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Racial Justice

Your Support Makes Our Partnerships for Social Change Possible
December 20, 2021

We are taking aim at the root causes of the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on Black communities and communities of color across our borough with an unprecedented five-year commitment for advocacy and social change. Your support makes this work possible.

Change doesn't happen overnight
December 8, 2021

Your support helped Brooklyn’s community foundation rise to the challenges of this past year with over $11 million in grants to date for nonprofits—and we hope you will continue to partner with us to create a new way forward under the visionary leadership of our incoming President and CEO Jocelynne Rainey. 
 

Discussing COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Hesitancy, Outreach, and Equity with The New York Times
August 25, 2021
Jameela Syed
Communications Manager (She/Her/Hers)

Our VP of Programs and Partnerships Marcella Tillett joined this week's conversation on "The Argument," a New York Times Podcast, to discuss the benefits and risks of COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

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Our Commitment to Black Communities
June 17, 2021

We are pleased to join the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy’s call to action among community foundations to commit to funding Black communities, at a minimum, equal to their representation in our overall population. 

 

Webinar • Change Starts Here: 'The Sum of Us' with Heather McGhee and Rabbi Rachel Timoner
May 20, 2021
Jameela Syed
Communications Manager (She/Her/Hers)

Rabbi Rachel Timoner joins author Heather McGhee to discuss her new book 'The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together.' 

Our communities hold the vision and roadmap for a better world
April 21, 2021

Each and every one of us must not only declare that Black Lives Matter, but also back up these words with actions.
 

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Change Starts Here: A Racially Just Future for Brooklyn
December 23, 2020

As part of our institutional commitment to racial justice, we are here to work with you to increase giving to Black-led and other people of color-led organizations working on the frontlines of the fight for social change.

Webinar • Spark Change: Solidarity, Not Charity
November 23, 2020
Jameela Syed
Communications Manager (She/Her/Hers)

In this conversation, our President and CEO Cecilia Clarke, philanthropist, social activist, and filmmaker Abigail E. Disney, and author of Decolonizing Wealth Edgar Villanueva discuss the changes that need to be made in order to repair the harm done in the name of philanthropy.

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