CHICAGO, Aug. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA]
today donated $10.6 million to a
group of 20 nonprofits working to address racial equity and social
justice in the United States. The
funding package is part of the company's previously announced
multi-year commitment that includes a mix of local and
national-level grants aimed at increasing the number of minority
and underserved students pursuing science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM) education and diversifying the aerospace talent
pipeline. Grant money also will fund programs that work to address
criminal justice reform and health care gaps in underserved and
minority communities.
"At Boeing, we acknowledge the toll that systemic racism and
social injustice have had on people of color, particularly Black
communities here in the United
States," said David Calhoun,
Boeing president and CEO. "As we work internally to confront these
issues, we also remain focused on addressing the causes and impacts
of racism and social inequality in the communities where our
employees live and work. With today's financial commitment to this
group of nonprofit partners, we are hopeful that together, we can
begin to make real advances in our ongoing pursuit of
equality."
Today's announcement builds on Boeing's history of partnering
with organizations that improve access for and address inequities
in communities of color. Over the past five years, Boeing has
invested more than $120 million to
support underserved communities – including racial equity and
social justice programs in those communities – across the United States. Boeing plans to make
additional announcements related to its racial equity and social
justice investment strategy in the future.
Nonprofits receiving grant funding include:
- Seattle Children's Hospital: A $2.5 million investment will support health
care access for minority and underserved children through the
expansion of the Odessa Brown Children's Clinics.
- Chicago Public
Schools : A previously announced $1.5 million investment will fund the
expansion of technology access for about 4,500 Chicago Public Schools students enrolled in
remote learning courses because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- DC College Access Program: A $1 million investment will support
underserved District of Columbia
public and public charter high school students in pursuing STEM
education and careers.
- Equal Justice Initiative: A $1
million investment will fund public education and policy
research efforts that address criminal justice reform in
the United States.
- The Mission Continues: A $1
million investment will support Operation Nourish, a
program aimed at combating food insecurity by mobilizing veterans
to grow, collect and distribute food in underserved communities and
communities of color.
- UNCF: A $1 million
investment will support the development of a high school STEM
engagement program in collaboration with the organization's
historically Black colleges and universities in locations where
Boeing has a significant local presence.
- Chicago Urban League: A
$500,000 investment will
support the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, which
helps African-Americans launch, grow and sustain businesses.
Funding also will support the scaling of the IMPACT leadership
development program for emerging African-American leaders.
- Long Beach College Promise: A $500,000 investment will support programs
aimed at creating a culture of college expectation and success for
African-American and other students of color.
- Forum to Advance Minorities in Engineering, Inc.: A
$300,000 investment will
advance Delaware's STEM talent
pipeline with a specific focus on creating access for women and
girls and ensuring equity for underrepresented minorities in the
state.
- International African American Museum: A $250,000 investment will support the
development of education curriculum and programs for the
Charleston, South Carolina museum,
opening in early 2022.
- National Black Child Development Institute: A
$250,000 investment will
support the development of early childhood education, health and
wellness, child welfare, literacy and family engagement programs
for Black children and families.
- Space Center Houston: A $175,000 investment will fund the Girls STEM
Academy, which helps underrepresented middle-school-age girls apply
STEM concepts and skills through hands-on, inquiry-based
learning.
- Adrienne Arsht Center: A $145,000 investment will support Learning
Through the Arts, a STEM learning initiative that integrates the
arts into classroom discovery and provides hands-on coding and
robotics instruction for three underserved schools in Miami.
- Girls Inc. of Huntsville: A $120,000 investment will fund Operation
SMART, a hands-on STEM learning program that will reach more than
700 girls of color in the Huntsville,
Alabama, area.
- Urban League of Metropolitan
St. Louis: A $110,000
investment will support the Save Our Sons program, helping
economically disadvantaged African-American men in the St. Louis region find jobs and earn livable
wages.
- BE NOLA: A $100,000
investment will fund programs that build the capacity of
Black-led efforts to advance educational progress in New Orleans for local students.
- Space Foundation: A $100,000 investment will support the
development of the 2021 "Art Gallery
in Space" exhibition, which will highlight "STEM Icons of Color"
and complement Boeing's FUTURE U education programming.
- Turning Leaf Project: A $100,000 investment will fund programs that
address systemic recidivism for at-risk Charleston-area men returning home from prison
and expand the model to additional cities in South Carolina.
- Urban League of Portland: A $25,000 investment will support the
development of public forums on community issues, work skills
training, health and wellness outreach, and career fairs.
- Youth Celebrate Diversity: A $20,000 investment will fund a conference for
high school students to connect on current issues, including racial
inequity and social justice.
Contact
Jason Capeheart
Boeing Communications
Office: +1 312-544-2568
jason.s.capeheart@boeing.com
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