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Inside Philanthropy features an article about Marguerite Casey Foundation's recent efforts to bridge social justice scholarship and social movements, including the Freedom Scholars Initiative.

Dr. Carmen Rojas is quoted in this NBC coverage of the Raizado Festival in Aspen, an area in which The Aspen Ideas Festival has historically been the epicenter of conferences but has not reflected its surrounding Latino community.

Nonprofit Quarterly breaks down the history and practice of abolition feminism, framed around our event with Seattle Arts & Lectures on Abolition. Feminism. Now. which is featured as part of the MCF Book Club's Reading for a Liberated Future series.

In this op-ed, President & CEO Dr. Carmen Rojas details how philanthropies and its leaders can actively invest in the efforts to protect our democracy.

Marguerite Casey Foundation (MCF) announced that Julián Castro, former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the youngest mayor of San Antonio, and Dr. Megan Ming Francis, associate professor of Political Science at the University of Washington and former Marguerite Casey Foundation Freedom Scholar, will join the board of directors.

In this op-ed, the growing number of tribal recognition has led to leaders demanding that local representatives no longer ignore the Chinook Indian Nation.

In an article for South Seattle Emerald, Dr. Carmen Rojas writes about the fantastic work of two local Freedom Scholars: UW assistant law professor Angélica Cházaro who works to end the detention of immigrants and Dr. Megan Ming Francis, whose personal experiences with racism inform her scholarship and research, ultimately combating the different forms of racial injustice.

Investment Will Support Leaders, Researchers and Publishers Committed to Shifting Balance of Power in Our Communities

The press release covers how signatories, including leaders at the Marguerite Casey Foundation, are calling on major asset owners to align their proxy voting with matters concerning racial equity and justice.

Marguerite Casey Foundation (MCF) and Group Health Foundation (GHF) announce the recipients of the $1.5 million Freedom Scholars Awards for 2021, which will support six leading thinkers and scholars whose work can help transform our economy and our society for the better.

“Answering the Uprising: Closing the Say/Do Gap in Philanthropy” Seeks to Bring Together Philanthropies to Heed the Calling of the 2020 Uprisings led by the Movement for Black Lives

Marguerite Casey Foundation believes it is the responsibility of philanthropy to support leaders on the forefront of community organizing — leaders helping those gain power who have long been excluded from having it. We achieve this mission by acting as an unwavering champion for their vision, ideas and leadership

Leading Community Organizers, Culture Makers, and System Changers, Including Stacey Abrams, Join New Marguerite Casey Foundation Board

In response to the shooting in Atlanta on Tuesday evening, Marguerite Casey Foundation issued the following statement from its President & CEO, Dr. Carmen Rojas