by Borealis Communications | Mar 22, 2022 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
Image description: Photo of DaLyah Jones, REJ Program Officer. She has short blonde hair, red lipstick, and is wearing beaded green and white earrings. She is wearing a lacy top tucked into tan pants. In the background are lush green trees. Earlier this month,...
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 | Feb 2, 2022 | News & Updates
By Sandy Ho (Director, Disability Inclusion Fund), Julia Beatty (Director, Black-Led Movement Fund), and Ryan Li Dahlstrom (Director of Programs and former Director, Fund for Trans Generations) Our communities—including Black, disabled, transgender and gender...