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Selma in line for $5M over next three years from new philanthropic effort to advance equity.
Selma is one of four cities working with Partnership for Equitable and Resilient Communities (PERC) to bring investments into their communities. Selma Mayor James Perkins Jr., Kimberly Smitherman and Jo Ann Bland of Foot Soldiers Park met with officials and grassroots leaders from Cleveland, Ohio, Durham, N.C. and Saint Paul, Minn., at PERC’s first strategy meeting at Selma’s Arts Revive on Tuesday.
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The story of Hough in Cleveland, a small predominantly Black neighborhood, serves as a prime example of the complex legacy of racist policies in the Ohio city.
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This March, we commemorate the legacy of the protesters who bravely marched across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma nearly 60 years ago.
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A new Urban Institute report finds formula-based programs undermine the Biden administration’s racial equity goals.