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Black Voices For Black Justice Fund
Our Awardees Nominate

Our Awardees

Olivia Gardner & Ruth Woldemichael

Boulder, CO Award Year: 2020
Education & Youth Leadership
Boulder, CO
2
Funding Round

Andrew Saunders

Co-Founder of New Blue New York, NY Award Year: 2022
Criminal Justice Reform
New York, NY
4
Funding Round

Dr. Kelli Seaton

Chief Learning Officer for The Center for Black Educator Development Philadelphia, PA Award Year: 2021
Education & Youth Leadership
Philadelphia, PA
3
Funding Round

Chaniqua Simpson

Program Coordinator at the North Carolina State Women's Center Raleigh-Durham, NC Award Year: 2021
Housing Justice
Raleigh-Durham, NC
2
Funding Round

Michael “Zaki” Smith

Next100 Policy Entrepreneur Brooklyn, NY Award Year: 2020
Criminal Justice Reform
Brooklyn, NY
1
Funding Round

Shemeka Frazier Sorrells

Co-founder of A Better Glynn Atlanta, GA Award Year: 2020
Democracy & Voting Rights
Atlanta, GA
2
Funding Round

Syrita Steib

Founder and Executive Director of Operation Restoration New Orleans, LA Award Year: 2020
Criminal Justice Reform
New Orleans, LA
1
Funding Round

Johnaé Strong

Founder of Strong Visions Productions Chicago, IL Award Year: 2021
The Arts
Chicago, IL
3
Funding Round

Marlyn Tillman

Co-founder and Executive Director of Gwinnett SToPP Gwinnett County, GA Award Year: 2021
Education & Youth Leadership
Gwinnett County, GA
2
Funding Round

Heather McTeer Toney

Climate Justice Liaison at Environmental Defense Fund Oxford, MS Award Year: 2022
Environmental Justice
Oxford, MS
4
Funding Round

Reverend Dr. Timothy Tyler

Pastor of Shorter Community African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church Denver, CO Award Year: 2021
General/Other
Denver, CO
2
Funding Round
Ebony Underwood

Ebony Underwood

Founder and CEO of WE GOT US NOW New York, NY Award Year: 2022
Criminal Justice Reform
New York, NY
4
Funding Round
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