in honor of juneteen thousands of dollars will help fund local non-profits that address Equity issues our Jasmine bird here Jasmine how is this possible yes Kenisha this racial Equity Fund by the Community Foundation was established in 2020 as a response to the death of George Floyd there were so many donors who wanted to do something to help be a solution for this issue and so that's where the launch of the racial Equity Fund all began with this grant we can offer them more opportunities to see
careers that they don't normally see Huntsville City Learning Center is one of the six Grant award recipients from the Community Foundation in sixth through eighth grade classroom coordinator April Bodie says during the school year the after school learning center brings children in from grades K through nine we our main goal is to supplement kids education and to make them lifelong Learners not only in the classroom but in the community and we focus more on emotions so we do emotional intellig
ence we do logic and we offer our kids an introduction to 3D printing and technological things that's going to give them an advantage in this Tech field that we are coming finding ourselves coming into Village of Promise CEO Dana Gillis says they will be utilizing this Grant from the Community Foundation to help fund their family connections program family connections is a great program that we utilized to basically provide part of our multi-gen generational approach to dealing with generational
poverty this is a program that's focused on adults and families and it's an opportunity to bring both of them together in a 12-week program to kind of give them the tools that they need to build a better Family Foundation the Community Foundation of Greater Huntsville president and CEO Melissa Thompson says since they launched the racial Equity Fund they've had the opportunity of awarding over 340 thousand dollars in Grants in various areas like Economic Opportunity Education Health and Wellnes
s and neighborhoods and communities and the generosity of the community also plays a major role in making this all possible really over 80 different donors who've come in to support this effort to be a force for good in this area now closing Equity gaps is not something that will be solved in one Grant cycle the racial Equity Fund provides a lasting Legacy of support to address this issue over the long term
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