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Posted: Apr 17, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 17
Underfunded Black-led charities hope for steady, reliable funding from federal budget
The National12 hours ago
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The Foundation for Black Communities has asked the federal government for $200-million from the upcoming budget to start an endowment for Black-led charities. Two community organizers say they need reliable, steady funding to help the people they serve, many hit hard by COVID-19.3:21
Eugenia Addy remembers what it was like as a young Black girl in Toronto s The East Mall, trying to envision her future. I grew up in one of the communities that we do work in, and really not being able to see myself represented anywhere on TV [or] in my textbooks, Addy said. So to really believe that I could be a scientist or an engineer was something that I literally had to dream about, because I couldn t see it in reality.
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