by Borealis Communications | Mar 28, 2024 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
In a 1979 radio interview, Audre Lorde offers an elegant meditation on the dual goals of organizers for liberation: “While we’re surviving in the mouth of this dragon, we also need to be feeding our vision … devising a future where we will live someplace other...
by Borealis Communications | Mar 19, 2024 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
By Brandon Gleaton, Program Officer of the Spark Justice Fund In February 2024, the Georgia legislative body approved a state bill criminalizing charitable bail funds. As similar anti-bail-fund bills have been introduced by state legislatures in Kentucky, Tennessee,...
by Borealis Communications | Mar 18, 2024 | Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
Last Fall, Borealis Philanthropy announced our decision to sunset our Racial Equity in Philanthropy (REP) Fund. Today, we are pleased to announce that $6 million was awarded to all 25 of the Fund’s grantee partners, each of which is working in creative and manifold...
by Borealis Communications | Mar 15, 2024 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
This International Day Against Police Brutality, we reaffirm our commitment to resourcing the grassroots organizers and movement leaders working tirelessly to end state-sanctioned violence, and fortify democracy, safety, and wellness through community-built and -led...
by Borealis Communications | Mar 12, 2024 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
The 17th annual Knight Media Forum, convened by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, gathered in Miami from February 20th to 22nd, 2024. Over three days, seven panels, and eight breakout session offerings, hundreds of journalism practitioners and funders...
