We are pleased to share that Brian Malte, Executive Director of the Hope and Heal Fund, and Judy Belk, President & CEO of The California Wellness Foundation co-authored an op-ed, To reduce gun violence, start at the local level, which is featured in CalMatters.  Instead of asking what legislat...
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The Brotherhood of Elders Network has partnered with the San Francisco Foundation to create the Bese Saka Initiative to build the capacity of Black Led Organizations in the Bay Area. Our first 2022 cohort consists of 18 Black-Led Organizations...
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The San Francisco Foundation will grant $3.4 Million to Black-Led Organizations to help strengthen the region’s ecosystem of Black community organizers in the wake of a pandemic that has exposed deep systemic inequities in the Bay Area...
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Alameda County!! COVID relief funding from the American Rescue Plan can be a game changer for our community. We need our Board of Supervisors (BOS) to ensure we get the resources we so desperately need. The @aarc_alameda is seeking $100 million for the Black community. Please join us by voicing your...
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African American Response Circle Recovery Plan Our coalition writes today to demand an investment of $100 million in Alameda County’s Black community as an integral component of COVID-“recovery”: the African American Response Circle’s Black Community Recovery Plan (Plan). We note that while...
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BLACK RAGE IS JUSTIFIED “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious, is to be in a rage almost all the time.” James Baldwin “We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe” Franz Fanon We embrace the rage. The knee on George Floyd’s neck symbolizes the historic wei...
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