by Borealis Communications | Sep 27, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
As Black communities in the U.S. once again battle lead exposure and water supply issues—and climate change intensifies occurrences of drought, wildfires, heat waves, and flooding across the world–we at the Black-Led Movement Fund (BLMF) are reflecting on...
by Borealis Communications | Sep 16, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
On Thursday, September 15, Borealis Philanthropy’s Disability Inclusion Fund (DIF) launched a Disability x Tech Request for Proposals (RFP) to fund work at the nexus of technology, disability rights, and disability justice. The newly launched initiative, supported by...
by Borealis Communications | Sep 13, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
Our work is built on the belief that policies and progress must be informed and led by those affected by injustice. That’s why the Disability Inclusion Fund practices a participatory grantmaking model. Alongside funders, our grantmaking committee has...
by Borealis Communications | Sep 13, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
Activist, author, and former political prisoner Angela Davis giving a speech to a crowd of protestors during a 1974 demonstration. Source: African American Intellectual History Society. As you may already know, part of our practice at Borealis is to reflect as much as...
by Borealis Communications | Aug 23, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
Today’s news is filled with grief, and for BIPOC journalists, the mental toll this work can take is extraordinary and often unrelenting. We asked Racial Equity in Journalism Fund (REJ) grantee partners, St. Louis American, South Seattle Emerald, and La Noticia...
