Also, Bank of America has named two leaders of its philanthropic solutions and donor-advised fund strategy, and the Meyer Foundation’s new CEO is a pediatrician.
During his life, Jerome Rappaport made great donations to hospitals, colleges, and museums. He also razed an entire neighborhood to the ground and fought fervently to degrade tenant rights.
For decades, communities of color have fought against unequal exposure to oil drilling and other environmental harms. Recent policies to phase out drilling and require buffer zones are victories, but the battle is still ongoing.
By 2023 each county will have to take over the responsibility of finding appropriate housing facilities for young people in their local juvenile justice system. Implementing the law is proving to be difficult.
Also, Amazon Web Services is committing $40 million to improve health equity and outcomes in marginalized communities, and Google.org gave $3 million to develop technology to identify service lines that deliver lead-contaminated water to poor households.