We are lifting up the work of our grant partners through a monthly spotlight series; for our November installment, we feature Love Not Blood Campaign with Co-Founder, Cephus “Uncle Bobby X” Johnson.
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By Iris Garcia
For communities of color in Oakland and across the nation, prioritizing healing is a radical, political act. These are trying times.
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The mission of the Asian Prisoner Support Committee Is to provide support to Asian and Pacific Islander prisoners in California and to raise awareness about the impact of incarceration on our communities.
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Our community is hurting deeply and profoundly from our recent loss of two Black women, Nia Wilson and Jessica St. Louis.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 14, 2018
Akonadi Foundation Launches Third Year of #SoLoveCanWin Community Response Fund
Funding will support efforts that create healing and safety in Oakland’s communities of color
Oakland- Akonadi Foundation announced today the third year of the So Love Can Win Community Response Fund to support and seed racial justice projects in Oakland that reimagine, as well as lift up, healing and safety for communities of color.
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Akonadi Foundation’s mission is to eliminate structural racism that leads to inequity in the United States. Using an ecosystem grantmaking lens, Akonadi supports and nurtures grassroots organizing, culture shift, and policy changes that build Oakland’s racial justice movement.
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By: Sheena Johnson
Like many of you, this moment of change has compelled me to reflect deeply on my path and purpose.
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Akonadi Foundation’s ‘So Love Can Win’ Rapid Response Fund now open and accepting applications on a rolling basis August 15 through November 15, 2016.
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From the President
We are deeply saddened by the recent events that have taken place in Orlando, Baton Rouge, Falcon Heights, and Dallas, and our condolences go to all of the families who have lost loved ones.
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Written by Melanie Cervantes, Akonadi Foundation Senior Program Officer
In this current moment I find myself in a period of self-reflection about the roles I have chosen to play in the movement for social and racial justice.
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