07/08/2025
We excited to see what has been doing. We need to support our community! Download, share and follow
Repost:
We know the story all too well.
Black-led cooperatives continue to be undervalued and underfunded—not because the community power isn’t there, but because the data isn’t.
In 2023, our Rethinking Market Studies Research Report confirmed what our communities have long understood: when we don’t control our data, we lose control of our narrative—and our access to resources.
That’s why we created the YAMS app—Yielding Access to Market Solutions. Born out of the need to tell our own story, YAMS helps us gather something we’ve too often been denied: proof of our presence, our patterns, and our power.
By collecting receipts from everyday food purchases, the app helps document how money moves through our communities—offering a more accurate picture of our collective investment in food, care, and survival.
Each receipt becomes part of a larger story—one that affirms the value of Black cooperatives and builds the foundation for deeper investment and lasting change.
Available now in the Apple Store and Google Play. (https://yamsapp.org/)
Download the app. Snap your receipts. Join the movement.
