The Motion Picture

Her Story.
Her Truth.
On Screen.

WELLS brings the fearless life of Ida B. Wells to the screen. The film is in the making, and this movement is how we carry it forward. About the Film »

The Red Record · A Living Archive

Read.
Remember.
Record.

Her Red Record documented the truth when the nation looked away. Now it's a living archive, add your family's story and keep the record unbroken. Add to the Red Record »

Bylines for Justice

Witness.
Report.
Write.

Ida B. Wells was a journalist first. Now young writers carry her pen, if Ida were alive today, what story would she chase? Enter Bylines for Justice »

Wear the Truth

Speak it.
Fund it.
Wear it.

Every shirt is a share returned to her legacy, a truth you can wear and a cause you can carry into the world. Shop the collection »

One film can spark a lasting movement.

Not a monument, a movement. Three ways to rise with Wells today. #RiseWithWells

A grandmother and granddaughter recording a family story on a phone

The Red Record

Add your family's story to a living archive of truth, documented in her spirit and kept by the community.

Add to the Record

A young writer taking notes at a laptop, carrying Ida's pen today

Bylines for Justice

If Ida were alive today, what story would she chase? Student and citizen writers carry her pen.

Enter the Contest

A diverse group stacking their hands together in unity

Boycott to Build

She turned boycotts into economic power. We flip it, pooling small pledges to build the movement like the institutions our communities always have.

Redirect a Dollar

Because

truth matters.

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The fight she started isn't finished.

From newsrooms to classrooms to the streets, the causes Ida B. Wells gave her life to are under pressure again. RiseWithWells.org is building the coalition to carry her truth forward.

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A Free Press Under Fire

The fearless reporting she risked her life for is under attack again, so we're training the next generation to carry her pen.

Civil Rights on the Line

The rights she marched for are contested all over again, from the ballot box to equal protection under the law.

Black college students together on campus

A New Generation Meets Ida

In HBCUs and classrooms, students are discovering her fight for the first time, and adding their own truth to the record.

Truth.Told.Boldly.

WELLS brings the fearless life of Ida B. Wells to the screen, told with the courage she lived by.

About the Film

Goal

Stories added to the living Red Record, family histories and local truths documented in her spirit.

Goal

Chapters & campuses, NAACP chapters, HBCUs, and community partners carrying the campaign forward.

Committed

A dedicated share

Of every dollar & merch sale, returned to Ida B. Wells' living legacy, from day one.

A community raising hands to build the movement

Redirect your dollarbuild the movement

Every dollar you redirect funds free screenings, classroom education, and a share returned to Ida B. Wells' legacy.

Make this a monthly gift, so I can help build the movement every month.

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Give with Confidence

Trusted to steward every gift with integrity, and carry her truth forward.

Every dollar is stewarded with transparency, integrity, and purpose.

Gifts to RiseWithWells.org are tax-deductible from day one through our established 501(c)(3) fiscal-sponsor partner, no new nonprofit required. And a dedicated share of everything raised is committed straight back to Ida B. Wells' living legacy.

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