{"id":6711,"date":"2023-05-24T15:36:26","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T15:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=6711"},"modified":"2023-05-24T15:36:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-24T15:36:26","slug":"editorial-gtcf-increases-efforts-to-eliminate-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/24\/editorial-gtcf-increases-efforts-to-eliminate-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial \u2013 GTCF increases efforts to eliminate racism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Keith Burwell, President
Greater Toledo Community Foundation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keith Burwell, President<\/strong><\/em>
\nGreater Toledo Community Foundation<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been three years since the broadest protests in U.S. history erupted across the country after George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer. Those protests resulted in the heightened awareness of a historically significant problem in our community: the need for greater investment in Black-led nonprofits and communities of color.<\/p>\n

The movement since that day has highlighted the need for social and political change, and the elimination of systemic racism. Greater Toledo Community Foundation is aware of this problem and, while we had been taking steps to address it, our efforts have increased over the last three years.<\/p>\n

Our Foundation is always striving to ensure our grantmaking is helping advance equity and opportunity \u2013 and it\u2019s going to take a larger effort to provide Black-led nonprofits and Black families with the support that\u2019s needed.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re not alone in this. We also need the support of others in our community \u2013 government, business, nonprofits and individuals \u2013 to address this need.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what GTCF has done:<\/p>\n