by Borealis Communications | Apr 24, 2024 | Borealis News & Updates, Fund, News & Updates
[Update: applications are now closed]April 24, 2024- The Disability Inclusion Fund (DIF) at Borealis Philanthropy is excited to announce we are accepting applications for disability advocates to join the DIF’s participatory grantmaking committee. This is an...
by Borealis Communications | Apr 17, 2024 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
ABOUT THE SPARK JUSTICE FUND The Spark Justice Fund (SJF) launched in 2019 and resources grassroots organizing groups that are ending money bail and unjust pretrial detention policies. The SJF focuses on supporting grassroots and power-building groups to decarcerate,...
by Borealis Communications | Apr 16, 2024 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
Jonathan Soren Davidson for Disabled And Here — Three Black friends sit in comfortable chairs and supportive recliners during an evening conversation. In the middle, a friend with narcolepsy falls asleep smiling while clouds drift behind her head. Her girlfriend sits...
by Tupa Hoveka | Apr 4, 2024 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
African American student with disability talking to his classmates during break at college April 5, 2024 – The Disability Inclusion Fund (DIF) at Borealis Philanthropy is thrilled to share that we are currently accepting applications from organizations working to...
by Ashley Johnson | Mar 31, 2024 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
International Trans Day of Visibility extends far beyond mere recognition: it’s an affirmation of the existence, beauty, and resilience of trans and gender-nonconforming (TGNC) folks. We also recognize visibility as a double-edged sword – one that has led...
by Ashley Johnson | 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...