The recent killings of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Sean Reed, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and the ongoing state-sanctioned violence against black people in the US and around the world are horrific tragedies. That is why Bandcamp is standing with those rightfully demanding justice, equality, and change, and people of color everywhere who live with racism every single day, including many of their fellow employees and artists and fans in the Bandcamp community.

This coming Juneteenth (June 19, from midnight to midnight PDT) and every Juneteenth hereafter, for any purchase you make on Bandcamp they will be donating 100% of their share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a national organization that has a long history of effectively enacting racial justice and change through litigation, advocacy, and public education. They are also allocating an additional $30,000 per year to partner with organizations that fight for racial justice and create opportunities for people of color.

“The current moment is part of a long-standing, widespread, and entrenched system of structural oppression of people of color, and real progress requires a sustained and sincere commitment to political, social, and economic racial justice and change, Bandcamp states, “We’ll continue to promote diversity and opportunity through our mission to support artists, the products we build to empower them, who we promote through the Bandcamp Daily, our relationships with local artists and organizations through our Oakland space, how we operate as a team, and who and how we hire.”

Bandcamp has encouraged everyone in their community to look for ways to support racial equality in their own local community, and as a company they said they will continue to look for more opportunities to support racial justice, equality and change.

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