Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson), a member of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC) says he supports Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to expand the state’s Film and Television Tax Credit Program from its current $330 million annual budget allocation to $750 million.
According to state data released in August, the California Department of Justice (DOJ) reported that hate crimes involving racism against Black people surged last year compared with 2021 data, including instances of violence motivated by bias.
Durand Bernarr will headline the 5th annual South L.A. Pride Festival on Saturday, July 15, at 12 p.m., at the Michelle and Barack Obama Sports Complex, 5001 Obama Boulevard in Los Angeles.
Educators, policymakers, K-12 leaders, higher education leaders, non-profit leaders, researchers, and advocates from across California recently gathered to develop a shared understanding of the root causes of why educators of color and multilingual educators enter, stay, and leave the profession and co-create a road map for building and supporting a diverse and sustainable teacher workforce in California.
Nikki High’s GoFundMe generated $22,000 to help launch Octavia’s Bookshelf, the first Black, female-owned bookstore in the city of Pasadena.
“So, we’re here today, to join the voices of unity, in unity, a call with clarity, demanding Gil Cedillo and Kevin de León resign from their office and resign immediately,” said Pastor J. Edgar Boyd, senior minister of First AME Church of Los Angeles.
The Gathering Spot—a new contemporary space in Los Angeles—hosted a showcase curated by the Hillman Grad Mentorship Lab, on Thursday, Oct. 20. Ignited creatives presented their mastery of the arts while celebrating their capstone at Hillman Grad Productions.
: Finding makeup that correctly suits our skin tones is like searching for unicorns. So, what should the BIPOC community do about this? Here are a few BIPOC brands that you may not know that you should know.
The Weingart Foundation, a private grantmaking foundation, recently awarded 64 grants totaling over $8.7 million to organizations advancing racial justice, providing critical services, and building political power in underserved communities.
The racial pay gap has long presented issues for African Americans in Corporate America and other industries. It’s now filtered to social media.
The Weingart Foundation today announced $8 million in grants and investments supporting organizations across Southern California addressing crucial needs in communities of color.
The investments strengthen nonprofit infrastructure in communities and target resources in addressing structural inequities and systemic racism, according to the foundation, which said the grants and program-related investments are the first round of funding for the foundation for fiscal year 2022.
The campaign to increase vaccine access in minority communities has stepped up a notch as churches and community organizations join with agencies such as Kaiser Permanente and Watts Healthcare Foundation to inoculate more Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC).
Bank of America Community Development Banking, in partnership with Enterprise Community Partners, is investing $60 million – $30 million in loans and $30 million in equity financing – to support Enterprise’s Equitable Path Forward, a five-year initiative to help facilitate racial equality in housing.
The Seattle-based company, Starbucks, has created the Starbucks Community Resilience Fund—as of January 12, 2021, the franchise has committed to invest $100 million over the next four years to support small businesses and community development projects in areas mostly populated by Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC).