by Borealis Communications | Jul 28, 2020 | Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
Volume 2 Hello REACH community, We have only just reached the halfway mark of 2020, and already it has been such a full and challenging year. COVID-19 has exposed our collective vulnerabilities and made clear that the inequities and injustice that exist throughout...
by Borealis Communications | Jul 28, 2020 | Borealis News & Updates, Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
The crisis in Black-owned media-and how to save it In June, Sara Lomax-Reese told attendees as a keynote speaker of the annual Institute for Nonprofit News conference something that many people intuitively know, but don’t often crystalize into action: “Black media—and...
by Borealis Communications | Jul 20, 2020 | Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
Dear friend, Welcome to the second quarterly newsletter of Borealis Philanthropy’s Criminal Justice Initiatives (CJI). In this newsletter, you’ll hear about the visionary, strategic, grassroots organizations led by People of Color that are intervening at the...
by Borealis Communications | Jul 15, 2020 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
Earlier this year, our world came to a slow with the emergence of COVID-19. A few months later, with the murders of Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and countless other Black folks at the hands of law enforcement, protests erupted around the country, calling...
by Borealis Communications | Jun 30, 2020 | Borealis News & Updates, News & Updates
Throughout June, trans, gender non-conforming (TGNC) and non-binary people—especially Black trans women and femmes—played an integral part in the nationwide uprisings for racial justice. Black trans people are showing up and speaking out, despite the disproportionate...
by Borealis Communications | Jun 23, 2020 | Grantee News & Updates, News & Updates
Since the early days of the pandemic, people with disabilities, particularly people of color with disabilities, knew that COVID-19 was going to disproportionately affect their communities. While the pandemic has fundamentally changed daily life for everyone, the...
