by Borealis Communications | Sep 13, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
Our work is built on the belief that policies and progress must be informed and led by those affected by injustice. That’s why the Disability Inclusion Fund practices a participatory grantmaking model. Alongside funders, our grantmaking committee has...
by Borealis Communications | Sep 13, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
Activist, author, and former political prisoner Angela Davis giving a speech to a crowd of protestors during a 1974 demonstration. Source: African American Intellectual History Society. As you may already know, part of our practice at Borealis is to reflect as much as...
by Borealis Communications | Aug 23, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
Today’s news is filled with grief, and for BIPOC journalists, the mental toll this work can take is extraordinary and often unrelenting. We asked Racial Equity in Journalism Fund (REJ) grantee partners, St. Louis American, South Seattle Emerald, and La Noticia...
by Borealis Communications | Aug 17, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
The Racial Equity in Philanthropy (REP) Fund is thrilled to share that we’ve welcomed Bianca Carter to our team as Program Officer! Bianca comes to Borealis with over eight years’ experience working in the philanthropic sector. Most recently, she was Program Officer,...
by Borealis Communications | Aug 9, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
A photo of Micheal Brown posted to Facebook in 2013. (Source: abcnews.com; Photo courtesy of Brown Family from Facebook) Today marks eight years since the 2014 police killing of Michael “Mike” Brown Jr., an unarmed Black teenager, in his hometown of Ferguson,...
by Borealis Communications | Aug 8, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
Established in 2019, Borealis Philanthropy’s Spark Justice Fund (SJF) proudly resources grassroots groups working to decarcerate, redirect resources for jails to community, and transform our collective vision of community-led safety. This month, the SJF awarded $2.4...