“It's important for philanthropy to invest in strengthening the infrastructure for Black-led social change to reverse its pattern of underinvestment, so that the Black community can thrive + the broader progressive community can achieve its goals.” blacksocialchange.org/wp-content/upl…

We’re chatting with Cat Posey on Beyond the Lab! Cat is an expert on the ethics of AI and ML, founder of Tech Superwomen Summit, and a leader at Capital One’s center for ML. Read more in Cat’s blog, and tune in on Tuesday July 6, 2021 for the podcast! #womenintech #AI #fintech

New study: Ohio's $5M vaccine lottery didn't ⬆️ vaccination rates (researchers compared Ohio w/ non-lottery states). Imagine if that $5M had funded vaccination drives @ trusted community health clinics, unions, houses of worship, worker groups, etc. (1/3) forbes.com/sites/victoria…

1. CDC changed guidelines for the vaccinated, freeing them from the expectation of masking or even isolating if exposed and asymptomatic. They used language evoking returns to "normalcy" as if normalcy could ever be an individual choice during a pandemic. x.com/cdcgov/status/…

This approach and language also ignored the potential risk such guidelines place on those made most vulnerable - groups with low vaccination rates, like rural America, reservations, and Black and Latinx communities who are chronically underserved. x.com/RheaBoydMD/sta…

Our economy was originally built for the white and wealthy few, and the only way toward an economy that works for all of us is by centering Black women and their labor in our policies. #BlackWomenCantWait 4/5

“The moment we choose to love, we begin to move towards freedom, to act in ways that liberate ourselves and others.” Rest in Power bell hooks

“Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.” - bell hooks Equity is the work of love in action. We honor #bellhooks for her contributions to our understandings of racial, gender, and class equity.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the first day of our FJE Network Strategy Meeting! Here are some gems from our opening and panel, Frontline and Essential: Building Worker Power Amid Layered Crises 🧵💎⤵️

Marjona Jones, @CoFutureFund

Happy to work alongside @CABlackFreedom Hewlett Foundation California Endowment Ford Foundation Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Surdna Foundation and others in funding racial justice, organizing, and power-building. Thanks Inside Philanthropy and @smartharamirez! insidephilanthropy.com/home/2022/8/31…

Such an important thread from William E. Spriggs. Black workers should not be collateral damage in the fight to bring down prices, and yet that's how standard macro theory treats them. Let's be clear: our whole economy suffers when Black & other marginalized workers struggle.

Work requirements for food/other types of assistance actually condemn a system of capitalism where one can work and still not be able to feed and house your family, and are a huge bailout for corps that rely on government to make up for their poverty wages.foxbusiness.com/markets/walmar…