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New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund Grants Additional $3 Million to Over 50 Massachusetts-Based Organizations

Disruptive funding model will advance the impact-driven missions of Black and Brown-led non-profits across the commonwealth

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New Commonwealth Fund Announces $1 Million in Grants to Fight Systemic Racism

20 organizations throughout Massachusetts to receive $50,000 in one-year grants

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Black and Brown Business Leaders Want to Drive a Movement to End Racial Inequities.

In this moment of racial awakening and anguish, the question on many minds is: “What can I do?” For 19 Black and brown business leaders in Boston, it was the question, too. They felt compelled to respond, and they’ve come up with a big idea: the creation of the New Commonwealth Racial Equity and Social Justice Fund. If […]

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How the New Commonwealth Fund Plans to Tackle Systemic Racism

In the days after George Floyd was murdered — as people of color bore the brunt of the first pandemic wave, and protesters marched to demand an end to systemic racism — a group of Black and brown executives in Massachusetts joined forces to try to do just that in Boston, and beyond. They started […]

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Viewpoint: Looking to Denmark as a model for an equitable clean energy sector

This article is available in Spanish in partnership with El Planeta Media. Este informe estå disponible en español, traducido por El Planeta Media. Last week, President Biden arrived in Somerset to tour the former Brayton Point power plant and bring attention to our state’s emerging wind energy sector.President Biden’s visit underscores the critical role Massachusetts will play in this industry […]

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