Changemakers Ball
Our Annual Celebration of Brooklyn's Inspiring Changemakers and Nonprofits
The Brooklyn Org Changemakers Ball unites Brooklynites to celebrate the leaders and organizations driving real change across the borough.
In a historic year, marked by ongoing national upheaval, We The People offers a declaration of our own—rooted in localism, that celebrates the people, institutions, and communities writing Brooklyn’s next chapter.
The joyous evening, held at the iconic Powerhouse Arts building, gathers Brooklynites dedicated to building a community that is a beacon for what’s possible when neighbors invest in each other, when challenges are met with solutions, and when local action creates national change.
The Changemakers Ball helps to realize that vision, raising critical funds to power possibility.
The Brooklyn Org 25
Each year, the Ball showcases the Brooklyn Org 25— twenty-five emerging and long-time community changemakers who are making a difference every day through their dedication to Brooklyn. This special group are champions for bold, hyper-local action across critical issues impacting our neighbors.
In partnership with Photoville, the Brooklyn Org 25 will featured be in a powerful photo installation debuting at the Ball at Powerhouse Arts before moving to a public plaza in November for all of Brooklyn to see.
Featured Speakers
The Brooklyn Org 25 will be represented in the program by:
Randy Ali, Arab-American Family Support Center
Featured Speaker
Rev. DeVanie Jackson, Brooklyn Rescue Mission Urban Harvest Center
Featured Speaker
Atiba Edwards, Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Featured Speaker
Performers
DJ Stretch Armstrong
Featured Performer
Internationally renowned DJ, producer, and music impresario Stretch Armstrong has enjoyed a career spanning over three decades that has remained as diverse, eclectic, and inspired as his home city, New York.
Najee Omar
Featured Performer
Najee Omar is a Brooklyn-born playwright and poet exploring Black queer intimacy, memory, and what it means to love ourselves more tenderly. His work illuminates Black interior life and imagines what becomes possible when we are seen and loved fully.
Brooklyn Org x Culture 12: “We the People” Limited-Edition Designer T-Shirt Collaboration
Video by Eliot Kimball | eliotkimball.com | @grampabuns