Nonprofit EmbraceRace helps parents explain race to children
ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy, The Chronicle of Philanthropy
June 3, 2021
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Andrew Grant-Thomas reads to his daughter, Lena Grant-Giraud, on the back porch at their home in Amherst, Mass., on Monday, May 24, 2021. Grant-Thomas and his wife, Melissa Giraud, started the nonprofit EmbraceRace in 2016 when they found few resources to help them talk with their young daughters about race. The nonprofit’s approach, Grant-Thomas says, can be summed up in a simple mantra: “Start young, and keep going.” (M. Scott Brauer/Chronicle of Philanthropy via AP)M. Scott Brauer/AP
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