Brown receives $4.9M grant for project to examine legacy of colonialism, subjugation in New England
BROWN UNIVERSITY received a $4.9 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the university s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. / COURTESY BROWN UNIVERSITY PROVIDENCE – Brown University announced Tuesday that it received a $4.9 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the university s Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. The university said the money will help fund a partnership with Williams College and Mystic Seaport Museum where scholars will use maritime history to study…
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Follows a trend of pouring money into anti-racism projects
The Mellon Foundation recently announced that 16 projects would receive up to $5 million as part of its Just Futures Initiative.
The funds will “support multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborative teams producing solutions-based work that contributes to public understanding of the nation’s racist past and can lead to the creation of socially just futures,” according to a January 13 news release from the organization.
The recipients include Brown University for research on “Reimaging New England Histories: Historical Injustice, Sovereignty and Freedom” and the University of Michigan for “Research for Indigenous Social Action and Equity Center: Undoing Inequality.”
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Kali-Ahset Amen, of Johns Hopkins University, said efforts like this West Baltimore community mural a Black heritage/neighborhood beautification project done in collaboration with African American churches will be enhanced with Mellon funding.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation on Wednesday announced about $72 million in total grants for 16 different humanities-based projects focused on issues of racial justice.
The “Just Futures” grants of up to $5 million each will “support multidisciplinary and multi-institutional collaborative teams producing solutions-based work that contributes to public understanding of the nation’s racist past and can lead to the creation of socially just futures,” according to the foundation.
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