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Look to the Stars December 16, 2020 Nile Rodgers We Are Family Foundation (WAFF) created the Youth To The Front Fund (YTTFF) to support and fund under 30-year-old BIPOC-centered youth activists, youth-led organizations, projects, innovations and creative solutions that are at the forefront of fighting systemic racism, inequality and injustice in the United States and around the world. Initially funded by the WAFF Board of Directors, Walton Family Foundation and SAP joined the effort, funding USA and global grantees respectively. YTTFF is not a one-off response to George Floyd’s murder and the subsequent global outrage, but rather an ongoing sustainable commitment. WAFF is proud to announce the inaugural YTTFF “Frontliner” grantees, representing 7 states in the USA and 10 countries on 4 continents. Carefully selected and curated from hundreds of applicants, these twenty (20) Frontliners, aged 13 – 28 years-old are fighting racial and systemic injustice by co ....
Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation Announces the Inaugural Youth To The Front Fund “Frontliners” December 11, 2020 GMT (PRNewsfoto/We Are Family Foundation) NEW YORK, Dec. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ Nile Rodgers’ We Are Family Foundation (WAFF) created the Youth To The Front Fund (YTTFF) to support and fund under 30-year-old BIPOC-centered youth activists, youth-led organizations, projects, innovations and creative solutions that are at the forefront of fighting systemic racism, inequality and injustice in the United States and around the world. Initially funded by the WAFF Board of Directors, Walton Family Foundation and SAP joined the effort, funding USA and global grantees respectively. YTTFF is not a one-off response to George Floyd’s murder and the subsequent global outrage, but rather an ongoing sustainable commitment. ....