Racial Justice Lens

In partnership with the Joe and Clara Tsai Foundation’s Social Justice Fund, Brooklyn Community Foundation is thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural Just Brooklyn Prize, which awards $100,000 to five outstanding BIPOC champions of racial justice in our borough. 

Our President & CEO Dr. Jocelynne Rainey recently sat down with Chevelle Dixon, the founder and managing director of Pan-African Solutions Consulting LLC, and Dr. Meisha Porter, Bronx Community Foundation’s President & CEO for a conversation hosted by The Association of Fundraising Professionals New York City Chapter in celebration of Black Philanthropy Month.

There are many ways to participate in Black Philanthropy Month that go beyond monetary giving. This year’s theme of Love and Action inspires us to “envision a field that moves beyond the rhetoric of philanthropy as love for humanity to make it real in Black communities.”

At the heart of our mission at Brooklyn Community Foundation is working towards creating a more fair and just Brooklyn–that means making sure that Brookynites of all ages have the resources they need to thrive in the place they call home. 

Today’s Supreme Court decision will roll back the progress our country has made in the fight for racial justice and educational equity. 

Like many of you, I’m looking forward to this summer as a return to normal — life in Brooklyn is back in full force with cookouts, block parties, parades, and a bustling boardwalk. But behind that joy is a persistent truth that far too many of us are still coping with the impacts of the last three years, particularly when it comes to keeping food on the table.  

After three years of public campaigning, Los Deliveristas Unidos—an organizing arm of our 2023 Spark Prize winner Worker's Justice Project—are celebrating a huge legislative win for app-based delivery workers’ minimum pay rates.