a black feminist giving circle
A susu is common practice in African descendant communities where Black women are able to build wealth, financial security and independence beyond traditional financial institutions. Black women contribute monthly knowing that when needed or when their time in the rotation comes, they receive the collective pot of funds not just their contribution. Susus are in the tradition of giving circles, tithing, and other cooperative economic practices that Black women have used to build wealth, practice collective economics, and financially maintain institutions.
Susu: A Black Feminist Giving Circle launched in 2016 as a necessary intervention meant to connect Black feminists with an opportunity to connect their politics to collaborative giving. Together, we resource Black feminist leaders, organizations, and movements for transformative change.
What We Do
We grow and cultivate a community of Black feminist donors who want to make the connection between their radical social justice politics and giving in order to fund visionary projects, ideas, and interventions
Together, we build a learning community engaged in learning about and investing in Black feminist work that center those who have the lived experience of being a Black woman or girl on the local, national, and international level
We reimagine and shift giving and donor culture from one that often focuses on the wealthy few to a collaborative of Black feminists learning, building, and giving together
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