more Marylanders will have the opportunity to come home. SB 61 helps make sure they have support systems in place before they return. Thank you to Delegate Pasteur and Senator Sydnor for your leadership and commitment to community-centered reentry solutions.
This episode: we review The Boundaries of Blackness by Cathy Cohen, arguing that by largely dismissing the Black use of genocide as a frame to respond to AIDS, the text misses a powerful tool grassroots Black community’s used to challenge white power and respectability politics.
