{"id":1779,"date":"2018-01-19T10:42:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-19T15:42:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2018-01-19T11:17:29","modified_gmt":"2018-01-19T16:17:29","slug":"fund-established-to-support-racial-justice-and-equity-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/01\/19\/fund-established-to-support-racial-justice-and-equity-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Fund Established to Support Racial Justice and Equity Efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1780\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1780\" style=\"width: 788px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CAMPUS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1780\" src=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CAMPUS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CAMPUS.jpg 788w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CAMPUS-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/CAMPUS-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1780\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">iStock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Lumina Foundation, in partnership with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, recently announced it will award $1 million in grants to colleges that are \u201cworking to improve their campus climates by providing opportunities for constructive racial dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Applications are due Feb. 26.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Proposals can include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Community and campus forums<\/li>\n<li>Faculty\/staff training and development<\/li>\n<li>Student training and development<\/li>\n<li>Campus-wide programming<\/li>\n<li>Other thoughtfully designed efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Fund organizers will award two different types of grants, according to the request for proposals.<\/p>\n<p>Four to five grants of up to $100,000 will be reserved for colleges \u201cthat can document they already initiated comprehensive efforts to advance equity on their campuses and in their communities.\u201d Among such institutions, \u201capplicants must show significant progress toward putting plans in place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other applicants can compete for grants of up to $25,000. \u201cThese awards will support colleges and universities with efforts focused on issues related to equity and racial justice on campuses that propose significant work to enhance efforts to improve their campus climates.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany higher education leaders are working hard to close equity gaps in hopes of expanding access and opportunity through postsecondary attainment,\u201d according to the fund description. \u201cThe grants described here will provide support to institutions that are addressing equity directly and substantively, catalyzing existing work, and deepening impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luminafoundation.org\/racial-justice-and-equity-fund\">Learn more about the Lumina Fund for Racial Justice and Equity<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Admitted writer\/editor Mary Stegmeir welcomes additional comments and story ideas at\u00a0<\/em><a style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\" href=\"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/01\/11\/call-for-proposals-submission-deadline-extended-for-national-conference\/mstegmeir@nacacnet.org\"><em style=\"font-weight: inherit;\">mstegmeir@nacacnet.org<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Lumina Foundation, in partnership with Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, recently announced it will award $1 million in grants to colleges that are \u201cworking to improve their campus climates by providing opportunities for constructive racial dialogue.\u201d Applications are due Feb. 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-access"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Mary Stegmeir","author_link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/author\/mstegmeir\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/peWmJq-sH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}