March 27, 2019
Oakland – Akonadi Foundation will be distributing $255,000 through its final round of grants of the Beloved Community Fund to 17 organizations.
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From the President
‘Tell Her’ Akonadi’s 2019 Racial Justice Poster
Beloved Community Fund Grant Awards
Benchmark ‘Mapping Report’ Wins Award
FROM THE PRESIDENT
The last few months have been a busy time for us as– after 20 years of grantmaking to support racial justice movement building in Oakland, we are getting ready to go all in on ending the criminalization of people and youth of color in Alameda County.
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December 20, 2018
From the President
$1.3 million awarded to Arc Toward Justice Grantees
Oakland, A Beacon of Cultural Brilliance
Investing in Healing and Safety
FROM THE PRESIDENT
2018 proved to be a difficult year, challenged by untimely deaths of dear community members and an onslaught of repressive policies from the White House.
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Akonadi Foundation awarded over $1.3 million in grants to 12 organizations to advance racial justice movement building in Oakland through the Foundation’s Arc Toward Justice Fund.
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By: Vanessa Camarena Arredondo
Oakland is a beacon of cultural brilliance and resistance, with communities of color and immigrant communities largely at the lead.
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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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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 23, 2018
Akonadi Foundation Announces Grants to Support Voter Engagement in Alameda County
Six racial justice organizations will work to increase voter turnout in Oakland communities
Oakland, CA — Akonadi Foundation announced today $265,000 in grants to support six racial justice organizations mobilizing voters to get to the polls in Alameda County and to ensure accountability in local government.
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2018 marks our Racial Justice Poster Project’s 10th anniversary and we are excited to launch an evaluation of this project, and we need your help!
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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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Akonadi Foundation’s mission is to support the development of powerful social change movements to eliminate structural racism and create a racially just society.
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