BYP100
Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) is an African American youth organization in the United States. Its activities include community organizing, voter mobilization, and other social justice campaigns focused on black, feminist, and queer issues. The national director is D'Atra "Dee Dee" Jackson.
BYP100 was founded in 2013, and was motivated by the response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in his trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin. Founding members include Charlene Carruthers.
As of 2019, the group has chapters in Chicago, New York City, the District of Columbia, New Orleans, Detroit, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Durham, and Jackson.
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