http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/04/the-loss-of-communities-and-cultural-memory/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dcentric.wamu.org/2011/04/the-loss-of-communities-and-cultural-memory/#comment-693 Potomac River Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:06:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=5877#comment-693 Some DC residents are coming together across race, class and geography lines to launch a fund that will award grants to grassroots projects created and led by DC residents working for social change.   This fund hopes to award $40,000 or more in grants this fall to DC projects and initiatives. These grantees need not be incorporated or have their own 501c3 status with the IRS. Great! So needed since traditional funding sources can't reach  the grassroots or they are unwilling to fund efforts that challenge the status quo. Tim Siegel Some DC residents are coming together across race, class and geography lines to launch a fund that will award grants to grassroots projects created and led by DC residents working for social change.   This fund hopes to award $40,000 or more in grants this fall to DC projects and initiatives. These grantees need not be incorporated or have their own 501c3 status with the IRS. Great! So needed since traditional funding sources can’t reach  the grassroots or they are unwilling to fund efforts that challenge the status quo.
Tim Siegel

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