{"id":19288,"date":"2024-05-21T13:45:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T17:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/?post_type=article&p=19288"},"modified":"2024-05-22T06:46:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T10:46:56","slug":"165000-dollars-in-grants-awarded-bipoc-serving-community-composters","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/165000-dollars-in-grants-awarded-bipoc-serving-community-composters","title":{"rendered":"$165,000 Awarded to BIPOC-serving Community Composters"},"template":"","class_list":["post-19288","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","article_type-press-release","initiatives-composting-for-community","topics-community-composting","impact_areas-climate-and-environmental-justice","impact_areas-racial-equity","authors-reggie-rucker"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":19310,"background_color":"tan","article_type":[9],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":[42],"impact_areas":[16,21],"abstract":"This dedicated focus on BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving community composters is long overdue,\u201d said Brenda Platt, director of ILSR\u2019s Composting for Community Initiative, about the grant program...","authors_tax":[602]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"For Immediate Release: May 21, 2024\r\n<\/b>Media Contact: Reggie Rucker<\/a><\/b>\r\n

Institute for Local Self-Reliance Awards $165,000 to Composters Serving BIPOC-Communities<\/b><\/h2>\r\n[WASHINGTON, DC<\/em>] \u2013 <\/span>A green jobs reentry program for formerly incarcerated individuals, composting services for public housing residents, food sovereignty for Native families, and community education on composting as an environmental justice issue are just a few of the projects ILSR is funding through the BIPOC Community Composter Mini-Grant Program.\r\n

The Institute for Local Self-Reliance is proud to\u00a0announce the ten awardees<\/a>\u00a0of the 2024 BIPOC Community Composter Mini-Grant Program. Recipient organizations include nonprofits, farms, community gardens, Native Nations, and educational institutions in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Projects are diverse in scale and operation but are united in their mission-driven, innovative approach to community improvement.<\/p>\r\n

11th Hour Racing<\/a>\u2019s support makes this opportunity possible. This BIPOC Community Composter Mini-Grant Program provided $165,000 in sub-grants to ten selected grantees, with a minimum grant of $5,000 and a maximum of $20,000.<\/p>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

\u201cA dedicated focus on BIPOC-led and BIPOC-serving community composters is long overdue,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said Brenda Platt, director of ILSR\u2019s Composting for Community Initiative, about the grant program.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cMore than 60 groups in New England applied for almost a million dollars in funding, underscoring the substantial interest in linking composting to community empowerment in the region. We hope to continue and grow this program in the future.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Najee Quashie, project manager of the Mini-Grant Program, noted,<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cWhen you think about the systemic discrimination that BIPOC groups have faced regarding land, environmental pollution, and wealth, this mini-grant program operates as a small token of power being put back into their hands. This program is a step toward saying to these groups that you matter. The program empowers these groups to be in communion with the land and forge a relationship with their community.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>","":null,"settings":""}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

The 2024 ILSR Composting Grant Awardees are:<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n