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Lincoln Mondy
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Black Lives / Black Lungs

The Black Lives / Black Lungs trilogy examines the origins and impact of America’s First Great Enterprise, the commercial Tobacco Industry, and how it shaped the experiences of Black and Indigenous Americans.

Keep Tobacco Sacred
Coming 2026
2026

Keep Tobacco Sacred

Keep Tobacco Sacred demystifies tobacco, a sacred plant first cultivated by Indigenous communities and used as medicine and messenger before the corporate theft that birthed the commercial tobacco industry.

The Journey of a Stolen Leaf
2023

The Journey of a Stolen Leaf

The second installment in the Black Lives / Black Lungs series traces the tobacco leaf's journey from sacred plant to instrument of exploitation.

Black Lives / Black Lungs
2017

Black Lives / Black Lungs

The film that started it all — examining how Big Tobacco has targeted Black communities and the deep roots of this exploitation in American history.

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The Creative Abolitionist

The Creative Abolitionist is a newsletter about moving money, power, and imagination away from punishment and toward care — written from inside philanthropy.

Lincoln Mondy
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Lincoln Mondy

“Oppressors don’t want us to imagine a future where we all belong, void of harmful systems and filled with grace, care, and thriving futures. But that visualization is a crucial element in our movement. We all need to be able to see the world we’re building, not just the one we’re leaving behind.”

Read the full interview at Andrus Family Fund ↗

Lincoln Mondy works in philanthropy and writes about abolition as a practical, creative praxis — one focused on shifting money, power, and imagination away from punishment and toward care.

As Program Officer at the Andrus Family Fund, he helps guide a $5 million grant portfolio supporting the self-determination, power, and liberation of Black, Brown, AAPI, and Indigenous youth impacted by youth incarceration, family policing, and other disruptive systems.

His documentary series Black Lives / Black Lungs explores the origins and impact of America's tobacco industry on the Black experience in America.

Previously, Lincoln led strategic projects for Advocates for Youth and started his career at Berlin Rosen supporting justice-focused clients, including the Youth First Initiative — a national campaign to end youth incarceration.

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