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Atlanta Reminds Us: It’s Still January 6
A Statement by Crystal Hayling
Executive Director, The Libra Foundation
Our nation has just passed through another tragic week, and in the aftermath our communities are again suffering boundless pain. The horrific murders in Atlanta — part of a larger wave of violence directed at Asian-Americans — have again shaken our democracy to its core. The Atlanta attacks weave together strands of misogyny, racism and easy access to guns, the familiar pattern of unrelenting violence at the hands of a white male perpetrator whose actions are immediately excused and explained away by those in power. Read More.
An Open Letter to Funders on the Fight for Racial Justice:
“Get In and Stay In”
This article was originally published on July 22, 2020 in Inside Philanthropy by Crystal Hayling, Executive Director of The Libra Foundation.
But I want to say to those who are continuing to sit on the sidelines: Think long and hard about what you owe our country in this moment. Is your discomfort in funding outside your program areas or taking this issue to your board anything like that of John Lewis’ when he faced bullwhips and beatings? Can you please join us in making a bold stand, now, for what you know is right? If you do not act now, your words of concern of a few weeks back will ring hollow.
It’s like John Lewis said: Get in, and stay in.
Advancing Social Justice
The Libra Foundation supports social justice movements that focus on transforming the criminal justice system, environmental and climate justice, and gender justice.
Meet Our Grantee Partners
The Libra team’s guiding principle is that those who are closest to the issues understand those issues the best. This means low-income communities of color building power from the ground up, engaging their local communities, and building strong national/transnational networks.
Founded in 2013, BYP100 is a member-based organization of Black youth activists creating justice and freedom for all Black people.
The State Voices network is a multiracial, multiethnic and multicultural community of advocates, activists, and organizers committed to building people power to transform the lives of our communities — especially those who experience oppression.
Our Mission
We believe that all people are born with equal and inalienable rights and fundamental freedoms, and have a right to live in a healthy environment and in peaceful, just, and equitable societies. Promoting these human rights is the highest purpose we can envision for the grantmaking of