Marguerite Casey Foundation Invests $6M into Organizations Bridging Social Justice Scholarship and Social Movements
This month, Marguerite Casey Foundation (MCF) announced a $6 million investment into four organizations working toward bridging the worlds of social justice scholarship and social movements. The following organizations will each receive a one-time $1.5 million grant to support their work:
Click here to learn more about the organizations and the communities they support.
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Inner City Muslim Action Network
Inner-City Muslim Action Network serves as a model of the Muslim tradition of facilitating transformational change in urban communities by inspiring others toward critical civic engagement, exemplifying prophetic compassion in the work for social justice and human dignity beyond the barriers of religion, ethnicity, and nationality.
Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color Book Event
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In our new video, Dr. Carmen Rojas engages Lorgia García-Peña, along with political strategist and 2020 Freedom Scholar Charlene Carruthers, about García-Peña’s new book “Community as Rebellion: A Syllabus for Surviving Academia as a Woman of Color.”
"I imagine a world where philanthropy sits at the feet of racial justice leaders and leads, and heeds from the lessons and pains that they are both learning and holding. So we can best be of service."
In an episode of podcast Dreaming in Color, Dr. Carmen Rojas shares stories of her upbringing as a child of Venezuelan and Nicaraguan immigrants, confronts the complexities and contradictions of the social sector and offers us a space to think and dream boldly.
