by Borealis Communications | Feb 24, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
Earlier this month, my family celebrated a huge milestone – my father’s 90th birthday. Few beyond the state of Alabama know his legacy as an entrepreneur, land steward, and civic leader. My father grew up in lower Alabama, picking pecans, but went on to graduate...
by Borealis Communications | Feb 11, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
February is Black Futures Month, and the Black-Led Movement Fund (BLMF) is inspired by the Movement for Black Lives’ proclamation to use “this time to both consider and celebrate our Black radical history and to dream and imagine a world in which we are free and...
by Borealis Communications | Feb 9, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
In this month’s storyletter, we sit down with Mala Nagarajan, Senior HR Consultant at Vega Mala Nagarajan and Richael Faithful, a southern Black trans-radical lawyer, organization strategist, and traditional folk healer. During our conversation, they illuminated what...
by Borealis Communications | Feb 8, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
Happy February y’all. As I move into and through the beginning of this new year, I have so many questions–questions like: how do I cultivate more spaciousness in my life? How can I be more present to each moment I move through? What do I need to say “no” to in order...
by Borealis Communications | Jan 25, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
In January 2022, we interviewed Sandy Ho and Nikki Brown-Booker of the Disability Inclusion Fund about what brings them to this work and how they see the role of the DIF. Image description: Photo of Nikki Brown-Booker, DIF Program Officer and Sandy Ho, DIF Director on...
by Borealis Communications | Jan 18, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
The Emerging LGBTQ Leaders of Color Fund at Borealis Philanthropy is excited to announce more than $1.5 million in grant support for 16 movement organizations. This includes nine renewal grants and six new grants, making this grant cycle the largest expansion of...
