by Borealis Communications | Mar 3, 2021 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
In a year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and racial justice uprisings affirming that Black Lives Matter, it has become abundantly clear that grassroots leaders saved this country from an authoritarian takeover by organizing and energizing voters in all 50 states....
by Borealis Communications | Jan 18, 2021 | Borealis News & Updates
In April of 1963, as he sat in a Birmingham jail cell after peacefully protesting the oppression of Black Americans, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. drew a clear line between action and complacency that has defined social movements since his passing. In his...
by Borealis Communications | Jan 13, 2021 | Borealis News & Updates
I still believe that 2021 will be a year of promise. I know that many of us were hoping this new year, the turning of the page, would usher in a different political and social reality for us. As January 1 approached, we went about setting our intentions, crafting our...
by Borealis Communications | Jan 13, 2021 | Borealis News & Updates
We’ve got some exciting news to share with you today.After a national search, Amoretta Morris has been named President of Borealis Philanthropy. Her first day will be February 16, 2021. Amoretta will take the helm at a critical time for our organization, our...
by Borealis Communications | Jan 12, 2021 | Borealis News & Updates
On Wednesday, January 6th, just as many of us began our days recognizing a historic shift in Georgia politics, an election where Black, Latinx, and Asian American organizers and voters sent a clear message regarding the political direction of the state, we also...
by Borealis Communications | Jul 28, 2020 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
The crisis in Black-owned media-and how to save it In June, Sara Lomax-Reese told attendees as a keynote speaker of the annual Institute for Nonprofit News conference something that many people intuitively know, but don’t often crystalize into action: “Black media—and...
