On June 17, from midnight to midnight Pacific Time, we’ll maintain our third annual Juneteenth fundraiser, the place we donate 100% of our share of gross sales to the NAACP Authorized Protection Fund to help their ongoing efforts to advertise racial justice by way of litigation, advocacy, and public training.

This annual fundraiser is a part of our bigger, ongoing dedication to racial fairness, and we’ll proceed to advertise variety and alternative by way of our mission to help artists, the merchandise we develop, these we promote by way of the Bandcamp Every day and Bandcamp Radio, how we work collectively as a workforce, who and the way we rent, and {our relationships} with organizations native to our Oakland area (a few of which we’ve highlighted beneath).

We hope you’ll assist us unfold the phrase concerning the upcoming fundraiser, and thanks for being part of the Bandcamp group!

Ethan Diamond

CEO & Co-Founding father of Bandcamp

Native racial fairness organizations we help:

East Oakland Collective, a group organizing group serving East Oakland by working in direction of racial and financial fairness, who’ve achieved particularly essential work this previous 12 months to help individuals hit hardest by the pandemic.

East Oakland Youth Growth Middle, a corporation working to develop the social and management capacities of East Oakland youth in order that they obtain excellence in training, profession, and repair to their communities.

The Hidden Genius Mission, a mentorship and coaching program that gives technical and group management coaching for Black male highschool college students and prepares them for management careers in expertise.

Oakland Black Enterprise Fund, a brand new Black-led fund that gives capital, technical help, and progress technique to Black-owned companies, each domestically in Oakland and throughout the U.S.

Oakland Youngsters First, a group coalition that develops and trains highschool leaders to advance racial and academic fairness of their faculties and group.