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...
by Borealis Communications | Feb 28, 2024 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
The Racial Equity in Journalism Fund team—Alicia Bell, DaLyah Jones, and Jessica Nguyen—spent the last few months journeying across the country—and world—to meet up with grantee partners, funders, and other media makers. Here are some of our favorite snippets from...
by Borealis Communications | Feb 20, 2024 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
“A story is the shortest distance between two people.” – Unknown Only recently has philanthropy begun to grasp what organizers have always known to be true: the stories we tell one another and ourselves are critical to social justice and change. The written and spoken...
