racial equity
Organization Name:
Bay Area Black United Fund
Organization Location:
1212 Broadway, Suite 810Oakland, California 94612
Organization Contact:
Phone: (510) 763-7270 | Fax: (510) 763-3625Email(s): wcarter@babuf.org
Website: www.babuf.org
Purpose:
to address mental health issues facing African American males through facilitation of an intergenerational transfer of culturally rooted wisdomAmount Requested:
$400,000
Status:
ApplicantStart Date - End Date:
2/1/2010 - 1/31/2012Approach/Strategy:
Structural Racism, Health Disparities, Mapping StrategyGeographic Focus:
CaliforniaProject Name:
Community-Based Approach to Racial Healing and Mitigating the Affects of Institutional Racism by Combating the Mental Health Crisis Facing African American Boys and Adolescent MalesProject Summary:
The purpose of the Bay Area Black United Fund project is to promote racial healing and mitigate the effects of structural racism impacting African American boys and adolescent males most affected by the mental health crisis. By providing for the inter-generational transfer of culturally-rooted wisdom and wealth, the project will establish cumulative pathways to support African American male development – from childhood through manhood.
Key project activities will include building an inter-generational community of African American male leadership to support boys and young men; asset mapping of community organizations in East and West Oakland that especially serve this population; strengthening giving and institutional philanthropy to fund organizations serving African American youth and young men; and developing a school-based and rites of passage curriculums. Targeted media and campaigns for public policy reform will also support the health, wellbeing and racial healing for this vulnerable population of children.
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