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All posts tagged "BLM"
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357GrantsBlack-led community organization power-building support grants
GRANT FOCUS: Community/Grassroots Organizing, Movement/Power Building, Black Communities/Youth | Amount: $183,300 | Deadline: Mar. 7, 2025
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282GrantsIdaho youth conservation and environmental career training grants
GRANT FOCUS: Job/Career Training, Environmental Education/Careers, Native/Tribal Youth, Idaho | Amount: $50,000 - $250,000 | Deadline: Feb. 3, 2025
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1.3KOpinionState laws threaten to erode academic freedom in US higher education
Twenty-one of 150 Republican-proposed state bills curbing academic freedom on campus have become law.
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1.3KNewsBLM sets up student relief fund as loan forgiveness stalls
The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation launched a new relief fund Monday aimed at Black college students, alumni and dropouts overburdened...
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1.6KNewsTrayvon Martin, 10 years later: Teen’s death changes nation
Trayvon Martin's final night began with a convenience store run, a quick trip for candy and something to drink. It ended in...
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999GrantsRacism and Racial Justice Education Project Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Racism, Black Lives Matter, Educator Support, Racial Justice | Amount: Up to $30,000 | Deadline: Oct. 22, 2020
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2.2K► NewsmakersThe Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson Appointed President and CEO of Children’s Defense Fund
The Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson will be the next president and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), succeeding civil rights leader...
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1.0KGrantsOakland Social and Racial Justice Organization Rapid Response Support Grants
GRANT FOCUS: COVID-19, Social Justice, Social Change, Arts/Culture, Community Organizing, Oakland | Amount: Up to $10,000 | Deadline: Sept. 15, 2020
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2.9KFrom the BureausCortland Black Lives Matter Cautiously Considers Support From Local Libertarians
CORTLAND, N.Y. — As the Black Lives Matter movement here looks to turn its public support into political momentum, local libertarians are...
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1.8KFrom the BureausBlack Lives Matter Organizers In Rural Cortland County Are Tired Of Gestures
Few people downtown would look Steve Williams in the eye. Not the police officers stationed at each end of Courthouse Park. Not...
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1.7KFrom the BureausYouth-led Protest Urges Syracuse Police to Remove Officers From Schools
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Pressure is mounting on city lawmakers to change how the Syracuse Police Department operates: The state passed two sets...
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2.4KNewsNew York Activist Against Police Shootings Laid to Rest
On Sept. 27, 1994, Nicholas Heyward Sr.’s life changed. His 13-year-old son, Nicholas Naquan Heyward Jr., was playing cops-and-robbers with a toy...
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2.6KNewsNY Activists Mourn ‘Elder Statesman’ Who Fought for Justice for Slain Son for 24 Years
More than a week since Christmas, Donna Carter-Heyward’s Brooklyn apartment still had the cozy warm atmosphere of the holidays. A small Charlie...
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1.5KFrom the BureausYoung Bostonians Pleased With Counter-protester Turnout Against ‘Free Speech’ Rally
With her 2-year-old son perched on her shoulders, Tomiqua Williams, 30, carefully guided her 5-year-old daughter’s...
