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WKKF increases regional investments to support young men and boys of color
Mississippi and New Orleans organizations work to eliminate barriers in order to improve outcomes for young men and boys of color
BATTLE CREEK, MICH.– Today, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) announced a total investment of $4.7 million to 10 community-based organizations in the foundation’s priority places of Mississippi and New Orleans that are working to promote racial equity and healing in order to eliminate barriers to success for young men and boys of color. Two organizations in Mississippi, working in a coalition and broad collaboration with several other partners, and eight in New Orleans will receive investments ranging from $150,000 to $1 million to support their efforts around the major issues that uniquely affect these young men and boys, including school push-out, school discipline policies, policing and workforce training…