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NEW YORK, June 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Black Girl Freedom Fund, an initiative of Grantmakers for Girls of Color, today announced its first grant recipients. The grantmaking was guided by an advisory committee of seven Black girls and Black gender-expansive youth between the ages of 13-17 years old.
The Black Girl Freedom Fund is focusing its first round of grants for Black-girls serving organizations that address safety and wellbeing of Black girls. Along with the fund, the #1Billion4BlackGirls campaign aims to mobilize $1 billion for Black girls and young women over the next 10 years. The campaign has mobilized $17 million since it was first launched in September.
When it comes to de-escalating fights between young people, Kay Wilson’s first tactic is to get them talking.
That approach came in handy a couple years ago when Wilson was supervising teens in her Columbus youth leadership organization as they were playing basketball in a park. An argument broke out, and one boy grabbed a knife from his gym bag and proceeded to charge at another.
Wilson and her program manager quickly ran up to them to intervene.
“All I was doing was asking questions,” said Wilson, 50, of Northeast Columbus. “Is it worth going to jail for it? Why are you so mad? Is it because everybody else is around?
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The fatal police shooting of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant is sparking demands for accountability and igniting conversation about how race and gender played a role in the way law enforcement interacted with her.
Dr. Monique W. Morris, President and CEO of “Grantmakers for Girls of Color” and Author of PUSHOUT: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools , Treva Lindsey, Professor of Women’s Studies at Ohio State University, and Brittney Cooper, Author of Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower, and Associate Professor of Women s and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University joined American Voices with Alicia Menendez. April 25, 2021