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Alexandria Aniyah RubioAlithia RamirezAmerie Jo GarzaAnnabell Guadalupe RodriguezEliahana Cruz TorresEliana “Ellie” GarciaJackie CazaresJailah Nicole SilgueroJayce LuevanosJose FloresLayla SalazarMakenna Lee ElrodMaite RodriguezMiranda MathisNevaeh BravoRojelio TorresTess Marie MataUziyah GarciaXavier LopezEva MirelesIrma Garcia Those are the names of the nineteen third and fourth graders and two teachers who were murdered at Robb Elementary earlier this week. Nineteen babies…

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Soar Over Hate

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month, we are sharing the story of your $25,000 investment in Soar Over Hate, an AAPI-led, boots-on-the-ground nonprofit in New York City providing critically needed resources and support to the AAPI community amid skyrocketing hate crimes. In their own words, Soar Over Hate is “supporting the…

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Delavan-Grider Community Center

Geraldine Talley Celestine Chaney Roberta Drury Margus Morrison Andre Mackniel Aaron Salter Heyward Patterson Katherine Massey Pearl Young Ruth Whitfield Those are the names of the ten Black people who were killed in Buffalo on Saturday in a racist massacre by a white supremacist. Three more were injured.  One of the victims, Andre Mackniel, was…

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We support safe, accessible healthcare as a human right

We support safe, accessible healthcare as a human right. Today, we are investing $135,000 in three organizations that are working tirelessly to provide safe access to critically-needed reproductive healthcare: All-Options, Colorado Doula Project, and WE Health Clinic. Queer and BIPOC-led, All-Options provides stigma-free, peer-based counseling and support to patients via a toll-free talkline available in…

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James

Meet James! Through Together Rising, you helped James’ mom, Jessica, reserve a service dog that will help meet her son’s daily needs, including safety, comfort, and mobility. James is a nine-year-old dog lover who lives in the western part of the United States. At fifteen months old, he was diagnosed with partial agenesis of the…

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Oxana

On the day Russia invaded Ukraine, Oxana’s four little ones were playing outside. Their laughter was interrupted by the roar of a missile strike near their home. Oxana and her husband loaded their terrified children into the car. Together, the family left everything behind in Odessa to seek refuge at a tiny cottage in the…

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Support for Rohingya refugees living in world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh

Today, we are sharing for the first time the story of an investment we made last year. Nearly one million Rohingya refugees have been forced from Myanmar to Bangladesh, escaping decades-long disenfranchisement, persecution, and violence so heinous that the U.S. and other countries have formally recognized the Rakhine state’s actions against Rohingya Muslims as genocide.…

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We grieve with the Sunset Park community

On Tuesday, during rush hour as children were on their way to school and adults to work, a gunman opened fire in a subway car in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. As of this writing, thirty people have been reported injured. At least ten were struck by gunfire, including several…

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8,000 refugees evacuated from Ukraine by our partner, Estonian Refugee Council

How has our partner, Estonian Refugee Council, evacuated more than 8,000 people from Ukraine and delivered emergency, multi-purpose cash assistance to 4,200 households? Your support. ERC’s response to the attacks on Ukraine has been extremely comprehensive, meeting the most urgent needs of families and children in both Estonia and Ukraine. For weeks, ERC coordinated as…

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