Thank You

The Bonner Foundation would like to acknowledge all of the teams that participated in the 2020-2021 Racial Justice Community Fund Initiative including:

  • Christopher Newport University

  • Kentucky Wesleyan College

  • Mars Hill University

  • Rutgers University – Camden

  • Sewanee: University of the South

  • Spelman College

  • Stockton University

  • Ursinus College

  • Washington & Lee University

  • Widener University

Your leadership, initiative, collaboration, and time inspired the network and made an impact.

NATIONAL BONNER INTERNS

The Bonner Foundation would especially like to thank its National Racial Justice Interns, Sierra Medina and Joshua Perez, for their work during the summer of 2021 to develop the projects and profiles found here.

Sierra and Joshua maximized their talent in interviewing, writing, graphic design, and storytelling to help capture key aspects of many of the teams’ work, as well as the inspiring leaders involved.

project leadership, Profiles, and WEBINARS

We thank the following people for participating in interviews and sharing information used to develop the profiles, as well as participating on ongoing webinars and reports:

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  • Amber Vernon

  • Antonia Izuogu

  • Ayomiposi “Posi” Oluwakuyide

  • Caroline Twiggs

  • Chris Lapari Pazienza

  • Christian Rice

  • Christina Salmon

  • Delana Turner

  • Erin O’Hanlon

  • Fatou Lemon

  • Ijjae Hill

  • Jennifer Berrios

  • Jon-Laurence Fleming

  • Josefina Ewins

  • Kamryn Godsey

  • Katie Turek

  • LaShanda Patton

  • Marina Barnett

  • Marisa Charley

  • Mesoma Okolocha

  • Noel Shively

  • Nyeema Watson

  • Robin Hille Michaels

  • Samuel Thomas

  • Simanti Lahiri

Foundation Staff Ariane Hoy, Arthur Tartee Jr., and Rachayita Shah worked on the development of the RFP and oversaw the grants process; developed and ran webinars; created educational resources; and edited profiles and other materials.