by Borealis Communications | 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 Borealis Communications | Mar 29, 2024 | News & Updates
Source: Sam Mallon/Education Week The National Women’s History Month’s theme for 2024 celebrates “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.” It’s a fitting theme for a year in which we’ve witnessed escalating attacks on the values of...
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...
