2022 Equity Grant Recipients
The Perinatal Health Equity Initiative is a grassroots community organization dedicated to actively working towards eliminating health care disparities in Black infant and maternal health through 6 pillars which are (1) advocacy, (2) education, (3) community engagement, (4) research, (5) collaboration, and (6) direct clinical support. We envision a world where Black women do not just survive childbirth, but that they have all the support and tools they need to thrive.
The Gem Project works to improve high school to college student engagement and on-time graduation, through (1) peer-based mentoring, (2) youth organizing, (3) employment, and (4) service-learning initiatives that take on a social justice approach. Their goal is to have youth uplift each other and improve their communities by gaining leadership skills and learning how to be civically engaged.
theAcademy 365, formed in 2019 to create a safe space and programming that aims to transform the lives of young black men by equipping them with skills that advance them academically and socioeconomically. Programs teach tools to achieve academic success, foundations of healthy social relationships, and the ideals of professionalism.
