Authority, lineage, and trust.
Liberty City to the world, and back.
"I walked these halls. I know what they took from us — and I know what we can build." BLM Miami begins in Liberty City: a son of these streets who carried them to Northwestern and onto the world stage, and came home to build infrastructure where the wound is. This is not allyship from a distance. It is ownership from the root.
I walked these halls.
"His untiring drive to make our community a better place speaks volumes."
Ralph McCartney · born Overtown, 1934Organizer in New York politics and Dr. King's civil-rights campaigns who came home to Miami. Known for fiery oratory — and for the quiet work with the school board and the late Dr. Johnny Jones that rebuilt Booker T. Washington School, and the I-95 overpass that shielded Edison Park Elementary's children.U.S. Congressional Record tribute, Feb. 1, 1994 · "Ralph McCartney Day," City of Opa-locka, May 25, 1994 · the forthcoming McCartney Academy is named for Ralph McCartney and his family. The McCartney legacy is the soul of this house.
A community initiative of E5 Enclave.
BLM Miami is a community initiative of E5 Enclave Incorporated, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 99-3822441) building agentic community infrastructure in Liberty City. Stated plainly, never buried: the institution behind the movement is real, registered, and accountable.
We are not an official chapter of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation or any national BLM organization. We are a community-led initiative inspired by the movement, rooted in Miami-Dade, operating under our own mission. To learn about the national movement, visit blacklivesmatter.com.
The people accountable for the work.
Israel — President / CVO
Liberty City native; founder, E5 Enclave Incorporated.
Board Committee
Community elders and organizers — roster forthcoming.