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Do You Want to Know What Equitable Funding for Black and Brown Non-Profits Looks Like?

November 6, 2020
by Sharif El-Mekki
6 min read
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There has been an admittedly welcome rush to support Black and brown communities and causes in our national reckoning with systemic racism. Some $5 billion of philanthropic funding has flowed in support of racial equity work in...

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Every Single New Year Black Families Await the Promise of Better Schools

January 8, 2019
by Sharif El-Mekki
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Almost every December 31, at 7:00 p.m., my family joins the Avenging the Ancestors Coalition (ATAC) to honor our ancestors who awaited in breathtaking suspense for Lincoln’s promise of an Emancipation Proclamation. This...

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TRUMP’S PROPOSED BUDGET UNDERMINES THE THIRD WAY VALUES AND MAJOR POLICY PRIORITIES OF EDUCATION LEADERS OF COLOR (EDLoC)

June 12, 2017
by Sharif El-Mekki
3 min read
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By Layla Avila and Sharhonda Bossier The President’s recently proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018, if adopted, would cut essential safeguards for our most vulnerable students, keep communities in or exacerbate poverty and...

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