Chicago foundation doubles down on Black-led organizations amid DEI rollbacks
<p>While the Trump administration has ignited diversity, equity and inclusion policy rollbacks across corporations, philanthropic foundations and higher education institutions, one Chicago-based foundation has strengthened its commitment to racial justice.</p><p>Grand Victoria Foundation launched a rebrand Tuesday — changing its name to A Movement Around Racial Advancement, or AMARA — that centers investment in Black-led organizations and those with missions that promote racial justice. Despite the new name, AMARA President Sharon Bush said the work is the same.</p><p>“We've been funding this work probably since 2021,” she said.</p><p>One year after the racial reckoning catalyzed by George Floyd’s murder, AMARA commenced a study to identify 81 municipalities across Illinois that had a population of at least 30% Black residents.
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<p>While the Trump administration has ignited diversity, equity and inclusion policy rollbacks across corporations, philanthropic foundations and higher education institutions, one Chicago-based foundation has strengthened its commitment to racial justice.</p><p>Grand Victoria Foundation launched a rebrand Tuesday — changing its name to A Movement Around Racial Advancement, or AMARA — that centers investment in Black-led organizations and those with missions that promote racial justice. Despite the new name, AMARA President Sharon Bush said the work is the same.</p><p>“We've been funding this work probably since 2021,” she said.</p><p>One year after the racial reckoning catalyzed by George Floyd’s murder, AMARA commenced a study to identify 81 municipalities across Illinois that had a population of at least 30% Black residents. Bush said the 2021 study allowed the foundation to “learn where people are, so we can figure out how to best focus our efforts.”</p><p>“The board provided us the opening when it said to us in 2020, ‘We want to really be in this for the long-term. We don't want to do temporary measures,’” she said.</p><p>In those early years when philanthropic institutions and corporations committed to racial justice, AMARA’s board, too, leaned in.</p><p>The board learned about what equity and justice work meant and looked like, and how long would it take.</p><p>“We've had conversations that have been about, what does it mean to focus on Black communities?
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- <p>While the Trump administration has ignited diversity, equity and inclusion policy rollbacks across corporations, philanthropic foundations and higher education institutions, one Chicago-based foundation has strengthened its commitment to racial justice.</p><p>Grand Victoria Foundation launched a rebrand Tuesday — changing its name to A Movement Around Racial Advancement, or AMARA — that centers investment in Black-led organizations and those with missions that promote racial justice. Despite the new name, AMARA President Sharon Bush said the work is the same.</p><p>“We've been funding this work probably since 2021,” she said.</p><p>One year after the racial reckoning catalyzed by George Floyd’s murder, AMARA commenced a study to identify 81 municipalities across Illinois that had a population of at least 30% Black residents.
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