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The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut announced the endowment of the Fund for Racial Justice into a permanent Field of Interest fund. The Community Foundation launched the Fund for Racial ....
As the Island prepares for a weekend of Juneteenth events, the schooner Amistad sailed into Martha’s Vineyard waters. The Amistad, operated by the nonprofit Discovering Amistad, is a replica of the ship where a slave uprising took place in 1839. The current Amistad replicates the “vision” of freedom the original ship embodied, according to executive […] ....
Juneteenth is America’s second Independence Day, and commemorates the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. Though President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863, it wasn’t until June 19, 1865, that Union Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops came to Galveston, Texas, to inform the community that enslaved people were free. The […] ....
New London ― Whether getting more than 900 students into Discovering Amistad programming or enabling a new play examining racial disparities in the mental health system, the Community Foundation of E. ....